A few notable moments. USS Wasp. En route Cuxhaven-Vlieland I hear a very businesslike American voice wanting to speak to…
Left 07:30, the Dutch couple next moor neighbours planned 06:30; en route the current is still against me at 08:45…
Weather en route acceptable with NE light winds. I’ll aim for Harlingen with an arrival of 21-22:00 (sunset 2200). En…
Asterix has misbehaved in a fairly major way causing me to head home. Monday back into NOK canal.
The German navy sail training ship arrived this afternoon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_training_ship_Gorch_Fock_(1958)
It’s a day sail but somewhat more complicated than first envisaged. Two active military areas, Putlos and Todendorf sit astride…
Glad to be here, always a bit of aggro at the lock out of the NOK, the rather big Beneteau…
On the move again although still not clear of the runs. Five hours maybe down to Kiel and still windy…
Arrived Friday 31st May feeling rather poorly. I think a package of smoked salmon caused some sort of food poisoning,…
Left Gluckstadt 08:15, locked in at Brunsbuttel 11:05, quick passage through the locks, weather better than forecast, EA Rendsburg 18:00…
Arrived to brilliant sunshine and 25C but today 15C and persistent rain, same forecast for tomorrow. The entrance lock is…
Fairly easy passage, Bft4 initially, made the tide in Elbe so continued past Cuxhaven. Now around 8nm to run. Only…
What a lot of Brits like to know about the island Bit dull if I am honest, the place has…
I departed Lauwersoog well set for the night sail but a close run thing occurred. Now, to confess, in the…
I started doing detailed passage plan based on day sail to Norderney and looked at the height of the tide…
Day of bridges, locks and concentration, got in at 19:00 so nine hours.
Weather is a great plus in terms of wind direction and outlook but could be a bit blowy and bumpy,…
Dull the Odido supposedly 5G.
Best laid plans, had a look at the waves and weather and opted for a quite life, plan remains to…
Bob Leckie, featured in the Pacific, Helmet for my pillow, from the island to the pacific, new to me from…
So, five days of hanging about in port, some partying, shopping and playing tourist around the city (seems the Rotterdam…
Bft 3-4, occasionally 5 is the forecast. New Genoa is, transformative, solid 7 knots a little closer than half wind,…
Domestic water tanks cleaned and closed up, quite an involved job so glad to see the back of it! Remove…
Great night in Sedan seeing Richard, so good that he is mentally ok after lower left leg removed; Hughes syndrome.…
Woke late, needed the sleep and was thus late on the road. Just on six hours straight with a 10…
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A truly iconic composer and responsible for the musical elements in Dr Stranglove. https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=laurie%20johnson%20composer&tbm=&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240118-the-little-known-truth-about-vanilla
To some extent this impacts on my ideas. Must be an issue for shipping and undersea work, fishing, aviation et…
An easy drive down to Calais and the channel tunnel kicked off my annual pilgrimage to friends and family, something…