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Making memories onboard SY Wiktoria 2
North Sea circle – Follow the Vikings
After few set backs, finally we left the Netherlands for our longer sailing trip. Not really knowing the boat, we decided to take it easy. We first sailed our known places – Vlieland, Ameland and via the Wadden Sea passage to Lauwersoog. So far so god, so it was time to set sails to face the bigger adventure.
It’s official – our Delphia 40.3 WIKTORIA is FOR SALE!
Delphia40 FOR SALE – perfectly balanced and ergonomic, highly functional sailing yacht with spacious cockpit, roomy saloon, perfect for shallow waters!
Welcome WIKTORIA #2
While getting our Wiktoria ready for a long trip we are going to have next year, we came across an interesting sailing yacht – Pilot Sail Explorer 12 designed by W. Nieland. Welcome Wiktoria 2.
Early morning sailing in March
Sun, clouds, no wind - sailing back from Texel! Weekend sailing 23-24 March 2019 Somehow our WinGPS 2019 Voyager did not see the COM ports - thus we have no tracks recorded.Fortunately, we could make a screenshot of our trip to Texel from MarineTraffic.Saturday was a...
Spring in February
What a gorgeous weather we had this weekend! Weekend sailing 23-24 February 2019 Experience The Wadden Sea Yourself
Walking on the seabed – Rottumeroog
Trip to Rottumeroog organised by the Waddenvereniging with guides from de Vrije Wadlopers. The trip to the island of Rottumeroog is a very special one. It is located in a closed nature reservation area in the Eastern Wadden Sea region. Around 11:30 we...
SY Wiktoria wrapped in the new generation of an antifouling
Wrapping Wiktoria in the new generation of the antifouling - Finsulate. Sailing mainly on the Wadden Sea - the UNESCO World Heritage, means we feel responsible for the nature. Thus we have been looking for environmental friendly antifouling. We came across...
Gennaker Weather – Testing our new sail
The weather forecast for upcoming sailing weekend ... a couple of quiet days. As the expected wind speed is 5-10 kn we could be able to fly our gennaker - finally. The gennaker was delivered by De Vries Sails Makkum B.V. more then month ago but were not able to use it...
Weather Forecast – Weekend 25-27 August 2017
Going sailing upcoming weekend? Chech the weather forecast! For more details check Zilt Meteo. Don't forget to consult the most recent weather maps before going out sailing at Zilt Meteo. Experience The Wadden Sea Yourself
First time on the Wadden Sea
The first sailing holidays aboard Wiktoria. Early April 2017 we introduced SY Wiktoria to the Wadden Sea. After leaving the lock Kornwerndzand we have checked the wind and head to Texel. The next step was beaching at Fransche Gaatje before we sailed to Vlieland. The...
Getting Ready for Sailing Season
The sailing season is approaching very fast. Tornado Sailing team was working hard to get SY WIKTORIA ready for her first sailing adventure. Count down to start sailing season has started! Experience The Wadden Sea Yourself
Launching SY Wiktoria
Babtisme of our SY Wiktoira took place on 18th March 2017. With family and friends we had a small ceremony. Wiktoria - our niece, had a pleasure of 'breaking' a champagne. Herewith a short impression from the ceremony, launching, the first time sailing under a genua,...