{"id":1784,"date":"2026-06-14T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sosx.de\/cat-mare\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:32:25","slug":"260614-a-small-sleeper-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sosx.de\/cat-mare\/blog\/2026\/06\/14\/260614-a-small-sleeper-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"260614 A small &#8220;sleeper&#8221; reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mentioned already a few times the 12 m race boat \u201csleeper\u201d on which I was a crew member in the 90s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ada9909506ac&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ada9909506ac\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"716\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/sosx.de\/cat-mare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260615_095549_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sosx.de\/cat-mare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260615_095549_r.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sosx.de\/cat-mare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260615_095549_r-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sosx.de\/cat-mare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260615_095549_r-768x687.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;sleeper&#8221; featured on the poster for the 1988 Kenwood Cup hanging in the entrance hall of our home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday we had a small reunion on board of MaRe being in maintenance mode and on the hard. Not the most beautiful place for a reunion but one with very good feelings and lots of talks about what everybody remembers. <br><br>It was Taro-san, who OBM and I invited originally. However, he is in touch with Kohama-san and brought him along. So we had a wonderful small reunion. Last time we met Taro-san in 2021 at our place in Tokyo, but Kohama-san we met the last time in the mid to the end of the 90s.<br><br>We decided that we will sail along together when MaRe is back in the water and that we have another reunion with the crew members Taro-san is in touch with including Takebe-san the wife of the one of the late owners of \u201csleeper\u201d once MaRe floats in the water I\u2019m at the place of the Arari Ship Builders.<br><br>We also set-up a Signal messenger group to stay in touch with each other.<br><br>I\u2019m now curious who will come to the next &#8220;sleeper&#8221; reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned already a few times the 12 m race boat \u201csleeper\u201d on which I was a crew member in the 90s. Yesterday we had a small reunion on board of MaRe being in maintenance mode and on the hard. 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