Muiden to Amsterdam – 10.4 miles in 2 hours and 40 minutes A return trip to Amsterdam today – time to head home this evening on the ferry and leave the boat in its new home in Amsterdam Marina. We left our berth at the Royal Dutch Yacht Club about …
Amsterdam to Muiden – 10.6 miles in 2 hours 50 minutes Having spent a little time trying to sort where the leak in the forward cabin was, and narrowed it down to the pole downhaul deck fitting, we decided that we needed some mastic. We had already tried the ‘chandlery’ …
Nieuwe Meer to Amsterdam Marina – 4.1 miles in 2 hours 35 minutes Possibly the slowest average speed of the whole trip for this passage, but this made it all the more interesting. The passage was the night convoy around Amsterdam. At either end of the Schinkel canal are major …
Braasemermeer to Nieuwe Meer – 12.8 miles in 3 hours 5 minutes A short run this morning. We had to time the run a little carefully as the last bridge before the Nieuwe Meer – Schipol Basculebrug – only opens between 12.30 and 1.30pm. It is a major road bridge …
When in Gouda ….. When visiting Gouda, you can’t really avoid cheese. So, we decided to metaphorically immerse ourselves in cheese and spent a very entertaining half an hour or so in a cheese shop. The woman serving us was very helpful and did a great job of selling us …
Willemstad to Gouda – 37.6 miles in 9 hours 35 minutes Today the sails were redundant and the only useful thing was the shiny new red engine which ran the whole way. Though there were a couple of stretches where we might have sailed, the wind was in the east/north-east …
Veerse Meer to Willemstad – 40.6 miles in 8 hours and 15 minutes We started around 9am this morning from our island in the Veerse Meer with the intention of getting through to Willemstad and we did! The trip had its interesting moments – two of which were fixed bridges …
Middleburg to Bastiaan de Langeplaat – 7.7 miles in 2 hours 5 minutes Last night was spent in the Binnenhaven in Middleburg. It was a breezy night, but very sheltered and after a meal with Andy and Phillipa in the Yacht Club, we slept very soundly. The morning was then …
Tollesbury to Middleburg – 120.4 miles in 23 and a half hours At last, the new engine is in and tested and we headed off. We left Tollesbury at 3pm on the tide. The intention was to head up the coast, round Long Sand Head and then bear away and …
The new BETA 38 – all red and shiny is now installed. It’s taken a while, but it was finally finished and test run yesterday. Today we took the boat out for the first time for sea trial with the new engine. It felt quite different and slightly slower to respond …