Nice gathering, Jan travels back I think 4th October. Possibly a meet up in Caribbean.
Seems to suit my pocket and taste, some excellent butchers and fish shops in town, scallops €2 for big ones…
The apartments go for 500-530k no idea what the service charge is but I can guess it will be high.…
Decidedly time to head downtown and play tourist. Wind light and variable. Enkhuizen was as busy as I have ever…
Left Lemmer 11:30, rough plan to pass the lock at Enkhuizen and anchor on the other side. However I might…
Cleaned ship a bit and up anchor around 11:00. Bft 3 from south, veering SW. 3.5 knots easy sailing. Need…
A big scrum for the perhaps 10 boats that managed to get into the lock at Den Ouvre behind the…
An easy passage over. I started a repair on the spray hood around 09:30, quite a lot of stitching and…
Not my greatest day, still carrying cold flu like symptoms so feeling rough. Motor sailed over with just Genoa, should…
Out of the lock 09:30, eta 15:00. A bit wet with short little waves, Bft 4.
Contracted a cold, seems a bit of it about as Ritchie also got hit with it but now I hope…
Idyllic spot, had 30 minutes wait for the lock but well worth it. The nice lady Hafen meister offered to…
Seems I was ok on the tide/current. Getting plus .6 knots as I came out of the lock.
Recently I had a slight accident in the trouser department after a dose of mussels, not too bad but a…
It was rather rocky and rolly with the short wave frequency, really just unpleasant so took the decision to call…
Saw the wind direction and it seemed a good option. Not been before. Now a second night here with Bft…
Dropped Ritchie off and then stayed for another night, catch up with some small jobs, shower, clean bilge, shopping and…
Cafe Zevenwouden, a riot of a night and invited back to a thoroughly nice chaps house for after pub drinks.
https://www.skutsjesilen.nl/wedstrijden/2026/sneek/ final match report. Now we lie in the village of Terherne for the night.
Match report day one at Lemmer https://www.skutsjesilen.nl/wedstrijden/2026/lemmer-1/ Match report day two at Lemmer https://www.skutsjesilen.nl/wedstrijden/2026/lemmer-2/
As mad as a balloon, I came through the town, more boats and drinking than you could imagine. I decided…
Not the best view, I think one needs to be a bit more pushy but as a newbie I am…
Some rain squalls in the forecast with gusts 10M a second (Bft 5-6). Possibly the canal is blocked at Stavoren…
Was rough and high winds.
Next day or so, off to the north part of Holland for the SKS.
A really easy fast sail up to this, one of if not the oldest city in the Netherlands. Left Hell…
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Hearing the reports of his unsavoury defamation of Starmer I find it repellent that he is using such boorish tactics…
The Dutch sailors call these Irons, after a smoothing iron, the wider classic boat sailing community anonymous white boats AWB.
A drifter! Expect a sea breeze after 3-4PM. A lot of stalls and people knocking about.
So, oil drained, anode off, bearing carrier removed and shaft pulled out. Old seals out and new oil and water…
Seems like a sensible idea. Think I get out for a sail, carry the snag as aviation parlance would have…