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Curacao

06 June 2017
In Curacao zijn we eerst naar het Spaanse Water gegaan. Lastige entry en Hemelvaartsweekend dus druk en toeristisch, met veel speedboats en jetski's en moeilijk een goede ankerplaats te vinden, ook vanwege de forse wind. Hoezo, hurricane hole? Met de fiets, eerst wind mee, terug wind tegen, in Willemstad ingeklaard bij Customs in Punda en Immigration in Otrabanda. Let wel: we zijn een officieel zeeschip, dus we moeten aan alle officiële zeeregels voldoen.
Volgende dag naar Willemstad.
Samen met Bluenose, nog steeds zonder giek, de haven van Willemstad binnengevaren. De floating bridge werd voor ons deels geopend en vervolgens voeren we door naar Curacao Marine in Schottegat.
Prima marina en goede werf.
Hier liggen we nog even in het water, daarna de kant op voor onderhoud, dan in de storage tot November. Op de foto van links naar rechts...
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Vessel Name: UMNYAMA
Vessel Make/Model: Catana 42
Hailing Port: Amsterdam
Crew: Dick van Geldere & Monique Nagelkerke
About:
Dick, a retired surgeon from The Netherlands, and his wife Monique, a MSF humanitarian (Medecins sans Frontieres/ Doctors without Borders), sailed around the world in their catamaran. They started in France in 2016. In the hurricane seasons they did not sail but worked with MSF. [...]
Extra: UMNYAMA = RAINBOW in South African Xhosa language - the language of Nelson Mandela.
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