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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 ...
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