Category Archives: Personal

Personal, Friends and Family related stuff.

Pressure or Progress: The Story of the Small Headsail

Posted on 2024-08-04, Sunday by jaap

One of the best sailing days this year so far reminded me of something that I personally need to be reminded of quite frequently. Maybe the insight is of some value to you too. It deals with a few tensions, … Continue reading →

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Fixing the dryer! Adventures of an amateur technician.

Posted on 2021-02-07, Sunday by jaap

A few weeks ago, the motor of my laundry dryer started stuttering, sometimes making a humming noise, sometimes stopping all together. I’ve only had this/a dryer for a couple of years –it was my mother’s before–, so I thought: all … Continue reading →

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Walking in the Eifel

Posted on 2015-12-06, Sunday by jaap

Very rainy but ghostly beautiful walk during our week’s stay near Monschau.

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Volvo HQ Alicante

Posted on 2015-07-23, Thursday by jaap

While the Volvo Ocean 65’s were in Scheveningen, we were Spain. A somewhat unfortunate planning and not surprisingly there weren’t too many people around the Volvo Ocean Race HQ in Alicante. Nice to have a look around though 🙂

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The Sweetest Thing

Posted on 2015-01-22, Thursday by jaap

Amazed and bewildered when looking at our little son 🙂

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10K run

Posted on 2013-11-11, Monday by jaap

Laan van Meerdervoort Loop 2013: Kilometer 5: Dunes Kilometer 8-10: Sandy beach with bft. 7 Otherwise pretty good speed 🙂   After the final 3 km through loose sand with ridiculous head winds, uphill to Kijkduin… and picture time!!!

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Home to work

Posted on 2012-04-04, Wednesday by jaap

Very happy with the new office 😀 Bicycle trip is very doable and refreshing.

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No valley too deep, no mountain too high.

Posted on 2011-09-15, Thursday by jaap

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”.  Well, my sister did just that. She turned a perceived weakness of physical performance into an ability to be proud of. Anything is possible now. It may even be that pigs … Continue reading →

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Just installed

Posted on 2010-12-03, Friday by jaap

Just installed wordpress to replace my old plain html website. I hope to be able to put stuff online easier this way. Hold on while I try to figure out how this all works…

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