A short trip today – just 6.8 miles from Jachthaven Lunegat to the Noordegat Jachthaven at Lauwersoog. The Noordegat is the best placed marina for us to go out tomorrow morning through the Robbengatsluis and into the Waddenzee – finally back into salt water again and with tides! The trip …
Leeuwarden to the Lauwersmeer (Jachthaven Lunegat) – 22.7 miles. By last night there were several other yachts waiting at Leeuwarden for the Drachsterbrug to open and at 8.30am this morning they had started casting off to get round to it. Everyone seemed to be itching to get away from Leeuwarden – …
Found out a new word today – an orrery. With some time to ‘waste’ in Leeuwarden while we wait for the Drachsterbrug to re-open, Anne and I decided to take the train across to Franeker. Franeker is close to Harlingen and on the Van Harinxma canal between Harlingen and Leeuwarden. The …
The lesson learned from our landing in Leeuwarden is learn the language! On the way from Lemmer to Leeuwarden there was a large yellow sign. Our poor translation of the Dutch as we motored past meant that we worked out that something was closed until the 16th May. It turns out …
Everywhere we go, we are now having to go into box berths. For those of us who have sailed mainly around the UK, these are a bit of a shock. With no pontoon to come alongside, you essentially cross your fingers (and everything else), aim between the posts, hope you …
A cracking sail today. 15-20 knots of wind from the east and with one reef in the main and two-thirds jib we made around 6.5-7 knots most of the way across. We left Muiden around 10am after a leisurely start to the day and headed close past Pampas Island, past …
A short trip to start the season off – from Amsterdam Marina to Muiden. With an easterly, we decided to motor across from the Oranjesluis as it was just a couple of miles anyway. On the way across we were waved over by a motor boat who were anchored and …
After what has seemed like a long winter, I am finally back on board and preparing the boat for off. The last couple of days has been a blur of activity – mostly good, but with Sod’s Law intervening a couple of times. The boat has been cleaned from end …
Muiden to Amsterdam – 8.2 miles in 3 hours A quiet potter back to Amsterdam this morning – the last sail of the season. A light breeze from dead downwind meant that we just motored to the Schellingwouderbrug. A slow run through the bridge and Oranjesluis meant a fairly slow run …
Enkhuizen to Muiden – 23.5 miles in 5 hours 35 minutes With a South Easterly forecast we decided to get ourselves closer back to Amsterdam today, so we headed straight down the Markermeer to Muiden. After filling up with fuel at Enkhuizen, we headed back through the lock and with …
