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About us
“Life is boats, and sailing with today’s wind!”
Hello, my name is Cas Pijpers and I have been active in the maritime industry since 1980.
For nearly 25 years, I worked in the temporary employment sector for shipyards and the offshore petrochemical industry. In the years that followed, I ran an online shop selling yacht parts and, through my service company, carried out repairs and maintenance on luxury sailing yachts and motorboats in various European countries.
My first boat was an Ecofiber speedboat with a BMW petrol engine. Later, I purchased a Fairline cruiser. But after a few years, I opted for something larger and bought an 18-metre coastal tug (built in 1939) with an original Demag-Modag two-stroke air-start engine.
In 2007, after many wonderful journeys, I sold that vessel as I had acquired a fantastic 24-metre former Royal Navy Fleet Tender, fitted with a brilliant Lister Blackstone four-cylinder, 750 RPM turbo engine. Over the following years, we carried out a major refit on the ship and then sailed her to Barcelona.
From 2013 until the end of 2017, we ran a very successful B&B on board this vessel. In December 2017, we sold her to a guest who simply didn’t want to leave the boat :-) and afterwards, we returned to the Netherlands.
Nowadays, we run a company called SOS Ship Outlet Store, which specialises in used Volvo Penta parts for diesel engines. We’re based in Rotterdam, but we supply customers all over the world.