Not such a good start, aiming for Spaardam brug 14:30 opening on Thursday but arrived at canal entrance to find…
Well, usual run around town, fish shop, Turbot 16.50 a Kg, second hand English book shop, bite for lunch, Albert…
Got away at 18:15, made the goresluis lock and now lying in the outer harbour at Stellendam. So far on…
I have been looking for a source of cheap apples for cider production without much success. Lo and behold on…
Routed Stellendam, Ijmuiden, Lowestoft, Harwich, Ramsgate, Dover, Rye, Ostend, Burghsluis, Numansdorp. Very fast passage up to Ijmuiden, around six hours.…
Left 08:00, motoring all the way via Dordtsche Kil, Oud Maas, Spui. Rain in the forecast.
Grrrrrr, vaarweginformatie publishes wrong info, the Haringvliet brug is not working as advertised, 11& 19. We come in and sneak…
Restrictions on Haringvliet Brug, only open at 12 and 19 hrs. Consider up to Stellendam but really it’s 50/50 time…
Wind SW F4, sea state slight, dinner booked Duikstek Burghsluis for last night of our tour. Shorter day tomorrow to…
Weather all good, left Rye 12:30 local time, passage time around 20 hours.
Well, saw my elder brother and caught up with the news, saw the many many pubs in the town, showed…
Left 06:15 aiming to arrive Rye 12:00, some 30NM. Entry into Rye possible 12-1400. Arrived at safe water fairway bouy…
To arrive Rye at high water, the only time the port is accessible we need to leave Dover 06:00 so…
Departed 0730, bit of wiggle around London array, now eta Ramsgate 16:45 so a fairly easy day.
Left Lowestoft with 07:00 bridge opening, bit of agro getting mainsail up as halyard caught on deck light again, needs…
A lovely paella, a lovely evening and a good chat, catch up on memories past.
As I’ve been weather watching for the last two weeks it is pleasant to see the numbers in the 24h…
Crazy quick passage, left Stellendam 06:05, tied up Ijmuiden 13:15.
Looks like Hanswert canal from the wind direction and strength. Possible we make Willemstad but St Annaland more likely. I’ll…
Fifteen hundreds, an amazing window into the high art of the Low Countries, an insight into the importance of the…
Pm stood down in nl much manoeuvring with talk of him going to sec gen NATO. HMMM, not such a…
Giant box ship threading the Scheldt. All ok quite a long passage through the extensive docks. Now in Antwerp Royal…
Dropped off Mark in Middleburg, motored down to Vlissingen and locked out, two hours up to Terneuzen and into the…
Perfect for our purposes.
An easy day, wind 3 Westerly, last night an excellent meaty cook up with Mark’s spice set. Tomorrow into Verse…
Weather forecast is atrocious with Bft 9 being mentioned, gusts 55 Kts for tomorrow. Hung about in port, better weather…
Departed Dordrecht 13:30 to take advantage of the current flowing down the Dordtsche Kil, 5-6 Bft under mainsail, Voitec helming…
Mark and Voitec aboard now. Was windy and nasty on departure Hellevoetsluis but once under way we could sail a…
Three hour baking hot passage, bit of current to help on the way up the Dordtsche Kil, runs up to…
Longer day than I thought, lock out at Verse Meer took 1:45 including waiting. Tired and hot, a cold beer.
All going swimmingly in Hanswert canal when phut phut engine stopped. Grrrrr. Stabilised under sail heading back south, identify problem,…
Delightful stay, originally planned 10-14 days here but heck, she delivers well. Hansweert lock and canal to Yerseke is my…