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Juniper's speed was deemed never to match the Campina's resilience and livelihood, he then reported that his plans had changed, and that he would eventually return to the Netherlands, noting in an interview soon after, that the time had come "to slow down", and that he was homesick. He returned to the Netherlands in September 2011.
95:. The rudders were demolished by heavy ice. In December 2004 he returned with his damaged vessel to the Netherlands. Henk de Velde has written seven books, all in Dutch. In all his writings he contemplates the concept of freedom. He was a philosopher, as well as a sailor, some even calling him a mystic. He directed two documentaries:
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