History

This is a short video/Slide show about my sailing trip to Aruba. After that scroll down... Sailing to Aruba.. Slideshow: Blue Melody Tours’s trip from Den Helder to 5 cities Caribbean Sea (near Palm/Eagle Beach), Oranjestad, Fortaleza, Paramaribo and El Cotillo was created by TripAdvisor. See another Spain slideshow. Take your travel photos and make a slideshow for free.

A collection off past time photos of Aruba, my sailing trip to Aruba, the boats glory days, and lots more This Catamaran from the U.K Was made to sail around the world and be a adventures dream..known as the" Black Pearl" When I found this Boat on the Canaries-Islands, it had every thing I needed, just like the Robinson Crusoe story, you know, like; Tools and rope, nets, sails, machetes, stuff you are going to need for a trip like, I was about to under take.... The catamaran was made with a Polynesian style hull and a Polynesian Catch mainsail. Not a cruise ship, really..However I was going to find out in the now 21 years, that it was the right vessel for the job, open and ready for any kind of tropical sailing condissions. I sailed Trans Atlantic to Brazil and after 3 years saild on to Aruba..	Right you see me on deck as I was crossing the equator!! Left you see the boat on a postcard in a small port on the Island of Fuertaventura in the Canary islands.This is where I saw her the first time.. Left you see The Havic, a boat I was living on for 4 years with Miranda. Left you see Mr Van Loon and Miranda, this was where I started to sail with customers in Aruba.. I sailed to the North coast off Brazil. ( Rio was home for me from 6 till 12 years of age) back to Brazil age 24, this time in the North. Then on to Suriname, and Aruba. The sailer's off Brazil. In Loving memory of Miranda.	Top are pictures of a Dutch sailer that sailed this boat around the world with his family..)7years. And that is when in I cam across this boat. Below pictures from a Dutch wind Surf magazine ( that is me after I sailed the Atlantic to Brazil and on to Aruba)