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…
He writes this on his blog, leaving from Guinea-Bissau. Bubaque is a pleasant town on the island of the same…
Passage up here was fine, fairly serpentine, not that much heavy traffic during our time on the Scheldt. The docks…
As my feet touched the floor this morning a visit from immigration! No worries, all documents good. Arrived Antwerp Willemdok…
My original plan, to overnight at the lock of the Zuid Beveland Kanal got blown out after a phone call…
I had made contact with Freddie, a really nice chap in the Tram Hafen, a retired physio with a passion…
Well, the old one was second hand around ten years ago so it has had a pretty good innings. Took…
Not terribly dense but normally a predictor of changing weather. Warm occluded front in the post.
I put the Genoa on, the one that Walter of Bezemer sails condemned and after a bit of feeling the…
My nephew Adam and family came to visit for two nights. A real joy to see them, part of my…