Summer Sailing in Holland

The crew of Maritje on the race course!

The Morris M36 daysailer in Enkhuizen

Eric Roos sent this report from his week in The Netherlands after attending the Sparkman & Stephens Annual European meeting in Enkhuizen.

“Just a short summary of what has been going on over here at this awesome event. Elliot Cohen and I sailed Marietje M3625 from Friesland (Sneek) through the canals and locks and across the Isomere to the historic city of Enkhuizen on Wednesday (6 hour sail). On Thursday, I met with editors of a British pub for a boat test of the M36. Of course they loved the boat!

On Friday, we raced Marietje with owner Geert Douma, M36 owner Elliot Cohen, a friend of Geert’s and myself. We had a great breeze and a very good start and everything worked flawlessly (jybes with the gennaker; rounding marks with only water pressure keeping boats from colliding etc!) We finished 4th over all with 29 boats racing. It was a very impressive sight to see at the start and the downwind legs with all the chutes flying on the Isomere! A sight burned in my mind for a very long time! Geert was very psyched to receive a prize in the race!

Saturday I met with clients of Wythe and Greg and hope to make progress with both toward a sale or a sail…..

Sunday, Elliot and I sail back to Friesland and will celebrate Elliots 75th Birthday with the Douma’s in Sneek!

I’ll be back in the good ol’USA on Monday! Cheers to all! Eric