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Boanerges is for saLE, I will not sail anymore due to health problems and age

FOR more information, Open THE Album The end: Boanerges for sale

This album deals ONLY with the sailboat Boanerges, a modified Prout Ocean Ranger of 45ft. I bought Boanerges end of 1999 in Gweek Cornwall.

The first albums (actually THE END in my view) show how and when she was constructed and what she is aimed for.

THE BEGIN shows how I got accustomed to sailing Boanerges in European waters.

DIVING shows how my dreams came true, using Boanerges to sail to the small, difficult-to-visit islands like Bequia, in the Caribbean and other quiet places while using her as a diving platform.

PANAMA, by accident, became a highlight. I repaired the deteriorated lancha of the island Nabargandup Bipi. That made I was allowed to take images of people who in the beginning shied away, while they felt that I could take their souls. But that changed dramatically. In the end, I was asked to take pictures of them. The 3-month stay at Nabargandup Bipi ( Litlle Orange ) became the most wonderful part of my travels.

SUMMARY are excerpts of many other albums on the site that show each one an in-depth event.

In 2007 I had my house sold in Utrecht, and left with Boanerges the Netherlands on a voyage to the West Indies, with the intention not to return. The albums NR01 - NR29 are a copy of a different blog that I wrote during my crossing over the Ocean and sailing in the West Indies.

From 2010 and later I sailed between Panama and Colombia and settled down eventually in Colombia. At this moment I have quit sailing due to being 76 and being married. So Boanerges is after 18 years of joyful sailing for sale.

From the start, Boanerges was meant to stay independent, at anchor or moored and in the mud, without external connections. She still has no built-in water tanks and is equipped with 20L jerry cans, while one had to get the water by the dinghy anyway. And it helps the crew to mind the use of water. Energy is these days no problem with the powerful 24V/48V solar energy system. So the watermaker does the work now. Until corrosion comes into play. Toby Richardson, the builder, and I have used the boat in very rough environments. Everything breaks down in these harsh marine environments, especially electronics. So every breakdown has to be solved by the crew. After every breakdown, I looked for a simpler solution to avoid dependence on electronics. (by the way, I am a fan of electronics, the boat has a wide collection of them)

One has to find a workaround until one is in a place where proper repair is available. That can easily be 500NM away. And even then the right spare parts are very often not available. So the boat is loaded with backups and special spare parts.

This boat is not for someone who is used to sailing to a well-equipped marina to have his problem sorted out. There are many more conventional catamarans available for that. But sturdy trustful, go-anywhere boats that have proved to get a beating on a reef and sail on, and can easily be sailed solo like Boanerges are more difficult to find.

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Wadden islands - Netherlands

The end: Boanerges for sale

Living on Boanerges in winter in Amsterdam 2006/7 (with Webasto

The end: living with boanerges

The end: boanerges construction maintenance XL

Copy of Each time I am still surprised what I encounter in my life !!

The end: About those who made my sailing possible

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The begin: 2002 Amsterdam to Scillys and back

Gulf of Biscay between England and Spain (Copy)

The begin: Netherlands to Porto and back (2003)

Hans is leaving (Copy)

The begin: 2005-08-wadden

carriacou - grenada

Diving: Carriacou - Grenada

Copy of saba - netherlands

Diving: Saba - Statia

Copy of Hi there

Diving: bonaire

panama portobelo 2011

panama: black jezus 2011

Nabargandup Bipi, 700 heads living on 2 acres (Copy)

Panama: en las calles de bipi B&N (set 0)

nabargandup bipi-kuna Yala (Copy)

Panama: nabargandup bipi (set 1) - boat taxi

going home to nabargandup dumas (Copy)

Panama: nabargandup bipi (set 2) - vivir

Panama: nabargandup bipi (set 3) - trabajar

going ashore to wash cloths and take sweet water (Copy)

Panama: nabargandup bipi (set 4) - rio nergala

one can of sugar water is all we have until 2PM (Copy)

Panama: nabargandup bipi (set 5) - selva

Nabargandup Bipi - Kuna - Yala - Panama (Copy)

Panama: nabargandup bipi (set 6) eventos

No return

Summary: amsterdam lissabon XL

Talking with dolfins

Summary: atlantic crossing XL

Regatta

Summary: windward islands XL

farwell party

nr01 amsterdam-falmouth (2007-06)

13KN

nr02 Falmouth-Coruna (2007-07)

Finisterre

nr03 coruna-cascais (2007-08)

Lissabon-Canaries, Cabo Verden-Martinique

nr04 cascais-isla lobos (2007-09)

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nr05 lobos-cabo-verde (2007-09)

nr06 cabo-verde (2007-10)

nr07 technique matters (2007-09)

Relaxing in the Caribbean

nr08 atlantic crossing (2007-12)

nr09 martinique-guadeloupe (2008-01)

nr10 guadeloupe (2008-02)

nr11 guadeloupe-dominica (2008-03)

nr12 dominica-bequia (2008-04)

Entered with the foreward looking sonar

nr13 Bequia-Carriacou (2008-07)

nr14 carriacou-grenada (2008-08)

not sold to tourists, production 1000 bars a day

nr15 grenada-carriacou (2008-10)

nr16 carriacou-martinique (2008-11)

nr17 Martinique-SXM (2008-12)

san-martin - netherlands

Working: San Martin -Super yachts and maintenance

Between this type of yachts I do build myself a hardtop and many

nr18 SXM (2009-01)

nr19 SXM-Saba (2009-05)

restauration of the hotel, queen juliana slept here

nr20 Saba-Carriacou (2009-07)

nr21 Azoren (2009-09)

nr22 Carriacou-Curacao (2009-11)

young Queen Parrtot fish with Trupet fish

nr23 bonaire-Aruba (2009-12)

the coast of colombia

nr24 Aruba-Carthagena (2010-01)