25 Years

It is the 25ft anniversary of Tineke and Jans wedding today. To celebrate, we spent the day on an historic flat bottomed clipper with so many friends and family as we could fit into the mess hall and bar space! The weather was at first very heavy and for us sailors was no problem but not everyone has sea legs, so luckily the sea calmed. Everyone was beaming and shared all stories about Tineke and Jan. I along with Wouter were the photographers and we have many many pictures capturing all of those smiling faces. Fun fact: my father was the photographer at the wedding of Tineke and Jan, and I for the 25 anniversary. Maybe my child will be there for the 50th!
After lunch we visited what used to be an island but is now connected to the land by a dike. The town is very very traditional and all the buildings are extremely small, maybe two wing spans squared per floor. Going to the town was also a chance for everyone to stabs on solid ground for a little while before going back to the boat. Once back Kees has been setting up a projector and everyone had readied a presentation and production for Tineke and Jan. With songs, speeches, and quizzes. Everything was perfect and our faces were sore from smiling. Afterwards was a BBQ on the boat. Since the whether had settled we used the two swords to hold the boat in place. There was an guitarist onboard too so we were singing until we all had sore throats. In the end Wouter and Kees gave speeches and quizzed Tineke and Jan. Thankfully they got the answers right! After Jan and Tieneke had some words to say, and what was one of the funniest parts of the evening Kees bought Jan his favorite whiskey, little did he know jan bought the same exact whiskey for Kees because he had organized everything so perfectly.
When we reached home we opened one of the whiskers and talked about many things and because Tesse was there we had to see all the baby photos of Kees. Then Kees, Tesse, Wouter, Jelle, and I all went into Hoorn to party the night away.