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Weather planning and some damage.

July 28, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

Looks a bit bumpy out, Thursday and Friday too but, perhaps Saturday down to Amsterdam, Sunday night passage stellendam. Bit…

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Arrived Enkhuizen

July 27, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

Easy trip, felt a bit off on way so motored down to Den Ouvre, sailed down to enkhuizen. Shopping done,…

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Bicycle tour to aviation and war museum plus lamb

July 26, 2021 robintouring 2 Comments

Around 35km, good little museum at the airport where they had parachuting going on. I could not but wonder if…

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Texel or Tessel and the Georgian uprising.

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It brings it home how little one knows about such fascinating places. A major part of the Atlantic wall Texel…

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Harlingen toTexel

July 24, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

Great sail over, 7-8 knots with the current, a couple of dolphins accompanied me for part of the trip. Arrived…

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Moored under the lighthouse and hay harvest

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Headed Workum

July 20, 2021 robintouring 2 Comments

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Amsterdam – same as ever

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High point I guess has been food, a well loved fish handle visshandle, with superb fish at 15.70 a kilo.…

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1-0,gulp!

July 11, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

I booked in the below bar, when I arrived later to watch the football it seems the amplifier had broken…

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Market Garden – the seven P’s

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Piss Poor Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Amazed to read that the “lift table’s” used my Boy Browning and Miles…

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Used English book store

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My favourite book shop, good stock of a wide variety. https://www.bookexchange.nl/

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Arrived Amsterdam

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Ijmuiden 1530, bit of a delay for lock perhaps 30 minutes and then up to Amsterdam marina. Its packed. Grrrr.…

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Maas entrance & on time

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Down the Sijkgat with the tide

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Departed Hellevoetsluis

July 8, 2021 robintouring 4 Comments

First drama; I had forgotten about the height restrictions at Goreesluis, the air draft is restricted depending upon the height…

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Engine cooling

June 30, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

Well, it looks positive, ran for half an hour and in the green. I am not throwing my hands up…

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Heath Robinson heat exchanger decalc

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The primary side seemed quite clear, now, running fluid through secondary I get a load of frothing!

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Delta variant – a warning

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From one of uk’s top political journalists BBC News – Marr on catching Covid after being double vaccinatedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57640550

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Engine cooling

June 28, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

I saw yard today, it really looks like they can’t pull me out and get back me in the water…

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Delta variant

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https://www.rivm.nl/nieuws/deltavariant-rukt-op

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The Delta variant

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It’s great that unlocking is happening but I do feel the threat posed by the Indian variant is a serious…

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Wow, Belgian police looking very naughty

June 15, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

I guess Joe the boy Biden.

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Yacht works

June 11, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

Ran various tests on the installed Lowrance vhf transceiver and, eventually, have taken the view that it is unserviceable with…

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Vaccine wars

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The announcement of USA “buying” 1/2 billion doses for the world’s most disadvantaged countries causes me a pause for thought.…

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Today a tour of the hellevoetsluis fortifications.

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A lot more small birds feeding.

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I have had food out since January / February and whilst not denying the jackdaws access to the fat balls…

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Historical Hellevoetsluis links (delayed, into the too complicated bin)

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The more I think about this topic the less clear becomes my focus. Focus initially ww2 demolitions which is of…

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China crisis

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I have planned for some house guests early May and needed another bed; I had actually booked a shopping slot…

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Oil & filter change done

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Happy I did not face the pain associated with working in a very confined space to define engine issues! Minor…

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Cooling – possible head gasket leak or crack unlikely

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Seems this cooling issue has been my biet noir since the start. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I should…

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Cool

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Lowered fluid level in header tank and ran motor for perhaps 30 minutes without any change in level. Leave it…

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Click on install

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Jan was right, I tried with springs and wire but the jubilee aced it. I don’t know the correct location…

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It’s not the exhaust elbow

April 17, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

Next port of call the heat exchanger. I’ll pump out all I can get out from overflow tank, add some…

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Joy of Joy’s, more engine cooling issues.

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On inspection I noticed a small leakage of “blue” water from primary cooling system. Header tank now full to brim.…

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Better news yet, I am getting Oxford Astra Zenica!

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This story of the development, production and distribution really does have a ring of Empire about it. Developed by devoted,…

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Great news, a date for a vaccine!

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Letter came through just now, 20th April. Second date is TBA so I will presume 12 weeks out but I…

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For the Bear of Gothenberg

April 11, 2021 robintouring Leave a comment

I took off the fiddle block with cam cleat port rear stanchion, was difficult to uncleat, just ordered a auto…

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A cold trip West up The Haringvliet

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Arrived Willemstad

April 5, 2021 robintouring 2 Comments

Bft 8 in the gusts, a good day for the Red corpuscles! And now we have inner harbour almost to…

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Unfortunately weather has turned inclement

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Bft 8 forecast at Hook of Holland and Zierikzee. Now we lie again in Steenberg, nicely sheltered and plan a…

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