The forecast for yesterday was pretty accurate and so the morning was spent hunkered down on board under the new cockpit cover enjoying the fact that we weren’t outside. The overnight winds were quite spectacular and the steps up to the jetty were at quite an alarming angle this morning …
Luckily we weren’t in a hurry this morning because the marina staff certainly weren’t either. We moved round to the fuel berth around 09.45 but they were busy taking a boat out of the water. However, it seemed more of a reverse hokey cokey lift as they took it out, …
Yesterday was a very short trip. The marina at Westhafen needed our berth back, so once Pat and Stephen arrived on board, we attempted to fill up with fuel at the fuel jetty just outside the harbours. With a police boat filling up in front of us, we waited our …
After a couple of days of quite gusty winds, the weather decided to go from all to nothing today. We left Travemünde at 0750 in a complete calm and during the morning the wind built 200% from 1 knot to 3 knots … not enough to even think about sailing, …
With a couple of days to spare, we decided to explore Travemünde and Lübeck. Travemünde is probably best known as ferry port these days and it is busy with ferries coming in and out constantly. However, it is also a German seaside resort with a lovely beach at the mouth …
In search of the Hanseatic League towns of the North German coast we headed off from Heiligenhafen just after 7am. The wind was bang on the nose, so we motored under the Fehmarn bridge and then set sail trying to head south. As is its wont, the wind had shifted …
A tense ten minutes …. Had they seen us? Did they have their sights on us? Were we about to be shot from the water for daring to intrude on a gunnery range? Would we make a clearer target with the sails up or down? Then …. relief …. a …
Today’s expression is ‘the long and the short of it …’. The short bit was the trip on the water (just 4.2 miles) and the long bit was the walk on land to the harbour master’s office and facilities. The reason for the length of the walk was all the …
At 5.50am it was still cold. We know that because that was the time we chose to leave Brunsbüttel. We left almost silently – well apart from the engine that is – to try and avoid disturbing the Danish boat next door. Turns out one of the locks was emptying …
A short run today, but one where we needed to get the tide right. Frum Cuxhaven to Brunsbüttel is only 15 miles or so, but with the speed of the tides along the Elbe, we wanted it with us and not against us. So, we had a leisurely start and …
