Today's weather has probably been the worst we've experienced on the boat on this trip. Of course, we were in the fortunate position...
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My very good friend Anne says that as she's stuck at work, she really only enjoys this blog when things go horribly wrong. So hopefully ...
Just a short hop today, mainly under sail, from Barhöft to Stralsund. The weather has been very pleasant, with modest northerlies and sunshi...
We rose at dawn today (4.45am) ready for the long passage from Warnemünde to Rügen. Unfortunately the engine started but then stopped, and r...
Saturday evening's meal was at a family favourite, Gasthaus Paesch in Spreenhagen. Their top dish consists of four pieces of raw meat, p...
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days - not only are we in a location with a poor data signal, but also we have been so lai...
The weather forecast has continued to cause us considerable angst today. In the end I was so baffled that I emailed Simon Keeling to ask him...
We managed to be first on the fuel berth in Kühlungsborn when it opened at 9am. In fact it was quite a nifty bit of parking, though I says i...
Sunday in Wismar proved quiet and rather wet. We popped out between showers to visit the Nikolaikirche, the only medieval church in the Alte...
From Travemünde to Wismar is 27M, but almost half of that is the channel from the outer shoals of Wismar to the port. When we left Travemünd...
I woke at 6am to the sound of pouring rain and a German forecast of southerlies up to force 6. Simon Keeling's forecast shows tomorrow c...
None of us slept very well last night. With the swell coming into the harbour, the forepeak berth was really uncomfortable - possibly the fi...
One further thought for anyone planning a visit to Travemünde: this marina is not very comfortable in north-easterlies, although on the whol...
As promised, we've had a quiet day today, although with the wind rising overnight we didn't sleep quite as well as we hoped. At 8.30...
We are in Travemünde, which is the port and beach resort for Lübeck, just up the river Trave. In fact we are in a marina in Prilwall, which ...
...or Heiligenhafen, as they call it around here, is our overnight pausing spot. With more than 1000 berths it is more than likely the bigge...
Today we thought we would explore briefly up the Schlei, not all the way to Schleswig, which is 20 miles, but just enough to get a feel for ...
Sam managed to fix the fuel cut-off lever this morning, but by the time we left the British Kiel Yacht Club it was 11.15am. Once again it wa...
Well, we are in the Baltic. Even better, we are at the British Kiel Yacht Club, traditional first port of call for all British yachts after ...
The Polish yacht moored next to us in Brunsbüttel planned to leave on Tuesday evening, heading out into the North Sea, but had engine proble...
After numerous anxious recalculations of the Elbe tides, we left Cuxhaven around 1pm, having filled up with diesel. The calculations paid of...
We spent yesterday morning in the Rewe supermarket, stocking up on bottles, tins and other heavy stuff while we had the car. Then it was off...
It's been a quiet few days as we have sat tight in Cuxhaven waiting for Ben. Well, quiet is relative. The wind continued to whistle thro...
As I write on Saturday afternoon the wind is howling through the Cuxhaven marina at up to 25 knots. We are sitting in the cabin in the warm,...
We have arrived safely in Cuxhaven after probably the bumpiest long passage we have ever undertaken. In the end it was the wave heights whic...
Wacky lifting bridge Kalessin in Leeuwarden Cows and horses on the Lauwersmeer Fish smoking sheds at Zoutkamp Serious ...
For the first time in what feels like weeks I'm posting from a computer, which makes it nice and fast to type. I have a deal with Vodafo...
Well, this is unexpected. It's been a long, hot day in which we covered 26 miles, a lock and dozens of bridges. We were halfway around G...
It seems churlish to complain, but currently the temperature in the cabin is 31 deg C. Two days ago it was 17. A middle ground would be nice...
I am here to report that we have made it to Leeuwarden, via the shallowest water we have ever been in with our mast up. When we got to Grou ...
Late addition to my earlier post. It seems that the ANWB standing mast route atlas, which we had thought of as the bible of cross-Friesland ...
Despite what I said yesterday, tonight we are on municipal moorings in Sneek, although on the edge of town with an excellent view of a car p...
There's a tradition in the Netherlands of mooring up in the middle of town. This can be a very pleasant option, or it can mean rafting u...
So here we are in Enkhuizen and it's raining. In fact at the moment it's bucketing down, and also chilly and rather dark. The wind h...
Just a quick test to post by email from the iPhone. Not sure if I like all this wind. We plan to set off on the 23rd when the Dutch coast ...
It's strange to be back in the UK when in our heads we are still away sailing. The strangest thing is when one of us says "Where...
So here we are in Kalessin 's final destination for the time being, Enkhuizen. We could have rushed home today, or tomorrow. But it s...
I spent the afternoon of my birthday (Tuesday) trying to work out the best option for where to leave the boat for three weeks while we retur...
In the ultimate triumph of patience over technology I am posting this from my Kindle. You may ask why. It`s because I get free 3G access fr...
Guy is now a flotilla skipper! It looks as though the haircut paid off. This is how his lead boat looked on Monday: He'll be living on...
Our dear friends at Rig Magic finally fitted the mainsheet track last Wednesday, which meant we could actually go sailing. I see that I ori...
A couple of interesting encounters over the weekend which formed an odd contrast. On Friday Willie Wilson, chairman of the chart and pilot...
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