Meet Springvis: My Sexy Mermaid Hallberg-Rassy 26 – First Sail, 6 Bft on the Nose! | Ep 087

Ahoy from the final days of Sailing Wind Rose! I’m Jan, the guy who bought a 36 ft Koopmans dreaming of world cruising with his wife, went solo when she stayed ashore, logged 87 episodes and last an epic North Sea night sail… and then realised bigger isn’t always better. After five intense years I sold the beloved Wind Rose to a lovely couple and downsized to the perfect solo rocket: a 1980 Hallberg-Rassy 26. This channel has always been about honest decisions, loads of boat work and real sailing — and the next chapter is no different. From the next video this becomes Sailing Springvis — named after my new little beast and her cheeky mermaid logo (because “Springvis” = jumping fish in Dutch, and the sexiest jumping fish is obviously a mermaid ). Stick around, hit subscribe and the bell — the adventure is just getting lighter, faster and even more fun! Ep 087: Meet Springvis – Hallberg-Rassy 26 Debut + First (Windy) Sail! She’s small, she’s tough, she’s ridiculously cute — welcome to Springvis! In this episode I: Give you the compact tour of my new 1980 Hallberg-Rassy 26 Reveal her new name and the amazing mermaid logo Take her out for the very first sail… straight into 6 Bft on the nose (so mostly motoring, but she handled it like a champ) Expect compact coziness, Swedish build quality, a very happy skipper, and the official farewell to the Wind Rose era. Downsizing never felt this good. Timestamps 00:00 – Preparing her pick-up 02:29 – The mermaid logo reveal + new channel name 04:15 – The very quick boat tour: outside (it’s tiny!) 04:34 – Below decks: surprisingly liveable 04:57 – Under Sail - todo! 05:29 – Casting off – 6 Bft headwind adventure 05:53 – First Sail while waiting for the Ketelbridge 07:58 – Motoring like a boss & first impressions 08:34 – First issue found! The furhler gave up... 09:58 – Second issue the boat bouncer almost fell off.... 11:22 – Rain? How is that possible in the Netherlands!? 24:40 – Food and beers while grinning like an idiot Biggest “did you really downsize that much?” reactions in the comments, please! If you’re excited for shorter, nimbler, cheekier adventures → like , subscribe and join the Sailing Springvis crew from the very next upload! Next episode: First proper first Solo sail with following winds — let’s see what this little mermaid can really do! #HallbergRassy26 #SailingSpringvis #NewBoatDay #DownsizingSailing #MermaidLogo #SoloSailing