Tag: Skippers
Vendée Globe 2024: the live map and the ranking of the skippers
The Vendée Globe, the largest single-handed and non-stop race, has been underway for several days, follow the map and the ranking in real time. Four years after Yannick Bestaven’s victory,…
in mild weather, the skippers set off around the world
“ Compressed by emotion », the 40 skippers of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe left this Sunday, November 10 for a new solo journey around the world, acclaimed…
The Ameide ferry has been saved by new skippers – but sailing is not that simple
She’s been on the same ride since this morning. Lean from Amsterdam, who normally sails in her hometown, is practicing this how-to-sail-on-the-Lek lesson between Lopik and Ameide. It’s going well,…
Foot ferry De Overkant has a shortage of skippers: ‘We cannot sail like this in April’
After the call in October, eight enthusiastic skippers responded. But a few months later, four more dropped out, says Andries Nellestijn, board member of the De Overkant Foundation. “One lived…
Ukrainians in Nieuwegein moved to the boarding school for skippers
In a few months, in May, the approximately forty Ukrainians in the reception center at the Rembrandthage will also move to the boarding school grounds. The municipality says that this…
Route du Rhum: discover the methods used by skippers to manage their sleep
News Published on 03/11/2022 at 8:00 p.m. Updated 03/11/2022 at 8:00 p.m. Reading 3 mins. in collaboration with Dr François Duforez, sports and sleep doctor This Sunday, the skippers participating…
Skippers Bunschoten-Spakenburg see no reason for extra control of the brown fleet after the Harlingen accident
“That is really very sad,” says a skipper from Bunschoten about the accident in Harlingen, who does not want to be mentioned by name. He is waiting for a group…
Skippers see more dangerous situations on the water: ‘It often goes almost wrong, and sometimes completely’
Wijk bij Duurstede – It is becoming increasingly unsafe on the Dutch waterways. That is what Sunniva Fluitsma of the Algemeene Schippers Vereeniging says. On Friday afternoon, things went horribly…