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20 November 2019
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 […]
23 September 2019
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 […]
30 July 2019
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 […]
29 May 2019
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 […]
10 March 2019
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 […]
17 January 2019
Best wishes for 2019! We hope that 2019 will be a beautiful and healthy year for everyone! For us it means new travel destinations, a different home and more ..! Traveling with the Anne-Margaretha We are very excited about the new travel destinations this year: Iceland, Greenland, Faeroer Islands, perhaps the Shetland Islands. Fellow sailors […]
23 November 2018
Wintertime The Anne-Margaretha is wintering in Spaarndam along the shore until she starts up again on May 1 with trips to the High North! Apart from a few remaining chores, the ship is ready for the new season. We look back on a great year which ended with the exciting Race of the Classics for […]
20 September 2018
Anne-Margaretha Completes her Fourth World Trip! On August 23, the Anne-Margaretha re-entered Spaarndam harbor in the Netherlands to a wonderful welcoming party, bringing her almost year-long voyage to a close. Heinz and the crew look back on the many highlights, such as the extraordinary nature and delightful conversations, along with more challenging moments like the […]
20 August 2018
Last leg: to IJmuiden! (nr.25) From St.Malo tot the Channel Islands Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney Anne-Margaretha sails to the Netherlands! The planning will be Thursday morning through the locks of IJmuiden! She will be at home than since almost one year sailing her world trip! Heinz (photo: Anne-Margaretha on her own jetty… Just a pitty […]
27 July 2018
The Anne-Margaretha is Heading for Spain If you think it’s hot here in the Netherlands, ah, we look back to steamy Panama and Cuba for the quintessential tropical heat. It was hard to sleep on board with scanty wind in the harbor and night temperatures of > 30˚C …. We experienced such wonderful adventures these […]