Bart de Zwart gaat morgen de Noordzee over met een SUP

[RoelvanN]

Super actie. We wensen Bart veel succes!! 

CROSSING THE NORTHSEA ON A STAND UP PADDLE BOARD – RECORD ATTEMPT!
Start: Wednesday 30^th of May 2012 – 8:00 Lowestoft
Expected finish: Thursday 31^st of May 2012 – Between 04:00 and 14:00 Zandvoort, The Spot

The Crossing
Bart de Zwart is going to cross the Northsea on a SUP Stand Up Paddle Board (STARBOARD 14' Open Ocean) from England to Holland, solo, non stop and unsupported. 
Bart, a Dutch Pro Stand Up Paddle boarder living in Hawaï, was already nominated for the ‘Top Expedition of the Year’ award and the ‘SUP man of the Year’ award in the United States, in 2011. He will be starting near Lowestoft and arrive in Holland in Zandvoort at THE SPOT beachclub. It is about a 100 miles (182 KM). This is the first attempt crossing the Northsea with a Stand Up paddle board.
Bart was waiting for a break in  the Easterly winds Holland has had for the last weeks. Suddenly a window of 48 hours appeared, enough to get this adventure going.

Today he is arranging all his gear and getting ready. It will be a 20 – 30 hours paddle. Weather looks very good right now.

 

See the full Press Release in the attachment for more info!

 

CHECK VOOR MEER INFO – WWW.GOTOTHESPOT.COM

[eric visser]

Heftig en Cool! Heel veel succes.

[RoelvanN]

Laatste nieuws van The Spot op Facebook:

'Just Talked to Bart's Dad who came from the boat out of England. On the way very clean paddle condition, only some rains,now slightly Sw winds. We will not expect him before 1100 - 1200 hours and probably later. We keep you posted'

Meer info ook op de site van Bart:

http://www.sup-crossing.blogspot.com/

[RoelvanN]

The Spot via Facebook:

 

Bart de Zwart crossing the Northsea on a Stand Up Paddle board –

ARRIVAL TIME UPDATE

 

Bart de Zwart, die woensdag 30 mei 2012 rond 08:00 uur lokale tijd vanuit Lowestoft (Engeland) vertrok, is bijna op de plaats van bestemming; The Spot in Zandvoort.

 

Zojuist ontvingen wij het bericht dat hij waarschijnlijk arriveert rond 2300 / 2400 uur vanavond

 

Een groots man met een nog grotere prestatie

 

Wij nodigen jullie van harte uit om hem bij The Spot te verwelkomen, hij heeft met deze tocht een RECORD gevestigd en dat verdient een warm onthaal! Voor meer informatie kunt u per direct contact opnemen met onze contactpersoon op de aankomstlocatie; Nancy Wesselsz. Zij is bereikbaar op telefoonnummer 06-53720251.

 

[RoelvanN]

RECORD: CROSSING THE NORTH SEA ON A STAND UP PADDLE BOARD

 

Bart de Zwart left Lowestoft on Wednesday morning 9:15 local time. The day before he spotted the weather window, which he thought would be ideal for his North Sea Crossing. Bart was waiting for a break in the Easterly winds Holland has had for the last weeks. Suddenly a window of 48 hours appeared, enough to get this adventure going.

His dad drove him to Lowestoft, Anita Harris rocked up to take some photos of his departure and off he goes.

 

The Crossing
Bart de Zwart crossed the North Sea on a SUP Stand Up Paddle Board (STARBOARD 14' Open Ocean) from England to Holland, solo, non stop and unsupported. 
Bart, a Dutch Pro Stand Up Paddle boarder living in Hawaï, was already nominated for the ‘Top Expedition of the Year’ award and the ‘SUP man of the Year’ award in the United States, in 2011. 

No sign of Bart until a about 20:00 pm. At 20:20 we received a phone call from the coast guard that he was spotted by a vessel 15 miles out of the coast of Zandvoort. 

When he was 11 miles away from Zandvoort he phoned his dad. He sounded still fit but it was quite a paddle he said. Tears of relieve! He was already 36 hours on the way and not that anyone wanted to admit it, it was nerve wracking not hearing anything from him. Especially for his wife Dagmar who is on Maui with their daughter Soleil and kept in touch with The Spot all day.

Bart arrived at a quarter to one Friday morning (1^st of June) at the Spot in Zandvoort, friends and Family waiting for him, cheering and full of respect! This amazing seaman did not fall of his board once during his almost 39 hour crossing on his SUP board! 

The Crossing
Bart started near Lowestoft and arrived in Holland in Zandvoort at THE SPOT beachclub. The crossing is about a 100 miles (182 KM). This is the first attempt crossing the North Sea with a Stand Up paddle board.


 

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wow, knap gedaan