User talk:Michelruurda

Welcome!

Hi, Michelruurda. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:00, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Brisbane meetup with Sue Gardner invitation

Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup on 11 February 2013 with Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation.

More details can be found at Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane/7. I hope to see you there! John Vandenberg 08:03, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Michel Ruurda is organising a marathon charity event.

Michel Ruurda is in the process of organising a charity event which will be fun for all ages. 'This has been on my bucket list for some time now and I am now in a position to be able to get the ball rolling.'Michelruurda (talk) 08:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Michel Ruurda hopes that other people find this topic just as amazing. The fastest transatlantic crossing.

Due to my love of sailing I found the following information to share with you.

The fastest Transatlantic Crossing by solar power.

The MS Turanor Planet Solar sailed 2,867 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 22 days 12 hours and 32 minutes. This set a world record. The MS Turanor Planet Solar is the world largest solar boat.

The information was sourced from inhabitat.com and world record academy.com

--Michelruurda (talk) 01:24, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sailboat is distingished from other craftboats by its sails. Sourced by Michel Ruurda

The sail is fabric that is used to catch the wind which moves the boat across the water. The majority of modern sails are made od a polyester fibre called Dacron. The fabric is heated and melds the fibres together. The wind cannot escape through the pores like woven fabric. The surface has very low friction. The polyester sails have very little stretch and are lightweight. Michelruurda (talk) 08:22, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The first person to circumnavigate the world under sail solo and without stopping. Sourced by Michel Ruurda

Robin Knox-Johnston was the first person to circumnavigate the world under sail solo and without stopping.He left from Falmouth in the UK on 14/6/1968 and returned on 22/4/1969. His yacht was called Suhaili. He was knighted in 1995 after winning the Jules Verne trophy for the fastest circumnavigation under sail the previous year. This information was sourced from the guiness world records.com Michelruurda (talk) 04:27, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Largest Parade of Kite Surfers

352 participants made up for the largest parade of kite surfers. this was achieved by Virgin Kitesurfing Armada UK in Tarifa Spain on 31 August 2014. Each participant covered a course measurring 2,128m. This was lead by Gisela Pulido, the kiteboard world champion and Guinness world records title holder.

Information sourced from Guinness World Records Michelruurda (talk) 05:38, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brisbane meetup - Sunday 10 December 2017 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland

If you are in or near Brisbane, please join us on Sunday 10 December 2017 any time from noon to 4pm at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland. For more details and to sign up, please go to the meetup page. See you there! Kerry (talk) 22:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]