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.

The boat 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 sailassistancy of skipper and crew (+ hostess) on a summerday/weekend, to be a PR Trip / Incentive / Teambuilding / you name it... Very Exclusive and Unforgettable!

Sports Class Trips for Groups & Individual saillovers

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; The Tall Ships Race 04 (winner in D-class Race 1), 05, 06 (winner in D-class Race 1), 07 & 08; 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 2010 we will participate in

The Tomidi Tall Ships Race 2010 leaving Antwerp for Race 1 on the 12th of July, sail to Aalborg (Denmark), then in a Cruise in Company along the Danish Islands and the Norwegian Fjords to Kristiansand (Norway). Race 2 then goes across the North Sea to Hartlepool (UK - England) followed by the Going Home Delivery to be back in Ostend by August the 15th.