1976- oceanranger hulls are delivered
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Cornwall England
 wooden mast-beam
 front-beam
 inside hull without floor
Cornwall England
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Cornwall England
Cornwall England
Cornwall England
Cornwall GB
Gweek, England
Gweek, England
Gweek, England
Cornwall England
Sidney Harbour, Australia
Gweek, England
 1998- general overhaul
Gweek, England
Gweek, England
Gweek, England
Gweek Cornwall
Gweek Cornwall
 my boat nr 5, 1999, Boanerges, a custom Prout Ocean Ranger build by Toby Richardson. it will be the final one
 Bill (brooker), Toby (owner) Ewoud (friend)
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
 ready to sail to Holland in dec 1999. GPS and navtex for weather info is all electronics available
On the 3th of dec 1999 we left Falmouth for the Netherlands
 first 24 hours we did 245Nm. In night 2 the old jib parted
Amsterdam Netherlands
Utrecht,Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gweek, Cornwall
antigua
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gulf of Biscay between England and Spain
 a new canvas canopy (it could have been of Sunbrella) it lasts a year in the tropics
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winter 2006/2007 Amsterdam Netherlands
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Falmouth, Cornwall
Amsterdam Netherlands
Amsterdam Netherlands
 a hydraulic ram for autopilot . will become in a few years obsolete, a lewmar electric liniair drive proves to be reliable too
 preparing a GPR platform for an electric anchor-winch
 leads anchor winch shut off when not in use, to prevent chain from galvanic corrosion.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wadden islands - Netherlands
Wadden islands - Netherlands
Wadden islands - Netherlands
Wadden islands - Netherlands
2005 aug Wadden Islands
 Coppercoat, non-destructible hard
 the copper lightning protector was not painted with coppercoat
 2 more coats of Coppercoat
 first time in many, many years the rudders are removed
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 growth on the copper earth plates, coppercoat works
 winter 2006/2007, preparing for the big trip
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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 Air-vent
 bulkhead to slow down movement of fuel
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gweek Cornwall
 replaced in Lissabon, under garantee
June 2007, Gweek Cornwall
isla lobos - canaries islands (2007-09)
Mindelo - Sao Vincente - Cabo Verde
Mindelo - Sao Vincente - Cabo Verde
Mindelo - Sao Vincente - Cabo Verde
Mindelo - Sao Vincente - Cabo Verde
 new Solara solar panels (horrible, waist of money)
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Mindelo - Sao Vincente - Cabo Verde
english-channel
st. lucia
st. lucia
san-martin - netherlands
 maintenance on genoa-furler
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 moving up line-drum
 check 12mm SS stay
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carriacou-grenada - caribbean
carriacou-grenada - caribbean
carriacou-grenada - caribbean
union island - st.vincente and grenadines
statia - netherlands
Bequia - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Bequia - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
statia - netherlands
statia - netherlands
atlantic ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
 the teacher explains how to remove growth underwater
antigua
 installation heat-dissapator for Kiss wind-generator
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
carriacou - grenada - caribbean
san-martin - netherlands
 how to replace the piston in a Spectra.
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 This piston and the rubber O-rings are the only parts which wear out.
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Mindelo - Sao Vincente - Cabo Verde
 I fitted a AIS transciever. Where is Fedility?
 Fidelity changed coarse a few degrees while she knew I were there (common practice of the big ships)
caribbean sea
antigua
antigua
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
san-martin - netherlands
St. Martin
I bought new sails (Quantum) and fitted the jib on a roller-reef
st.martin - dutch
st.martin - dutch
 Prepared for the night Version 1
 Prepared for the night Version 2, much better
 the 3 years old (Dutch) chain is completely gone
nabargandup bipi Kuna Yala (San Blas) - Panama
 at some places the old chain measured only 6mm
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 Melted fuses and 2 solar chargers + Quadro dispays were lost due to a lightning strike
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Boanerges was 1.5 hours in 40kn of wind sideways on a reef.
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
Shelter Bay Marina - Panama
 july 2011,back to Cartagena. looks worth than it is.
La bahia - cartagena de indias
 board-walk works nice for Claudia
La bahia - cartagena de indias
 Pedro and Ronaldo, his father of 72, start working on my boat.
 Pedro working
 All clear and clean white polyurethane paint
 Ronaldo (72), the father of Pedro
Cartagena de Indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
La bahia - cartagena de indias
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