Boat profiles

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23 April 2022 - Boat profile of Hobie Mirage Island Tandem - Het Beest

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Sebastiaan van Rossum tells us about the Hobie Trimaran With the Very Long Name that he and son Simon sailed at the Raid Extreme 2021.​

 

23 March 2022: Return of the Liteboat XP

Josien Kapma and her family returned to the Netherlands after many years abroad. Josien got back into sailing and bought a Drascombe Lugger for cruising. Then she put her Lugger for sale and bought a Liteboat XP.

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04 March 2022: Mirror - Bubbels

Having arrived at the eleventh hour for the Raid Extreme 2021, Frits is returning with Mirror Bubbels and will be joined by another Mirror owned by Koos Buist.

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13 February 2022: Jewelbox Jr - Unnamed

After Julian participated in the 2016 Raid Extreme with a very narrow duck punt, he decided to build a more comfortable boat for the 2022 edition.
It will be finished in the same white and racing green livery as the famous Lotus Cortinas of the late sixties.

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29 May 2021: Pouch RZ85 - Captain Bluebear

Ingo Müller is a veteran from all previous Raid Extreme editions.

Years ago, Ingo started a business with Eckhard Euen for recycling old DDR folding canoes into fast and versatile dinghy cruisers.
Their trimaran treatment (three sails, three hulls) gave the tired old canoes a new lease of life.
Ingo and Eckhard had great fun at the first Raid Extreme and continued to come back for more.

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16 May 2021: Quetico Sailing Canoe - Lauren Lou

Mark Whitelock completed the 2018 Raid NL with a Whitewater Prospector canoe. For the Raid Extreme he returns with a new weapon: a carbon/kevlar beauty called Lauren Lou.

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01 May 2021: Blunt 22 one off - Weerlicht

Hans and Margreet blended a Jewell and a Swallow into the Blunt 22 for coastal trips (and the Raid Extreme).

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25 April 2021: Morbic 12 - Proteus

Veterans Paul Waterman and Robin Popham built a Morbic 12 for the 2020 Dorestad but were held up by travel restrictions. They plan to participate in the Raid Extreme as a warming up event for the 2021 Dorestad Raid.

With both a sloop and lug rig they can adapt to the conditions just like the shape-shifting Greek god of rivers and oceans, Proteus.

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18 April 2021: Wet Bicycle

The innovative WetBicycle has a cruise speed of 8km/h and can reach a top speed of 15 km/h. Wim joined the Raid Extreme circus in 2018 and is always to first to register for the event (they should get a prize for that).

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11 April 2021: RoG 15 - Bluto

A design called after a movie and a boat called after a politically incorrect cartoon character. However the intrinsic qualities of Bluto made Voile Magazine decide to name the RoG 15 the 'Transportable de l'Annee 2020'.

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03 April 2021: Nacra 6.0 - Feng Shui

This elderly lady was a candidate for the 1992 Olympic selection but has enough poise for Bert Schilder.

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27 March 2021: Artemis Canoe - Wolf

Koos Winnips got bored of sailing of sailing foiling Moths and built a canoe.

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13 March 2021: Vlet - Hatseflats

Hubert Bakker designed a 15ft sailing pram to fit his limited building skills and garage.

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06 March 2021: Viola Canoe

The original Michael Storer designed Viola built by Joost Engelen is a fast and cool little boat.

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27 February 2021: Astus 20.5 - Emma Peel
The new Mrs Peel comes from France and has three legs.

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27 January 2021: Adventure 600

A Q+A with Algie Bennett about his Australian adventure.

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