MVLadyLiselot

24/07/2026

Lady Liselot sailed from Dieppe to Honfleur, and although I had prepared well for this 65 Nm trip, I still fell considerably behind schedule, causing me to get into serious trouble 4 nautical miles from Honfleur.
Wanna know what happened? Check the video I published today on YouTube.

13/07/2026

In the past few months, I didn't feel like sitting behind my laptop for 30+ hours editing videos, but last week I suddenly felt like it again. No sooner said than done. In the video I published today, I share something of what 10 days of 'storm in Dover' have done to me. I was traveling to a specific place, but mentally, it turned out I wasn't ready for it at all yet. But since my YouTube channel is about 'the adventures of Lady Liselot,' this video is once again about the adventure between Dover and the next destination. A destination I also visited single-handedly 26 years ago.
Maybe you feel like and have the time to watch that video.
This is the link to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9kDPLH2kA

In de afgelopen maanden had ik geen zin om 30+ uren achter mijn laptop te zitten om video's te editten, maar afgelopen week had ik plots weer zin. Zo gezegd, zo gedaan. In de video die ik vandaag heb gepubliceerd deel ik iets van wat 10 dagen 'storm in Dover' met mij hebben gedaan. Ik was op reis naar een bepaalde plek, maar mentaal bleek ik daar nog helemaal niet aan toe te zijn. Maar aangezien mijn Youtube kanaal gaat over 'de avonturen van het varen met Lady Liselot,' gaat ook deze video weer over het avontuur van de vaartocht tussen Dover en de volgende bestemming. Een bestemming die ik 26 jaar geleden ook al solo aandeed.
Misschien heb je zin en tijd om die video te bekijken. Hieronder de link van de video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9kDPLH2kA

12/05/2026

New horizons and surroundings.

10/05/2026

“Expecting quite some wind this weekend”, the weather app showed me a couple of days ago. It was right.

02/05/2026

On the move

27/04/2026

If you have seen my video on YouTube called "I turned 60 and realized I was chasing the wrong things.", then you (perhaps) know that I learned myself to take things slow. That's not easy, but I am getting there. So when I left Honfleur for Paris in October last year I did the 360km journey on the Seine (still) as quick as possible in 6 days.
Now, a couple of months later, I left Paris (km18) at the 1st of April, and arrived in Rouen (km245) on the 20st. I used those 20 days to find as many spots as possible to enjoy the scenery of the Seine. And the moment I liked it? I stayed another day. And another.
The last couple of days I stayed in Rouen to get some things fixed, 1500 liter of diesel and enjoy the Rouen Foodmarket almost every night.

This week I am heading to Honfleur to start a journey to the Channel Islands.

31/03/2026

Merci Paris, et à bientôt

29/03/2026

Facebook asks me what I am doing. Funny. I lived in Paris for months and have opened FB and Insta just a few times. I had other priorities and did not find any fun in the socials. It almost felt as when I was (a little...) younger and lived without a thing called 'the internet', I still was able to live my life.
So, this morning when I woke up, I saw that it was later than I had expected, and it took me a while to realize that Daylight Saving Time had started in Europe today.

So, today I posted a video on YouTube again after months, and I have to admit that it was heartwarming after seeing the number of comments on my video and reading everything people wrote. That was super sweet.

24/12/2025

Christmas 2025. During the holidays, there's a group of people who feel the need to reflect on the past year.
Today, I'm joining that group. 2025 was a very special year for me. Here's the video that just went live on YouTube, and in it, I share the enormous change I've experienced in my life.
Please check it out in my channel .

For now: happy christmas for you and your loved ones.
Greetings from Paris.

Born in 1965, I turned sixty in December 2025.For most of those years, my life felt like a race I never signed up for—a calendar full of deadlines, a head fu...

09/10/2025

The chart of The Seine stated that the bridges around the Tower of my new place of residence were too low for Lady Liselot. But during my 350km long tour along the Seine I discovered that there often was 1.5 to 2m more space between the waterline and the bridge deck than the chart indicated. So despite the fact that the chart said: you can’t go to the area of the Eiffel Tower, I decided to go ANYWAY.

Whoop whoop! Even the lowest bridge offered sufficient height. How incredibly cool to sail around with my own ship among all those tour boats and enjoy my new home area. Bonjour!!