Welcome on board

Welcome on board the Tomidi

This 57.5 footer Whitbread Round the World Racer, ex-Rucanor, is the only Belgian oceansailracer ever to have participated 2 times in the mentioned prestigious race (1985/86 with skipper Staf Versluys & 1989/90 with skipper Bruno Dubois), which is now called The Volvo Ocean Race.

This sail racer was designed at the end of 1984 by the French architect Guy Ribadeau-Dumas, built as a one - off WRTWR 85/86 at Frans Maas / Standfast Yachts and first launched in February 1985 at Breskens.

The ship's length over all is 17.54 m, the overall beam is 4.85 m, her maximum draft is 2.95 m and the ship has a deplacement of 18 metric tonnes.

The ship sails and sleeps up to 15 persons, and is of course equiped with all the necessary safety, communication and navigational devices.

On purpose the interior outfit has mainly been conserved as it was during the ship's last circumnavigation.

Ever since 1991 we sail the Tomidi for various sailing experiences:

Business Class & First Class Trips for Companies

These are all-in formulas - catering inclusive, with sail assistancy of skipper and crew (+ hostess) on a summerday/weekend, to be a PR Trip / Incentive / Teambuilding / Sail Training, you name it... Very Exclusive and Unforgettable!

Sports Class Trips for Sail Training, Groups & Individual sail lovers

These day- and (long) weekendtrips - mostly in spring, summer, and autumn time - give you, with the help of your skipper, the possibilty to train both sailing, navigation and life on board a Spartan ocean racer.

International races

Helgoland Race 92, 94 & 98 (six years recordholder 92 - 98); Antwerp Race 93, 94, 97, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11 & 12; The Tall Ships Race 04 (winner in D-Class Race 1), 05, 06 (winner in D-class Race 1), 07, 08, 10, 11 (Over All D-Class winner & Over All Fastest ship) & 12 (winner in D-class Race 3); the Twohanded Round Britain & Ireland Race 93; the AZAB (Azores & Back) Race 95 (line honours Back); the Fastnet Race 97 & 05 and the Europe 1 STAR (Singlehanded TransAtlantic Race) 96 & 00 (Belgian Record-holder eversince 1996) are our major achievements in that field.

For 2013 we will participate in

Oostende voor Anker, Escale à Dunkerque, l' Armada Rouen, Sail Den Helder.

The Tomidi Tall Ships Race 2013 & Hanse Sail Rostock 2013 leaving Ostend for the Delivery Trip on the 28th of June, sail along the Southern North Sea through the magnificent Limfjord to Aarhus (Denmark), take part in Race 1 across the Baltic Sea to Helsinki (Finland), then a very nice Cruise in Company along the Estonian and Latvian coasts to finish in Riga (Latvia). Afterwards Race 2 to Szczecin (Poland), the Hanse Sail Rostock 2013 (Germany) and in the Delivery Trip Home along the Kieler Canal & the Southern North Sea back to Ostend by August the 18th.

Sail De Ruyter Vlissingen.