![]() ![]() Grocery stores have tie ups in front, so you can hop off and grab some provisions before raising the sails again. But instead of feeling crowded and hectic, it just feels fun. It’s the only place in the world where I’ve ever experienced a sailboat traffic jam. Boats in the harbour often outnumber houses in the nearby towns. On a summer day, you can barely see the horizon as its covered by sails. ![]() But their affinity to the sea stretches beyond the commercial and the practical. From the Hanse leagues of the middle ages to the giant port at Rotterdam in present day, the Dutch owe their wealth to shipping. Many parts of the country only exist because of the Dutch ability to tame the sea - most of the Netherlands is actually below sea water, protected by dykes and a complex pumping system. ![]() The Netherlands has a nautical history stretching back to its very inception. Yet, we ended up spending the whole summer there, and loving every moment. ![]() For sailors who like to explore remote and uninhabited bays, it didn’t seem like a place we really needed to see. “Nature” in the expansive Canadian sense of the term doesn’t exist there. It’s one of Europe’s most population dense nations. The Netherlands is a small, flat, and wet country. We had emerged in the Netherlands, with plans to carry on to the Baltic Sea. We had just emerged from one of the biggest adventures we’ve ever undertaken on our boat: an inland journey all the way through Europe, from the Mediterranean to the North Sea via canals and rivers. Their future plans and dreams revolve around this restoration, leading them one step closer to their adventures on the open ocean.Last summer, my husband Aladino and I spent several months exploring the Netherlands on board our 28ft sailboat. As Maya applies two coats to the parts of the V-berth with a natural bristle chip brush, Aladino does some “boat yoga” as he climbs into the chain locker to get the first coats of primer on! This epoxy primer dries quickly for fast overcoating, is easy to sand, and will provide them with excellent adhesion and gloss retention for the topcoat. They are going in with our 2 Part Epoxy Primer to prime the parts for the V-berth and chain locker. In this week’s episode, Maya and Aladino get started with applying the first coats of paint to the interior of the boat. They have three months here in the US to make the most of each day and get a good portion of the boat work finished. While Magic Carpet awaits them in the Netherlands as their primary residence, they purchased a new sailboat, a Cape George 36, Magic Carpet II, here in the US and have started a huge refit project! They are restoring Magic Carpet II to get her ready for an around-the-world voyage. They launched her just a few days after they got married and began their travels around the Mediterranean, through Europe, and up to the Netherlands. Maya met Aladino back in 2017 while he was restoring their first boat, Magic Carpet a 28ft Vindo sailboat. Check out the video of the week with this industrious sailing duo. Meet Maya and Aladino! This dynamic duo has been filming and documenting all of their sailing adventures and boat restorations on their YouTube Channel, Sailing Magic Carpet! In today’s video, the sailing couple uses our 2 Part Epoxy Primer to put a bomb-proof first coat on the interior of their sailboat, and we get the feeling they may have done this before on a few other boats. ![]()
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