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December 2009

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June 22nd 2009

Last weekend we had the Tune Up races for the Dutch open nationals.

Winds from 4 bfrt and up with gushes. I was sailing on NED 1, a 2002 heritage racer. We made 1 bullit with Doomernik's finishing 1, 2, 3, 4 in that race!

Overall we finished 3rd in the 22 boat fleet and Mark Neeleman with his 2007 Thoroughbred Racer took first.

Dutch open starts Thursday.

After the dutch open I will take NED 381 to Kiel for that magnificent Childhood Grand Prix.
The service van will be there.

Joop

June 2009

First of all congratulations to Eystein Kleven with his new Heritage Racer. I had to get used to the color at first when the hull was completely empty but after all the varnished mahogany was added and the teak a.s.o. I must admit it makes the boat look really classic.

Eystein also allowed me to do my buoyancy test.

When we pulled the boat over the keel came out of the water!

The extra buoyancy volume in our side boxes do the trick. There was water coming into the for and aft compartments and that made the boat to go deeper as the minute, we had to hold her down, past.

After the test we improved the hatches.

So, after all that hard work it was time to go sailing again.

Pressure's on here in The Netherlands as only 16 boats can qualify for the worlds in Medemblik this year.

NED 1, The boat I crew on did ok and it looks like I will be sailing instead of looking from a spectator boat. However, It's not over yet with tune up and Dutch Open ahead.

I also took NED 381 (featured on the for sale page) for spin on the Starnberger See south of Münich, together with Sebastian Hopf and my German dealer Alexander Bruhn, and enjoyed German hospitality. It helps if you like beer and hate small glasses!

Always nice to catch up with my friends and colleagues Markus and Max Glass.
I was looking forward to light air sailing but the first day we had 4 beaufort with strong gushes of wind from various directions. At one point we were hiking all three as the boat took wind from the leeward side and just tacked! This needs getting used to.

The second and last day I took the helm for change… still shifty in the first race, where we finished 13 in the 32 boat fleet, but with a good start in the last race we made a bullit with a great margin!

All together a fantastic weekend under Mediterranean circumstances. Thank's again to the Possenhofen Yachtclub for their great hospitality!

Next stop…. Tune up Races in Medemblik

Joop

May 7th 2009

I would like to welcome the new dealers. Doomernik Dragons is now represented in Russia by Sergey Kuzovov, in Austria by Jonas Andreas and in Swiss by Dominik Schenk.
You can see all their address details on the contact page.

Now for the sailing.

Ulli Libor went to Hamburg to sail two weekends on the Alster and won the event. In Holland we had a great spring series with high stakes. Everyone was there to attempt to qualify for this years World championship in The Netherlands. Mark Neeleman, our new Dutch Champion, won the series in his 2007 Doomerik. Mark took his boat and crew to Douarnenez to sail the Coupe De Bretagne. He finished second overall in a fleet of 64 boats behind Tommy Muller together with Vincy and Max. It was his first series in a large fleet after starting in the Dragon last September. Mark is the only sailor with a Doomernik at the event. Fingers crossed for the Grand Prix!

I always have had a lot of interest from people who want a Dragon for cruising and are looking for 'older' used Doomernik Dragons. Problem was that I have only been building new boats since '99, when we slowly started production, and owners tended to stick to their Doomernik's longer. Now those boats are slowly entering the marked bringing a Doomernik within reach for those who want the great looks but not necessarily a new boat. So keep an eye to our used boat section!

The good news is that all these boats are here at the yard. Now that my neighbor is moving out, I get more space and I will have a showroom with enough space to present the used boats. You are welcome to drop by for a cup of coffee and see a line up of beauties!

See you on the water!

Joop

December 19th 2008

Newsflash 2008

With the end of 2008 in sight I would like to reflect on the past year.
A lot has happened since my newsflash last year.

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November 30th 2008

Training must go on under all circumstances!

Check out the snow on Klaas Ruigewaard's deck! And he is still smiling….!

November 13th 2008

Dear All,

My newsflashes are getting boring…..I just returned from the championat de la mediterannee in Cannes.40 boats attended.Ulli,

Frank and Stefan won …….. again!

October 23th 2008

Dear All,

SUI 297 Tachiston was the only Doomernik competing in St.Tropez with Ulli Libor on the helm and Stefan Hellriegel and Frank Butzmann.

49 boats were racing and all the 'good guys' were there.

Tachiston won again……

October 3rd 2008

Dear All,

Another success! In Greece Antonis Nicolaras won the championship of Greece with his 2007 Heritage Racer ' Esterel'

We should all go to Athens and enjoy the fantastic conditions and facilities in Piraeus.

September 30th 2008

Dear All,

I am very proud to announce the birth of a new Dragon Sailor!
My son was born on September 30. and weighs 3750 grams.
His name is Thom Doomernik.

Vanessa and Thom are both doing very well.

Joop

September 29th 2008

This year only one Doomernik competed in the Regatta Royal.
Ulli Libor took his Thoroughbred Racer to Cannes and competed in a competitive fleet of 79 boats.

He won the event…..

Congratulations to Ulli, Henning and Stefan!

September 15th 2008

What a weekend! Here in Enkhuizen on the ijsselmeer the dutch open championship was sailed with 30 boats competing. 4 days of competitive sailing.

Mark Neeleman, Gerard van der Krocht and Lodewijk Schut won the event in their 2007 Doomernik with two bullets to prove their point!
Jesper Bendix and Crew became second and Reinier Wissenraet ended third.
Neeleman sailed his first race in the Dragon last weekend. Not bad!

In Hamburg a new Heritage was presented to the German sailors on the Alster See. Tommy Muhler volunteered to sail the boat and finished second and first on Saturday in a steady 4 to 5 Bfrt breeze and lost his winning strike in the difficult conditions on Sunday.
Thank you Tommy for proving my point in Hamburg!

September 4th 2008

Yesterday the first Doomernik made her way to Hamburg. It is NED 381 ' Droomer' (dreamer…). Her owner, Ron Verwey, was kind enough to allow me to take her with me and keep her in Hamburg for the coming weeks.
It was the first time I craned a boat in the water for the first time without the owner being present.
I took care of the official part myself. Dutch flag on the stern and spoke "I name you Dreamer and wish you and your crew…

If you would like to take a closer look you can contact my Hamburg dealer Alexander Bruhn.

September 3rd 2008

Today Klaas Ruigewaard took delivery of his new Heritage Racer ' Ruighevaert' NED 390.
I guess it was about three years ago when he first contacted me to inquire about the price of his dreamboat.
It took some time but he finally ordered and today he couldn't stop smiling.
He will race the boat but also use it for day sailing. This is also very possible with the racing versions.
We applied a coating of self polishing antifouling without sanding the hull. If, in the future, he decides to change to racing only we can clean it with a 'dry sailing' bottom as end result.

Make me proud Klaas and beat the other 5 dragons in your harbour!

August 28th 2008

Today Jos van Veen took delivery of his new Heritage Racer ' Joasia' NED 398
He intents to do some racing in the future and keeps the boat behind his house on a lakeside.
The hull has a 'dry sailing' finish.
After a day of sailing he 'parks' his boat on a boot lift and lifts it out of the water!

August 7th 2008

It appears to be difficult in Oslo. Looking at the results you can see stars rise and fall deep at the same day!

Some success though for the two Doomernik's competing.

Ulli Libor in SUI 297 'Tachiston' is in 8th position with a 3rd place in race 5 as best result and Terje Wang and his crew Odd Godager and Jan Monrad-Hansen in NOR 279 'Liz' made a bullit in race 3! Well done Terje!

More races to come so let's see what's in store for these two boats.

July 17th 2008

Dear All,

I am very happy to announce that I have joined forces with ' The Friendship Racing Division' in Hamburg.

They will act as dealer for northern Germany and are a solid partner for the purchase of new Dragons, after sales service and maintenance of your Doomernik Dragon. Please visit their website www.racingdivision.de

July 10th 2008

Yesterday I returned from the Hanseatic Lloyd Dragon Grand Prix in Kiel.
71 boats with some really competitive teams joined in the bay of Kiel for a series of races in perfect conditions. The wind varied between light air and even quite a lot of wind during a few showers we enjoyed to wash away the salt. So it was very interested to see how SUI 297 Tachiston would do. Being vice worldchampion this boat enjoys a lot of attention especially now that it was not helmed by Ulli Libor himself but his crew Frank Butzman who sailed together with Stefan Hellriegel and Sigrid Smuda Fröschl. Ulli was too busy helping his wife Manuela with the organization of the event.

SUI 297 started the series with a bullit! Not bad Frank!!
After 5 perfect races Tachiston ended second overall shortly after Frank Berg with his 'chip tuned' Peterson and Tuesen from the early sixties. Third was Poul Richard with teis palm and Lars Jensen. So, A Doomernik is fast in all conditions and again made the silver in a large fleet.

I strongly advice all of you to fill in your entry form for this event as soon as it's available in spring next year. The HLL team organized an event that sets a new standard and will be hard to match.

Many thanks to Harro, Manuela, ulli and the rest of the more than 40 people in the HLL grand Prix team!

Next stop: Oslo Europeans….

June 10th 2008

NED 372 ' Wolly'

Last Saturday Wouter ten Wolde took delivery of his new Dragon ' Wolly'.
He will base the boat in Muiden Holland and race with his two daughters Charlotte and Juliette.

May 15th, 2008

Dear All,

at this moment we are building 4 new Heritage racers for clients in The Netherlands and the UK. Also a Thoroughbred Racer is being built in stock for me to use in the new buoyancy test. After that this boat will be available 3rd, 2008a demo and, off course, also available for sale to anyone who wants to avoid a longer lead time for a new boat.

I also ordered a new Mercedes van that will be fitted out as a service vehicle to attend at regattas. In my previous newsflash I told you we intended to improve service and this is one big step in our efforts to do so.

Ulli Libor and his Hanseatic Lloyd team will compete in Palma from March 17 until 21 and I will be present from the 19th. Hope to see you there.

March 25th 2008

Dear All,

All of you who have ever visited the yard will remember my good friend and ever companion Willem.
Willem died last night March 24, two days after his ninth birthday, from a heart failure.
He was an experienced Dragon sailor but preferred to be in the water instead of being on the water.

He was a lot of fun……

March 3rd, 2008

Great Success in Cannes

Yesterday another great success for the Doomernik Dragons team.

At the international Dragon week in Cannes the famous Doomernik ' Extra Bla' did it again finishing second in a competitive fleet of 46 boats!

Peter Kolni on the helm and owner Claes Göran Nilsson together with Christer Johansson started the series with a bullet and stayed in the front of the fleet throughout the event.

Their 2002 heritage racer is still going strong!

Congratulations!