Hi, my name is Jakob. I’m 31 years old born in Belgium.
Im a passionate sailor with 50.000+ NM sailing experience, from the baltic 55ºN to Antarctica 65ºS. both single- and shorthanded on all types of boats.
I’m looking for a position as skipper. I have 2 years experience working as a charter skipper on a bavaria 46 and jeanneau 53 doing day and weektrips in Rhodes. So far I have rounded 2 of the great capes: Cape horn and Cape of good hope and sailed 5 ocean crossings within 14 months.
My strengths are navigating, sextant, boatwork, mechanical, sail repairs, rigging, emergency repairs, and everything else witch needs to be done onboard.
I speak fluent English, French, Dutch and Spanish
As a boat owner I fully understand the importance and value of your boat to you.
I know the importance of the safety of the crew / passengers, and to avoid any unnecessary stress on equipment and materials.
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Date: 1st April 2020
Duration: 1 year
Experience Type: Mile building
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Cabedelo, Brazil – Buenos Aires – Ushuaia, Argentina April 2020/April 2021 4200+ miles As Captain of my own vessel I sailed from north Brazil towards Ushuaia in south Argentina with a stop in buenos aires. In this trip I did an extra preparation of the boat: strong ground tackle, rigging and sails. I gained experience in different mooring techniques as we experienced high winds in often rocky and open anchorages full of kelp. Especially the passage of the Lemaire strait was a memorable experien
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Date: 1st February 2020
Duration: 2 months
Experience Type: Mile building
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South Atlantic Crossing – Single Handed Cape Town – St.Helena – Cabedelo, Brazil Feb. 2020/April 2020 3800 + miles This ocean crossing was nice with constant winds, following seas and a lot of sun where I could optimize the use of the sextant.
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Date: 1st December 2019
Duration: 31 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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South Atlantic Crossing Single Handed Vitoria, BR – Cape Town, SA Nov. 2019/Dec. 2020 After spending 5 days in Brazil I left towards New-Zealand in the roaring forties but due to damage on the windvane and sails I had to stop in Cape Town to make repairs. This trip was particularly interesting due to high waves and strong winds.
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Date: 1st September 2019
Duration: 31 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Atlantic Crossing Single Handed Canary Islands – Cabo Verde – Vitoria, BR Sep. 2019/Nov.2019 3200+ miles (31days) After hoisting and preparing the boat in Lanzarote for sailing in high latitudes towards New-Zealand, I left towards Brasil with a stop in Cabo Verde.
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Date: 1st August 2019
Duration: 10 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Azores – Madeira – Canary Islands August 2019/Sep.2019 1000+ miles I fell in love with the Azores archipelago and spend there a month visiting each of the islands after continuing towards Madeira and Porto Santo.
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Date: 1st June 2019
Duration: 19 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Bermuda – Azores June 2019/July 2019 1900+ miles his north-atlantic ocean crossing was more challenging than from east to west because we were sailing in 40 degrees north and had to deal with bad weather and high waves. The first part was slow making our way NE until we came around 40 degrees. From than on it was fast, exciting sailing.
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Date: 1st May 2019
Duration: 31 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Panama – Fort Lauderdale – Bermuda May 2019/June 2019 1400+ miles We spend some time cruising the panamese coast. After engine failure in the Panama Canal of my boat and helping others through we sailed north to Bermuda. We spend a lot of time beating against the wind. Until the latitude of Mexico, from there on we had the courant with us. We were sailing allready between thunderstorms and the occasional tropical storm close by in the golf Mexico and Bahamas as the cyclone season was approaching
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Date: 1st March 2019
Duration: 14 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Caribbean – Panama March 2019 1400+ miles We arrived after a 19 days ocean crossing in Martinique. We sailed north stopping in Marie Galante, Guadeloupe, Antigua to arrive in St-Martin. From here we Sailed to Panama. We encountered big winds around Cabo Santa-Marta in Columbia. After a stop in San Blas islands we arrived in Porto Belo and than Colon.
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Date: 1st January 2019
Duration: 19 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Atlantic Crossing Cabo Verde – Caribbean January 2019 1900+ miles This was my first ocean crossing. We arrived after 19 days in the Caribbean. It was a nice trade wind sail with following winds and sea
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Date: 1st December 2018
Duration: 5 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Dakar – Cabo Verde December/2018 500+ miles The rivers of Senegal are absolutely amazing, we spend a month sailing in these mangrove covered rivers full of wildlife. The crossing to Cabo Verde took me 5 days
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Date: 1st October 2018
Duration: 1 day
Experience Type: Mile building
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Canary Islands – Dakar 1200nm After cruising the south coast of Lanzarote we sailed to Dakar in 12 days.
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Date: 1st June 2018
Duration: 31 days
Experience Type: Mile building
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Belgium – Canary Islands 1800nm In June 2018 I left Belgium on a trip towards the Saloum river in Senegal. the voyage went to Falmouth, England and across the bay of biscay to the beautiful rias in Galicia, Spain where I spend a month cruising around. After Bayona the Portuguese Trades brought me to Lisboa and the Algarve. Here joined my girlfriend the boat. On our way towards the Canary Islands we had very bad weather. It took us 9 days to get to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.
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Date: 1st January 2017
Duration: 1 year
Experience Type: Recreational
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Belgium, N-France, Holland, E-coast of England 3000nm In June of this year I sold my old sailboat, a Hurley 700, in Amsterdam and bought my current boat a steel Koopmans 31, in Enkhuizen witch I sailed back to Belgium. I learned a lot about steel boats (maintenance and repair). In this year I sailed a lot to Holland, France and England.
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Date: 1st January 2016
Duration: 1 year
Experience Type: Recreational
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Holland-Germany-Denmark, France-England 3000nm This year I sailed as usual a lot around Holland where my boat was moored. I did occasional trips to Belgium, France and England. In the July-august I sailed north via the wadden islands of holland and Germany towards the kielcanal. I spend some time in the beautiful Baltic Sea anchoring in the many anchorages off the danish islands
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Date: 1st January 2010
Duration: 4 years
Experience Type: Recreational
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Holland-Belgium-England 3000nm When I was 18 I saved up enough money to buy a Hurley 700. With this boat I sailed extensively in Holland with occasional trips to Belgium and my first singlehanded channel crossing to England when I was 21. In these years I learned a lot about fiberglass boat repairs and maintenance.
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Date: 1st January 2006
Duration: 4 years
Experience Type: Recreational
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from 14yrs old im sailing and following lessons in all kinds of open boats in Belgium and Holland. I sailed from splash to hobbycats to rental boats like fox 22 in the Frisian lakes. When I was 16 I bought a Laser and had my first experience at sea crewing on a Westerly 33
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