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RS500-WMMarriage proposal in the gennaker

Lars Bolle

 · 25.07.2012

RS500-WM: Marriage proposal in the gennakerPhoto: Elena Giolai
That's not a no, is it?
Sailors don't get much more romantic than this: the husband-to-be wrote the question about their life together in the gennaker
"Will you marry me?", in Dutch in the gennakerPhoto: Elena Giolai "Will you marry me?", in Dutch in the gennaker

In the first race of the RS500 World Championship on Lake Garda, class president Michiel Geerling from the Netherlands rounded the windward mark. His girlfriend Hilde van Susante set the gennaker - and read the words: "WIL JE MET MIJ TROUWEN" (Will you marry me?).

The answer was blown away by the wind, but the subsequent photo should be enough ...

That's not a no, is it?Photo: Elena Giolai That's not a no, is it?

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Lars Bolle

Chief Editor Digital

Lars Bolle is Editor-in-Chief Digital and one of the co-founders of YACHT's online presence. He worked for many years as an editor in the Sports and Seamanship section and has covered many sailing events. His personal sailing vita ranges from competitive dinghy sailing (German champion 1992 in the Finn Dinghy) to historic and modern dinghy cruisers and charter trips.

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