You’re a surfer, sailor or wake boarder? Then the HISWA 2011 is the place for you to be! From march, 1st 2011 till march, 6th 2011 the HISWA takes place at the RAI Amsterdam. Here you’ll find amazing yachts for nearly any budget. If you like the HISWA RAI to start the sail season you may also like the HISWA TE WATER to end the sail season. The HISWA TE WATER takes place from september, 6th 2011 till september, 11th 2011 at the Marina Seaport IJmuiden.
Because of much work as well as a sailing trip on the Wadden Sea I haven’t been sailing for a few weeks. Today I thought: “Well, now I have time, hard wind and I’m really motivated!” Therefore after work I went directly to my boat to sail a bit.
Yesterday Laura Dekker left the Netherlands to start her solo sail trip around the world (see also my other post) and tomorrow I’ll prepare my sail trip. OK, it’s not that spectacular as Laura’s sail trip is. But for me it’s also a special tour. My parents will visit me tomorrow. After one night staying at my house we’ll leave Amsterdam on Saturday to travel to Enkhuizen. There we’ll enter the Broedertrouw, a 2 mast sail ship which is 34 meter long and sailed by skipper Arno and sailor Saskia. We’ll be leaving Enkhuizen on Saturday and will return to Enkhuizen Saturday, 15th of august.
One week ago I participate on my first regatta, the Pieperrace 2010, with the Broedertrouw. The Pieperrace is a regatta that will be raced with traditional flat bottomed boats. It is a two day spectacle for skippers, sailors and tourists.The Pieperrace takes place in Volendam since 1985. This year the organizers hold their 26th Pieperrace. In complete 52 ships participate on the race this year.
Next week I participate on my first sail race. I’m really very surprised about that! Unfortunately I totally forgot to care about safety equipment. OK, I’m not crossing the Atlantic ocean. Therefore the safety equipment must not be that extreme. But never underestimate the power of wind and water. Even in coastal areas. It’s nearly impossible to swim back to the coast in that time of the year even if the distance is one or two kilometers. In the swimming pool I easily can swim one km. But in the open water? Here the scene looks completely different.