Båtmässan 2015

At Båtmässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, Leon will hold a talk an refit as well as his popular talk on men and women sailing better as a couple. 31 January 14:30 – 15:00 On the opening day of the Gothenburg Boat Show, Leon will hold a talk about refitting classic boats. He will talk about the
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boot Düsseldorf 2015

During the entire boot 2015 boat show, Leon will be present in Düsseldorf. He will hold talks on various stages, or you can meet him at Båtsystem’s stand No 11.B03 in Hall 11, where also drinks will be served each day at 17:00 for a relaxing end of the busy boat show day.    Segel
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Nautical Channel

See here the trailers for the TV show of the Refit Team of Ellös and Adams Boat Care AB! The documentary will be cabled out on Nautical Channel. Nautical Channel is available to over 20 million subscribers in 44 countries in English, French, Russian, and German. It is on over one hundred international pay TV, satellite, subscriber
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Couple flying from Australia to sail on Regina Laska

Cyndy and Ross are a couple in their late 50’s and are dreaming about extensive blue-water cruising. They live in Australia and believe that a classic Hallberg-Rassy is a suitable boat to sail the oceans. These are by far my clients from furthest afar. I feel honored and very proud that Cyndy and Ross have decided to fly all the
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boot Düsseldorf

2014 boot Düsseldorf was a great success with more than 248.000 visitors (which is up by 10% compared to 2013). Of these, no less than 48.000 persons came from 65 countries outside Germany, which shows Düsseldorf’s international importance. The organizers are especially talking about the “booming market for equipment” which was emphasized by the new
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Hanseboot 2013, Hamburg: Let there be Light!

This year’s Hanseboot was enlightening – literally! LED technology has really taken over and is now being used by many of the leading yards. Almost every boat looked lighter and brighter and LED tapes and spotlights were used to give a feeling of size and volume. Thanks to dimmers, cozy atmospheres could be created as
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What women wish from their skippers

At Hanseboot 2013 in Hamburg, I held talks about women and sailing and the reaction was very interesting, and I must confess, they were not good at all during the first two days…. Not surprisingly, maybe, my first two talks were highly popular among women. I could see women sitting in the audience smiling, nodding
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Interboot Friedrichshafen, September 2013

Refit is what everybody is talking about    The recent Interboot Friedrichshafen was, once again, a testimonial of the current winds: There is not only an interest in buying new boats, but also the desire to take care of old boats by means of a refit. Many newbuilding yards are very proud of the fact
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Hanseboot

I will be on this year’s Hanseboot on 30 October – 3 Nov, holding two talks per day:  First, the very popular “Sabbatical auf Sea” and then, new, a talk on how to inspire women and children to become genuinely interested to cruising, avoiding fear and seasickness.   This is what YACHT writes in their
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Many visited Regina Laska at Open Yard 2013

A testimonial of a huge interest in refitting a classic boat Not to compete with  new-boat production, Regina Laska was not shown at the actual exhibition in the Hallberg-Rassy harbour, where only boats still in productions were shown (not all of them brand new, I noticed). Regina Laska was therefore shown at the adjacent official
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