Hi,
Recently joined the Cruiser forum, even if I'm not a full-time cruiser
Several times when googling on certain topics got a link to this forum, hence thought it would be st to just join!
Sail mostly shorthanded/solo every now and then with some friends. Mostly coastal hopping (UK,
France, Belgium) from the
Netherlands.
My
boat (named: WOOHOOO! (incl the exclamation mark
) is not really a cruiser, yet it works quite well for cruising too: with almost no
wind there is still sail
power, as the
boat is extremely light and has a huge sail area. (which also means that when there is a lot of
wind it quickly needs to be reefed
): it is a
Beneteau First Class
Europe, sailed with a-symmetric spinnakers (as solo on these boats that actually need 6 people in the rails spi is not an easy thing with anything more then a light breeze..).
As a result the
engine is hardly used for anything more then just harbour in / harbour out. Which is great.
Based in the
Netherlands at the former Zuiderzee, which unfortunately has become a (big) lake as it was decided many years ago that a dam was needed around it, hence it is no longer
salt water (which to me is a petty).
Either way hope to meet more people long sailing trips in the countries I regularly visit
Happy sailing!
Aernoudt
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