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Ian Farrier RIP

It is with a heavy heart that I tell you Ian Farrier passed away in San Francisco on his way back from the USA yesterday. We are in deep shock as we come to terms with the huge loss of our captain, and our focus is on Ian’s immediate family and the Farrier Marine team.

Ian was a visionary, a multihull genius, an all-round nice guy who leaves behind a huge legacy to the sailing world.

Farrier Marine Limited is a strong business with a three year order book for the revolutionary F-22 sailboat. Despite dealing with our grief, it is very much ‘business as usual’ at the factory today. It is our job now to carry on the Farrier legacy and ensure his vision is carried out. – Rob Densem.

 

This is such a heartbreaking news. Although I never met Ian, he was always very generous with his time and always answered my questions that I shot his way about the construction of my F-39.

I felt as if Ian was a personal friend, he enriched my life as brilliant and as generous a man that I’ve ever known.

Thank you Ian for your great design and all you did for the future of performance sailing. Your legacy lives on in your timeless designs.

My deepest condolences to the Farrier family, the factory team at Farrier Marine, the F-boat sailors and all other who were in some way connected with Ian.

Boat of missing Dutch sailor found, but no sign of skipper.

Sadly, there was no trace of 70 year old Sietse Hagen.

A Dutch ship en-route from Savannah (United States) to Agadir (Morocco) found Sietse’s yacht on Monday 7 April, approx. 2000 kilometers from the Moroccan coast .

The crew of the ship tried to get in contact with the yacht, but there was no response. When the ship’s crew went on board the yacht, no one was present. However, the documents of Mr. Hagen where found.

According to the captain of the Dutch ship, the yacht was heavily damaged. After taking all the documents and valuables aboard, the captain decided to sink the yacht for safety.

Mr. Hagen is internationally identified as missing.

Dutch sailor missing in the Atlantic

On January 15th 2014 Dutch sailor Sietse Hagen left the port of Tenerife heading for Barbados and the Caribbean islands. Since his departure, now over 60 days ago, he has not reported home. His friends and family, as well as the Dutch sailing community, are deeply concerned about the well-being of this very experienced sailor. He has been reported missing at the local authorities, but your help by keeping a lookout for his boat would be very much appreciated.

Sietse is sailing a 27ft Gib’Sea Flush Poker named ‘Pokerface’, small but well prepared for long voyages. Distinctive properties are its doghouse and black painted stern (photos below). Before he left I had the pleasure to drink a beer with Sietse on board Pokerface and I can assure you that he was well prepared for the trip.

You can help us by spreading this message as much as possible and to bring this under attention in your own social network. If you have any information that could help finding Sietse please contact me through my contact page (see the tab above) or your local police.

Your help is much appreciated.

Henny.

Opening of the renovated Maritime Museum Amsterdam

Opening Het Scheepvaartmuseum 1 oktober ’11 from Het Scheepvaartmuseum on Vimeo.

OSTAR veteran Mike Richey

One of my heroes (and I’m sure for many more solo/shorthanded sailors) passed away. Mike Richey made 13 single-handed crossings of the Atlantic in his famous 26ft junk rigged Jester. I met him once at the start of the OSTAR, being busy with greasing buckets full of eggs with vaseline.

Click the picture of Jester on the left to open the Jester website.