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Testing the spacious interior... Ntombifuti receives a social area, where I can...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 15:22Ntombifuti and her intrepid skipper got portrayed in Yachting Monthly.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Sat, 28/01/2012 - 21:10For everybody who suspects something different (shame on those): My boat always...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Thu, 26/01/2012 - 17:53Now the creative part starts..
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Wed, 11/01/2012 - 21:59Ntombifuti's hullThe design work makes progress
Ntombifuti gets refurnished, and we start pretty much from scratch, as you can see.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 15:06Without mast even closer to a stealth boat.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 10:54WAT GAAN WE DOEN IN 2012 ?
Submitted by Maarten Russchen on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 10:28Video midden op de Oceaan. 150 mijl van de Azoren. Truant, een andere deelnemer in de Azab, maakte de video. Ziet er heel relaxed uit, maar de werkelijkheid is dat eerst Truant zijn gennaker in het water kreeg bij het strijken. Gelukkig zonder scheuren weer aan boord. Vlak daarna knalde bij mij een blok eruit van de gennaker tackline. Ik moest dus ook strijken. We hebben toen maar van elkaar wat video beelden gemaakt. Gelukkig kon ik de tackline via andere blokken laten lopen en daarna kon het zeil weer omhoog. Inmiddels is voor mij het zeilseizoen afgelopen. Boot op de kant voor onderhoud.
Slightly revamped website.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Thu, 20/10/2011 - 13:51Slightly revamped website.RALPH VILLIGER * * * NTOMBIFUTIralph.avance.ch
I have just been announced as competitor #1 in the Round Rockall Race. Now I jus...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Sat, 15/10/2011 - 08:48Yesterday at an Arved Fuchs talk I got ideas about cruising destinations in Irel...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Fri, 14/10/2011 - 08:34Yesterday at an Arved Fuchs talk I got ideas about cruising destinations in Ireland and Scotland (2012) and Canada and Greenland (2013).
Recently some Belgians landed on Rockall and broadcasted from there (a much soug...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 09:56Recently some Belgians landed on Rockall and broadcasted from there (a much sought-after place for radio amateurs). That's why another radio expedition to Rockall, which was originally planned for June 2012, has now been postponed. Apparently, Rockall has just become less attractive for radio amateurs after the recent landfall of the Belgians. Nevertheless, in June 2012 an Admiral of the Swiss Navy will have a look whether all is in order on Rockall. But probably the rock will be uninhabited and the Admiral won't get military honours.
This is the track of the Round Rockall Race 2012.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 14:31#Ntombifuti has just registered for the #RoundRockallRace next June, starting in...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Wed, 05/10/2011 - 09:14#Ntombifuti has just registered for the #RoundRockallRace next June, starting in Galway, Ireland, to #Rockall and back.
Safran
Submitted by Maarten Russchen on Tue, 26/07/2011 - 05:53In Trinite sur Mer ligt Safran mooi te zijn aan de steiger. Wat Marc Guillemot allemaal heeft meegemaakt op die boot in enorm. Ik kijk mijn ogen uit naar al die mooie details op het dek.
Figaro
Submitted by Maarten Russchen on Tue, 26/07/2011 - 05:44In Caen wordt de komst van de Figaro vloot aangekondigd door billboards overal in de stad. Dat is het betere werk!
TERUG IN LELYSTAD
Submitted by Maarten Russchen on Sat, 16/07/2011 - 12:00Van Brighton naar Dover was het vooral een kwestie van zonnebrand paraat houden. Dover IJmuiden idem dito. En dan ben je opeens weer gewoon op het IJsselmeer. Bootje in de box, oude Renaultje start zowaar zonder haperen. Weer thuis en meteen weer aan het werk. Wat een geweldige race was dit. Zojuist heb ik foto's van de Azab, inclusief voorbereidingen geplaatst.
Sailing into the night.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 11:50Sailing into the night.Jul 11, 2011 4:50am
On the outward leg. Good speed in slightly bumpy sea.
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 11:40On the outward leg. Good speed in slightly bumpy sea.On the outward leg. Good speed in slightly bumpy sea.
In total NTOMBIFUTI has sailed 2,566 nm at an average speed of 6.4 kn in the AZA...
Submitted by Ralph Villiger on Fri, 08/07/2011 - 08:44In total NTOMBIFUTI has sailed 2,566 nm at an average speed of 6.4 kn in the AZAB 2011. This is about 300 nm more than the direct route.
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