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Amsterdam Marina

August 20, 2019 robintouring Leave a comment

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Volendam

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Saturday night was the last of Builders holiday. Noise and hilarity continued to 2AM, possibly not the best harbour but…

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Hoorn

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Views of Hoorn

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Lemmer Enkhuizen

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09:30 16:30,wind more or less S F5, maybe a little more. Fairly hard, single reef, making 50-60 degrees off the…

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skutsje racing in Friesland

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An amazing period, sailing from venue to venue along with boats of all shapes and sizes. The detail of the…

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Departing Stavoren for Laaksum, a tiny port to the Southeast

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Skutsje racing on the Sneekermerr

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Eernewoude, the place to be!

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Heading back to Sneek!

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A week in Warwick very enjoyable with some little jobs completed for my favourite auntie. Drove back to Hellevoetsluis via…

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De Domp

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Back into Sneek

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Uneventful passage from Enkhuizen, moored on town moorings for a couple of nights. Now to plan uk trip for around…

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And so back into Sneek

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Dropped Peter off in Enkhuizen and over night stay. Departed 0900 and had a bumpy beat back to Stavoren, straight…

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Arrived and departed Stavoren

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Arrived Enkhuizen

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Lovely sail over from Stavoren, shopping done, washing almost dry in dryer, moored next to railway station

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My island has been invaded!

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Arrived DE Fluezen

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Arrived Akkrum

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A delightful evening, handful of eateries, moored 100m from centre.

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A quick trip home to Hellevoetsluis and Dutch public transport

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Took train from Sneek, just over €30 each way. Checked mail and nothing urgent. I just thought that it was…

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Arrived Sneek

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Spent last night on the canal just before a railway bridge. Has the great advantage that it is free! Motored…

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Arrived Lauwersoog

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Arrived Borkum

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Leaving Groningen en route Borkum

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Decision made – stay in Dutch waters

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Some strange rubicon, to travel well. I like Holland and the travel to Scandinavian waters seems like too much of…

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Decision made, delay groningen.

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Easy really, a delightful place to stay. It also, from a sailors perspective, has all the perils of the shore,…

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Arrived groningen Sunday 9th june

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Easy passage through the city with the 11 bridges opening in good time. Worth knowing can be quite a bit…

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Posh

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Arrived Garnwerd

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Looks lovely, passed last year and thought that looks nice, big bar restaurant, more than half full. €13.50 with shower.…

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Arrived Dokkum

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Arrived Harlingen

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Uneventful passage aside from the masses of flies. €16.40 in inner harbour. Thunderstorms probable tonight with possible hail. Oh and…

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Departed Enkhuizen 0800 en route Harlingen

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All good, weather good, later rain and maybe hail but sun out and diesel making a nice sewing machine noise!…

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Gulls

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Arrived Enkhuizen

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New (old) chute pulls well

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En route Amsterdam to Enkhuizen, a hot day today. Stayed in Ertsvaven alongside Dintel and Ero, Netty and Han’s ships.…

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Moored Amsterdam

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Haarlem

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Moored Haarlem

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Moored Amsterdam

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House in Hellevoetsluis

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Arrived Hellevoetsluis

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New home in Holland

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  • Off to Blighty.
  • Stone cleaning, weed control
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