Author Archives for Astrid de Vin

Walsbay: Home of Tradewind Yachts & Lion Classics

November 1, 2018 11:34 am Published by Comments Off on Walsbay: Home of Tradewind Yachts & Lion Classics

Walsbay, Home of Tradewind Yachts & Lion Classics Concealed behind the sea wall of the Scheld River, where on a misty night gigantic cargo vessels on their way to Antwerp sound their eerie whistles, lies the very small hamlet of...


FOR SALE Alan Buchanan 31.5′

October 18, 2018 6:14 pm Published by Comments Off on FOR SALE Alan Buchanan 31.5′

This two-master designed by Alan Buchanan is a long distance sailor’s dream: fully equipped to make extended ocean passages. She is equipped with 2 masts/booms and a 7 sail wardrobe in good condition. She has a mechanical gearbox, a water-injected...


Tradewind 35′ on 4th place Golden Globe

November 1, 2018 10:42 am Published by Comments Off on Tradewind 35′ on 4th place Golden Globe

The 2018 Golden Globe Race is a sailing race around the world which started on 1 July 2018 from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France. The race started fifty years after the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and features yachts similar to those...


Sleeping Beauties

October 31, 2018 3:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Sleeping Beauties

Sometimes you bump into something special. Maybe unloved or damaged but in your mind you can already see the potential and long days on the water. These are sleeping beauties to be discovered and they are crying out to be...


FOR SALE Namhara 8m class

October 24, 2018 12:48 pm Published by Comments Off on FOR SALE Namhara 8m class

The Namhara was designed and built in 1954 by Mc. Gruer & Bute Slip in Clynder, Scotland. Around 1990 the yacht was brought from Scotland to Belgium and was treated to a full restoration after which it sailed for several...


Tradewind 35′

October 18, 2018 6:39 pm Published by Comments Off on Tradewind 35′

A classic sailing yacht with long keel, cutter-rigged, designed by John Rock, built at the Blondecell of Lymington yard and finished jointly by Fredrick C. Mitchell in Poole and the current owner to professional standards. She is currently kept ashore...