SailingPel61

I am preparing to sail PEL61 single handed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩 #portofbanana #2026

PEL61 is a Horizon Van de Stadt, a 24ft masthead rigged sloop made from fibreglass with a 18HP inboard engine. It was designed in the 60's by E. G. van de Stadt and built by the Belgian shipyard Van Heygen. The model 'Horizon' has proven to be a stable performer with an excellent righting capability. It is best known as the smaller version of its famous predecessor, the Pionier.

The name PEL61 is an acronym for Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first Congolese Prime Minister, murdered in 1961.

PEL also means; smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen.

Small details are often essential to capture the larger context!

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