Goedenavond,
Tonight we are 3 stops away from Vlissingen in Tiel at a lovely yacht club for the night. We traveled 60 kilometers from Papendrecht today with lots of current slowing us to a 4 knot average. Lots of barge traffic also. Tomorrow we may reach the Rhine and enter Germany. Writing these emails has […]
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Passage from Vlissingen
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FYI
If you want to follow along with us on Google Earth, here is the link that shows where we have been but also gives you an idea of where we will be going. We are on our way to Germany and the Rhine. We should be there in a few days.
http://cruisingtips.net/maps/wheresdoramac.php
Ru
Middelburg part 1
Goedenavond,
We finally left Vlissingen May 13th and made it part way to Papendrecht. We tied up overnight just along the water way sharing space with lots of water birds which was wonderful. Today we made into Papendrecht and were helped into the only space possible for us at this small yacht club. Everyone […]
Leaving Vlissingen Finally!
Goedemorgen,
Two photos are worth a day’s work! Several days actually with lots of waiting for the wind to stop in-between. The paravane stabilizing arms came down several days ago but we had to wait for the wind to totally stop before the mast could be safely taken down. Yesterday the wind stopped and the […]
National Mill (Windmill) Day
Goedenavond,
It is 7:45 pm and the sun is till high in the sky. We hung laundry out to dry at 5 pm and the sun and wind are still working at drying several pairs of jeans. Quite amazing.
Yesterday was the Sunday of National Mill Day weekend. I browbeat everyone into going out into […]
Horses Trucks Sheep and Ducks. and a Train. And a Lobstah
Goedenavond,
It’s 9:13 pm but still quite light out. We walked about 7 miles today and have an early day tomorrow so everyone will cash in their chips and be asleep before dark. Remember when you had to do that as a kid and hated it? The wind has been fierce the past several days […]
Vlissingen part 2
Goedemiddag,
Some interesting art and architecture.
Ru
Three girls in the wind by Jean Houben. The date on the sculpture is 1980. The only info I could find about Jean Houben is birth and death dates, 1942-1981 so he died just after this was completed. I really like it.
We stopped for coffee in a very photogenic café
Fish […]
May 6 – Ketchikan
The last post talked about our steady northward jog to Alaska and it continued all the way to Ketchikan, arriving at the Bar Harbor marina in Ketchikan in the early afternoon. From Campbell River to Ketchikan we plodded along for seven straight days averaging 11 hours of engine operation and covering an average of 72 miles a day. The only variation to the normal route was taking Principe/Petrel Channel on the west side Pitt Island rather than Grenville Channel for the last section of the “ditch”.
Mostly we saw very few vessels, commercial or pleasure. We were passed by one pleasure craft north of Cape Caution and then did not see another cruising boat until we churned up Revillagigedo Channel towards Ketchikan. Even the commercial traffic was light.
The most “excitement” we had was when we were boarded by the RCMP on the north side of Dundas Island as we were rounding the corner to go into Brundige Inlet for the evening anchor. I think they boarded us partly out of boredom because of so little vessel activity and the fact that we had not been inspected when we cleared into Canada at Montague Harbour (we had a telephone clearance number and waited at the dock for the required 15 minutes but no one showed up). A few routine questions and we received a copy of their completed inspection form for our boat book.
We’ll be here three nights then will do a short trip to some favorite anchorages around Behm Canal. We have an appointment to get the Honda outboard motor serviced at the local shop on 4/15. They are very busy right now as everyone is getting ready for the local fishing derby coming up.
Ship’s log is 120.2 hours and 761.5 miles since leaving Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island.
First story from Vlissingen
Goedemiddag,
You can probably guess what that means: good mid-day or afternoon.
Our passage from Ipswich to Vlissingen was quite comfortable with mostly smooth seas; no rolling or bumping along from wind or waves. The only tricky part came when during my watch I noticed blobs on the radar and lots of lights that didn’t […]
Arrived in Vlissingen
Goode Morgen (or something like that I have to learn.)
Just a quick email to let you know we’ve arrived safely in The Netherlands after a rather smooth passage. Lots of windmill farms in the North Sea. Lots and lots.
Ru
