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With the wind in the sails and a good dose of fun we came together in Harderwijk on Saturday 22 November for our Autumn meeting. It became a dayfull of history, stories, delicacies and of course as lot of catch-up. Helms and Els had in the organisation taken care of all details – hats off!

On arrival day, Thursday May, 29th we met at 4 pm with the other TVK members at the WSV harbour for a first meet up and exchange, with some nicely prepared drinks and snacks at the side. It was very easy to get in contact, to start the conversations and quickly getting into the flow of the standard questions of first-time-meeting: “Who are you? Which Trintella do you have? Since when? In which sailing area or harbour? What are your biggest problems or solved issues?”. Everyone quickly got into chatting, exchanging and catching up with each other. Alexandra as TVK chairman and the weekend orga Team of Anne, Mirelle, Dinan, Gerard and Bert welcomed everyone warmly and opened the TVK meeting.

Op 13 juni bereikte ons het bericht van overljden van Wim van Steijn. Wim en Ruth zijn jarenlang zeer trouw lid geweest van de TVK, daarnaast was Wim vele jaren lid van het team Behid en Techniek.   Wel bekend in de “Classics” community. Tijdens de reünies in het Noorden waren ze meestal van de partij en trok hun Trintella la, de Silence altijd ruime aandacht vanwege de prachtige staat waarin hun boot verkeerde, maar ook vanwege de vele slimme aanpassingen die Wim had gedaan aan zijn boot zonder de onmiskenbare authenticiteit te verliezen.  We wensen Ruth veel sterkte met dit verlies.

Visit to Van Veen Jachtbouw in Stellendam
With thanks to Marieke Zandijk and Patricia van Dieren for the report and photos.

At 10:30 AM, we were welcomed at Van Veen Jachtbouw with coffee and pastries. A lovely group of about 15 Trintella enthusiasts were eager to hear the experiences of the Poot family.

Our former chairman and honorary member Herman van Hemeldonck passed away on February 8 at the age of 93. Herman (1931 - 2025) was chairman of the TVK in the eighties and early nineties. 

After a few years with a shortage of people in magement positions, all problems were solved at the mermbers' meeting in Antwerp.

Mark Newman from the UK asks us for help in finding his fathers old boat.

The new callender with beautifull pictures of the Spring meeting on the Grevelingen is available.  Download him here.

  On 8 and Ascencionday  May 9 14 ships and two campers (due to the closed standing mast route) gatherd in Herkingen harbour to enjoy thejetty drinks offerd by Siem and Riet Poot in the afternoon in a lovely spring sunshine.