[Sailing your boat from the Netherlands to New Zealand]

Yes Rushman, that’s basically it. 

We will of course take all necessary measures to prepare for the trip. The last thing we want is a sunken ship so we will do everything in our power to get to New Zealand in one piece. However, if the worst happens we would also like to have a contract made by a professional to have a (financial) solution ready. We of course will discuss the specifics with the buyer beforehand. 

We are going to sail nonstop for a week on the north sea in October on a hired yacht as preparation. We also think it’s safe to get to know the boat before we go so we don’t come across nasty surprises along the way. Our friend has had dozens of boats and has done maintenance on the boats by himself so he knows where to look when buying a yacht. We will ask him to come with us when we pick up the yacht to look for the weak spots. I think that is then a good time to meet each other:) (I assume you fly to Europe when you plan to buy the yacht?). 

I thought it’s nice to introduce us to you so I will start with my brother and I. My name is Jorian van Bemmelen and study Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University in Delft and also live in Delft. My brother and I started sailing when I was 9 and he was 11 in a Cadet, this is a small two person boat. In 2008 we participated in the world cup of the Cadet. My brother also sailed in this world cup in another Cadet. After the world cup we sailed in the Cadets until I was 11 years old and he was 13 years old. After that, my brother and I often sailed with our parents in the holidays on the Ijselmeer and Waddensea where we gotten used to sailing with bigger yachts. After we moved to The Hague we started sailing on smaller sailing boats on the North sea which we did until the age of 15. 

As you can see my brother and I have similar interests:) His name is Daniel van Bemmelen and lives in Amsterdam. He studies Physics at the University of Amsterdam. He has basically the same sailing experience as I have which is more than most idyllic couples you see on YouTube who are sailing the world. 

We believe that preparation is almost everything when sailing safely across the world and put safety before anything else. I hope you can form an initial impression of us and would like to invite you for a Skype/ Zoom/ Facetime call if you would like to speak to us. 

Here is a yacht we thought is capable of sailing halfway across the world:)

https://www.yachtfocus.com/gebruikte-boten-te-koop/sealion-yachts/164530/one-off-peters-zeiljacht.html

 

Please don’t hesitate to mail me if you have any questions for us. 

[Sailing your boat from the Netherlands to New Zealand]

16 hours ago, BOIGuy said:

I have my eye on some nice cruising boats in New Zealand, if you buy one for me I will happily sail it to the Netherlands for you to use after I am finished with it.

Buying a boat in Europe is not the problem for us. Selling it in New Zealand is difficult when we are back in the Netherlands. Or do you mean we then sail it back to New Zealand for you? Maybe replying via email is quicker if you think it’s ok.

 

[Sailing your boat from the Netherlands to New Zealand]

13 hours ago, Aleana said:

Interesting offer.

Yes I am currently looking at a couple of boats offshore including Asia and Europe. If the boat isn't actually in the Netherlands would you sail something from elsewhere in Europe / Med?

Cool! Didn't expect such a fast reply:). Yes we could definitely sail a yacht from elsewhere in Europe. Have you seen some seaworthy ships already? If you can you send me an email with the url?

[Sailing your boat from the Netherlands to New Zealand]

Hello all,

We are 4 sailors living in the Netherlands and have a dream to sail to New Zealand. We all study at two different universities in the Netherlands (Bachelor Aerospace Engineering TU Delft, Bachelor Physics University of Amsterdam,  Bachelor Bèta-Gamma University of Amsterdam and Bachelor Mechanical Engineering TU Delft). A friend of ours who sailed across the Atlantic helps us with the preparations and supports us with is knowledge. He gave us the advice of sailing a boat from someone else for free to New Zealand or Australia. If someone in New Zealand wants to buy a yacht from the Dutch market which is generally cheaper and offers many different yachts, we could sail this yacht from the Netherlands to New Zealand in 14 months for free. We plan to set sail in July 2021 thus wil arrive in august 2022. Examples of websites for yachts are yachtfocus.com, boat24.com and botentekoop.nl. If you find a boat that you want to buy, email me at jorianvanbemmelen@gmail.com if you have questions for or about us and we can discuss the boat and other important aspects of the trip.