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Day 0 - the christening of MY Archimedes

 


The Selendy family, arrived at the yard at 2.00 pm. They just flew in from JFK to Amsterdam. Philippe, his wife Jennifer and their son Liam, are excited to go on this trip. After a quick refresh onboard and meeting the worldwide press, it was time for the christening ceremony. The boat already hung in the travellift and Jennifer had the honor to Christen the boat. As a thank you for everyone who worked on the boat and a small party was organized. 


Then it was time for a short ceremony by the owner of the shipyard, Anton van den Bos, to thank the Selendy family and the employees of the shipyard. With a glass of champagne and a petit-four with, ofcourse, an Elling logo, everyone raised the glass for safe travels of the 'Archimedes'. 

After the champagne the 'real' ceremony started. Jennifer stepped on the stairs, spoke a few words and smashed the bottle of champagne on the anchor into hundreds of pieces. How brave! 


The boat is lowered in the water and we all stepped on the boat, acompanied by members of the invited press and the Yard owner Anton van den Bos. We sailed to the picturesque town of Heusden after a goodbye wave from the Yard personnel. 


We sailed to Heusden where we moored at WSV Heusden, had dinner and went to bed early. 

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