In the last 17 years, Dutch sailor Martijn Dykstra has logged 175,000 miles sailing the Atlantic Ocean and has visited 1,866 different ports. | SaltWire
The colorful new main sail on the Prinses Mia that was painted on the Shelburne waterfront is hoisted for all to enjoy. KATHY JOHNSONSHELBURNE, NS – In the last 17 years, Dutch sailor Martijn Dykstra has logged 175,000 miles sailing the Atlantic Ocean and has visited 1,866 different ports.
Dykstra was sailing from St. Andrews, N.B. at the time, making his way along the Bay of Fundy with stops in Grand Manan and Yarmouth aboard the 50-foot, steel-hulled Prinses Mia. Aside from buying food, Dykstra tries to find everything else he uses aboard the Prinses Mia, from scrap rope, engines and materials to fabricate necessities like an anchor or a windlass, to stylish décor pieces.All the paint he was using to paint his sail came from the recycling depot in Shelburne.
“The east coast of America, Nova Scotia, Scotland Island, Long Island, Port Aux Basque Bay, there’s so many nice places to visit,” he said, adding it doesn’t take long to sail from port to port. “Last year we sailed from Boston to Holland and it took us four weeks.” He said the colorful sails on the Prinses Mia are eye-catching and capture the imagination of young and old when he’s sailing into ports. He keeps a roll of treasure map wallpaper aboard, which he cuts up and gives out to children when they visit.The Prinses Mia had been dubbed the pirate ship by local children in Shelburne.
“They all like it for a bit and then like a gypsy are always on the go. Also, sometimes alone you have more social life,” he said with a chuckle.
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