About Kookaloo

Kookaloo is built by Van Heijgen Bootbouwerij in Belgium. She is a Spirit 36 type.
The hull and the deck was built at the shipyard in the spring of 1994. We constructed the interior and the deck layout during the summer months, before the boat was launched in March 1995.

Kookaloo is a very fine, comfortable and fast sailing yacht. The yacht is easy to control and to steer in light as well as in heavy winds.
Her length is 11 meters, her width is 3.66 meters and she has a draft of 1.98 meters. She displaces 5850 kilograms of water.
Of course when we stow all our stuff in the nearly 20 storage lockers the displacement increases, however the yacht is still sailing fast and comfortable. The directors of Van Heijgen Bootbouwerij have stated, that Spirit yachts are fine family cruisers with remarkable race capabilities.

In 2009 Kookaloo got her hull sprayed in a beautiful navy blue color with goldcolor striping.
New mainsail, genoa 2 and 3 were fitted in 2005.

Kookaloo has a berth in St.Annaland, which is at an excellent location at the Krabbenkreek that flows into the Oosterschelde in the Netherlands.
We normally sail the yacht in weekends and holidays. During the summerholidays we make passages to Belgium, France and England.
In short, the nabouring countries to the Netherlands, and where the wind will bring us. For more details see the journals.
Now and then we like to participate in race events in inshore waters, but also out at sea on long offshore courses. We won some races as well, for details see the race section.