In Lisbon Walter, his brother and Heather joined Shaman. After the boat and safety briefing we left the next day for Cascais to get fuel. We had to wait for a huge schooner (Atlantic) and guess what; the also had the Frysian Flag in top! It is a small world. It promised to be a … More Part III Shaman La Rapita – Amsterdam: Puke your heart out

In La Linea (Gibraltar) Patrick joined me the same evening. Patrick is an ex-Clipper Race skipper and sailed around the workd at least twice. By the way: the Clipper Race is not on those wooden boats that most Dutchies think about with a Clipper. You can compare the yachts with the Volvo Ocean Race ‘machines’ … More Part II Shaman La Rapita – Amsterdam: The Clipper way

What a delivery.. 3 weeks in and we aren’t even half way yet! Last month I received a call from Walter who just became the new owner of the 6-year old Garcia Explorer 45 Shaman. A beautiful aluminium yacht built to do some proper exploring to even the Arctic. The first of May I arrived … More Part 1 – Shaman La Rapita – Amsterdam: “What a world we live in”