Last week, september 2022

The 2 weeks are almost over and next weekend we will sail to the shipyard in Leeuwarden for the extension of our CVO inspection. A CVO inspection (Certificate of Research) has been mandatory since 2018 for vessels longer than 20 meters or larger than 100 cubic meters. The ship leaves the water, the surface thickness is then measured, among other things.

In the next blog I will tell more about that and keep you informed about the state of affairs at the yard, etc.
In preparation for the inspecti

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