On the first Saturday of 2021, we cast off the ropes of the Baltic and began our journey to Deventer. The sun was shining, the wind was calm, and the …
You can’t change the wind…
…but you can adjust your sails. At sea, you need to be flexible. And alert. Does it look like a beautiful day? In an hour, a few dark clouds could …
Schooner or Ketch
The Baltic was a schooner. For the non-nautically inclined: with a schooner, the aft mast (the mainmast) is taller than the foremast (the schooner mast). A schooner is very popular …
Evert’s Visit
On a crisp Saturday morning, sometime in February, he suddenly appeared on the quay: Evert Verkerk. We only knew his name from the Baltic’s sales brochure – “design: Evert Verkerk” …
Taking down the masts
August 6th is the day: the masts are coming down. The weekend before, we pulled out all the cables running through the mast, unscrewed the winches, and brought down the …
New adventure for the ‘Baltic’
Many in the charter fleet will still remember the two-masted staysail schooner ‘Baltic’ sailing across the IJsselmeer or, later, on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Norwegian coast. For the …
