Sequitur

Michael & Edi have headed out on a slow, thorough exploration of the globe.

Vessel Name: Sequitur and Zonder Zorg
Vessel Make/Model: 2007 Hunter 49 and 1908 Wildschut Skûtsje
Hailing Port: Vancouver, Canada
Crew: Michael Walsh & Edi Gelin
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13 January 2014
26 April 2013
24 April 2013
27 October 2012 | Harlingen, Friesland
29 September 2012 | Sneek, Netherlands
19 September 2012 | Hoorn, Netherlands
13 September 2012 | Aalsmeer, Netherlands
20 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
11 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
10 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands
08 August 2012 | Nieuwe Zorg: Aalmmeer, Michael & Edi: Vancouver
28 July 2012 | Nieuwe Zorg in Aalsmeer - Michael & Edi in Vancouver
26 July 2012 | Nieuwe Zorg in Aalsmeer - Michael & Edi in Volendam
17 July 2012 | Michael & Edi in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
07 July 2012 | Edi & Michael in Vancouver, Sequitur in Saint Augustine
27 June 2012 | Saint Augustine, USA
07 June 2012 | Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
20 May 2012 | Fajardo, Puerto Rico
11 May 2012 | Terre Le Haut, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe
01 May 2012 | Carlisle Bay, Barbados
Recent Blog Posts
13 January 2014

Another New Book Released

I am delighted to announce that my new book: Carefree on the European Canals is now in print and is available on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca [...]

26 April 2013

New Book Released

The proof copy of my new book arrived by courier today. I have approved it and it is now listed on Amazon for pre-order, with a publication date of 30 April. It is a rather large book at 680 pages in an 8.5 by 11 inch format with 315,000 words illustrated by over 2400 colour photos, charts and maps. [...]

24 April 2013

One Year Out of Brazil

One year ago today we sailed Sequitur out of Brazil after enduring more than six weeks in the least-friendly country that we had experienced during our three-year voyage. In the early evening of 24 April 2012 we crossed the line on the chart dividing Brazil from French Guyana and breathed a huge sigh [...]

27 October 2012 | Harlingen, Friesland

Planing a Metamorphosis

We have added a new post to the Zonder Zorg blog at: Planing a Metamorphosis.

29 September 2012 | Sneek, Netherlands

Onward to Friesland

We have arrived in Friesland and have added a new post to the skûtsje's blog at: Onward to Friesland

19 September 2012 | Hoorn, Netherlands

North From Aalsmeer

We have moved northward from Aalsmeer and I have added two new posts: Heading North From Aalsmeer and North From Amsterdam

13 September 2012 | Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Taking Possession

We are back in the Netherlands, and I have added some new posts to the ZonderZorg blog at: Taking Possession and Settling-In and Making Plans

20 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Added a New Website

We have added a new website: Skûtsje ZonderZorg. Zonder zorg in Dutch means without worry. Our intention with the site is to provide a place to share some of the history, geography and culture of the skûtsje as we discover it. We will also use this place to document [...]

11 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Still More Skûtsje History

We continued to attempt to track-down Douwe Albert Visser, who was the owner of Nieuwe Zorg in 1941 when she was re-registered. One of the problems we repeatedly encountered in our online searches was the effect of currently having Albert Visser and two Douwe Vissers as very competitive skûtsje racers, [...]

10 August 2012 | Sequitur: St Augustine, USA - Michael & Edi: Vancouver, Canada - Nieuwe Zorg: Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Some More Skûtsje History

While I was researching the history of Nieuwe Zorg, I finally found her first registration details obscured by an apparent typographical error in a transcribed online spreadsheet. She was listed as having been built in 1901 instead of 1908. I emailed the webmaster of the [...]

To Bahia de Los Muertos

12 December 2009 | Bahia de Los Muertos
Michael
After a leisurely breakfast in the cockpit we weighed anchor at 0930 and headed out around Cabo Los Frailes under power to find the wind. Once we had cleared the protection of headland we were in the 1 to 2 metre short, steep seas generated by 20 knot NNW winds. Since our course was initially to the north, then to the NNW, this meant we would be beating our way upwind.

We rolled out the staysail and began hauling out the main, but it jammed in the mast. This was the first time I have had problems with it in the two-and-a-half years I have been sailing Sequitur. We examined our options: with other choices available, it was too rough to comfortably climb the mast the 3 or 4 metres required to fix the jam, we could motor back into the anchorage and clear the jam, or we could carry on to Bahia de Los Muertos under power.

If we turned back, the delay would mean a late night arrival in Bahia de Los Muertos, which is the next safe haven up the coast. If we motored, it would give us an opportunity to top-up the batteries and we would be able to power directly into the seas rather than tacking back and forth across them. We opted to continue on under power.

In the early afternoon the winds were up over 30 knots with gusts above 35 and the seas were a 1 to 2 metre short chop on a steep 2 to 3 metre swell. Every hundredth wave or so we took some heavy pounding, with solid water over the bows, and the motion was quite tiring. Otherwise it was a very pleasant day, with bright clear skies.

At 1650 we came to 25 metres of chain on the Rocna in 6.2 metres of water on a fine sand bottom in Bahia de Los Muertos. We relaxed for the rest of the afternoon, and in the evening enjoyed a wonderful dinner of rare beef tenderloin with Bearnaise sauce and gnocchi in a saute of diced portobello mushrooms, garlic, white onion, tomato and white wine, accompanied by fine green beans almandine.

After breakfast this morning we cleared the jam in the main sail, then we spent until the early afternoon cleaning. I started on the outside and Edi worked on the interior. While we have kept the boat relatively tidy and clean, this was the first opportunity that we have had to thoroughly clean the entire boat since we left.

This evening we took the dinghy ashore to a small float and walked the hundred metres or so to Restaurant 1535 for dinner. This is a rather modern facility, which is mainly a 20 metre by 20 metre steep-pitched thatched hip roof supported on wonderfully twisted mangrove posts and exposed pole trusses. It is open at three sides and the fourth side is the bar, kitchen and service area. Solid tables and comfortable chairs are set on a floor of large tiles, and the place has a pleasant feeling.

We shared a huge serving of nachos, enough in fact, to make a whole meal. Then our main course arrived. We each had a delicious dorado sauteed in garlic and butter accompanied by rice and greens. It was a wonderful meal in a fine setting, and including three beers and the tip, the evening came to CA$45.
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