Jack van Ommen’s Completed “Fleetwood III” Is for Sale

We received an email from Jack van Ommen this morning:

“Dear Family and Friends,
It’s Friday the 13th. The three summers spent repairing Fleetwood III are done ….” Van Ommen has completed his work on the Waarschip and has listed her for sale. “A perfect home for long European holidays and to do the canals with the mast down.” He is now on the search for his next venture, Fleetwood IV.

“Please, check out the ad I just placed on my website and share with anyone that may have an interest,” van Ommen writes on his blog. “I booked my flight for a visit to the home port, arriving Sea-Tac on November 15. With a return on March 28. But I hope that I may not need the return portion if I can find the replacement that I still intend to use for my wild plan to try and break the current [age] record of 89 years to complete another solo circumnavigation.”

We’ve been writing about the octogenarian circumnavigator for many years. After his second Fleetwood was lost on a reef in Cuba, van Ommen set about refitting Fleetwood III, a 30-ft Waarschip. “We have been getting acquainted and she’s a keeper,” he initially wrote.The boat revealed her true condition only after the purchase, and van Ommen changed his tune to, “she’ll be a piece of work for a while.”

Now, the hard work is complete and Fleetwood III is ready for her new owner. “No leaks anymore.”

Even after all the work, van Ommen is still in the market for a wooden boat. “No longer than 32-ft, lightweight, sails easy to handle by a geriatric.”

“How would I justify Fleetwood IV on a Tupperware boat?” he continues. “I’m still hoping to find the missing Canadian sister of Fleetwood I and II, Soul Fisher, and the boat I almost bought in Port Townsend, last winter.”

See details and pictures of Fleetwood III and her sale advertisement here: Fleetwood III For Sale in Amsterdam.