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Stond op MP geloof ik, vraagprijs < 10.000 ?? Is nu verkocht naar
Duitsland Was zo te lezen toch weinig mis mee...
Hey, what a funny thing to find my boat here is this forum!
Sorry for writing in english. Although I'm able to understand quite a lot of your writings my dutch is not very good.
As someone already wrote: I bought that Contest 33 in late January and already did a lot of work on her to fix her up.
We had her out of the water in April (YAGRA-Boatyard, Hellevoetsluis) and - of course - found a lot of osmosis. But it's nothing that can't be fixed. We opened and filled some holes in the botton, painted new antifouling and put her back to water.
It took us five days to get to Lauwersoog by taking the staande-mast-route. It was my first time sailing though the netherlands and I must admit: I've never seen a country more beautiful! All the water and channels ... It was wonderful! I'll definitely come back one day
From Lauwersoog I sailed her singlehanded and nonstop to the Kiel-Channel and from there to the baltic sea. Now she's berthed in the Schlei-Fjord, near Kappeln.
The 400-miles-trip to Germany was a hard test for boat and Engine (60 hours of motoring after more than 5 years neglected in the water ...) - it was unbelievable that nothing broke and that the engine caused no trouble.
Now I'm going to sail her through the summer and then start a major refit next winter. It is still a lot to do. First of all I have to take care of the osmosis and a hole in the keel from a ramming of the previous owner. Then I'll do the electronics, do a new paintjob and new standing rigging. It's going to cost me a fortune and will time to save the money, but the boat is definitely worth it. I'm 24-years old and so I still have a lot of time for the work
My plan is to sail her around the world someday. I already sailed singlehanded across the atlantic in 2005 when I was nineteen. By that time I owned an old Fellowship 27 which I sold in the USA after the voyage, because she was too old and two weak after 7.000 miles, wasn't able to sail around the rest of the world as well.. So my plan is to do it with the contest
Here's my blog about the trip from Hellevoetsluis to Germany and the further works on the boat :
johannes-erdmann.blogspot.com