Exodus

We left Leeuwarden on Thursday and started southwards through the extensive waterways.  The first day we had to motor against winds and anchored for the night in a meer about 6nm south east of Leeuwarden.

On Wednesday 22nd, Tony travelled by train from Groningen to Amsterdam Schiphol airport to collect three of his grandchildren.  Meanwhile Ynskje restocked the boat and also met up with Rita who kindly offered her a hot bath – the first…

We departed from Vlieland on Sunday 12th August with a south easterly force 5 and had a very fast if quite short sail to West Terschelling, where we waited for the right moment in the tide and then drove the…

We sailed from Medemblik on Monday and crossed the IJsselmeer to Makkum.  It started as a gentle dead run sail with a very light wind, so we set the spinnaker, which made a huge difference and we were soon roaring…

Hoorn is an interesting town with many medieval buildings.  Many old Dutch buildings lean somewhat after centuries of weighing on the marshy land.  Hoorn must take the award for the most precarious.  One wonders how they stay standing at all,…