On 12 August 2026 an evening unfolded on the water that we will carry with us for a long time. Around eight o’clock the moon slowly slid in front of the sun, turning it into a glowing crescent in an orange-tinted sky, and we were fortunate to witness it from the water.
The light of a solar eclipse
A solar eclipse gives the light a very special colour, warmer, softer and slightly unreal, as if the evening wrapped itself for a moment in a different shade. The water lay calm, the sailing boats were scattered across the lake, and on the horizon the wind turbines stood out against the sky. On board it grew quiet, in the way it only does when everyone looks up at the same time.
An evening with a view of everything
Out on the water you enjoy the finest view there is, with plenty of space and the whole sky open above you. After the height of the eclipse the sun sank slowly towards the horizon, the sky shifted from gold to copper, and the water gained a glittering path all the way to the edge of the world. A sailing vessel stood out as a silhouette against the last of the light, and for a moment it felt as if the whole of the Randmeren was holding its breath together.
These are the moments we love our work for: an ordinary summer evening that becomes a memory through a special interplay of sun, moon and water. Aboard one of our yachts you set out from Harderwijk in search of such evenings yourself, with a glass in hand, a table laid in the cockpit and all the time in the world to enjoy what the sky has to offer.
We would be delighted to welcome you for your own cruising holiday on the Randmeren. For a happy Holiday.
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