2020, a different season… Like many of our fellow skippers / ship owners, we also have a “lost” season this year. The consequences of the virus are great in our travel industry ..! Norway will keep the borders closed to us until at least August 20… Of course you always have to see it in […]

A rather different Newsletter than usual… The entire world is in the grip of the novel coronavirus/Covid-19…. We are all trying to survive this together, and yet from a distance: taking care of each other and ourselves… We hope that you and your loved ones will weather this crisis safely, and that we can sail […]

Wintertime for the Anne-Margaretha Our new berth at Willemsoord/Den Helder became active quickly. It is even more sheltered, and this old yard is becoming very attractive to visitors. (Worth a visit!) Heinz has completely cleaned and painted the fresh water and dirty water tanks these past few weeks:a big job deep inside the ship. Fortunately […]

Back from Iceland-Faroe Islands-Shetlands-Scotland-England The Anne-Margaretha is back again in the Netherlands. Her last trip was quite impressive: we explored all new areas for us and immediately fell in love with them! This was another special sailing season, not the least because of the pleasant groups onboard! Our sailors met the challenges of weather, wind […]

Looking back Greenland and Iceland were new destinations for us. The trip to Greenland was very impressive for everyone: sailing between 2000 m high mountains, huge icebergs, beautiful sunsets and sunrises and the Northern Lights! And not to mention the whales…! Deeply impressed, we arrived in Iceland a second time, which we totally enjoyed. Greenland/Iceland […]

The last days in Spitsbergen … While many of you lived in the heat here, we enjoyed, most of the time, wonderful weather about 1000 km from the North Pole (between 5-19 degrees now and then…). The last 6 weeks we have been in the beautiful High North: Spitsbergen! We look back on very special […]

To the High North! Nature had finally awakened in Europe, while the Anne-Margaretha was sailing towards the Arctic, and a different kind of Springtime. The strong northern winds forced us to wait for a while at Terschelling (an island north of the Netherlands), but finally the wind gods welcomed us and we made the crossing […]

  Springtime! Last week we smelled Spring in the air, which felt very good! The warmer weather prompted many requests for our trips. While many are fully booked … people are signing up on a waiting list, just in case a spot opens up. Still some weeks away… Before the Anne-Margaretha leaves the Netherlands once […]