We rather reluctantly left Marken and had a gentle sail eastwards across the Markermeer to off Lelystad, where we passed through a lock and out into the IJseelmeer. From there we passed round the northern end of Oostelijk Flevoland and…
Peace in the Markermeer
We escaped from the chaos of Sixhaven on Wednesday. The wind was strongish but do-able and we had a lovely run goose-winged with two reefs down out into the Markermeer, and then round the northern tip of Marken and back…
Hanging out in Sixhaven
I had a good trip back to Bristol, and enjoyed meeting many friends, former colleagues etc., some of whom I had not seen for ten years or more. It was strange seeing fields that were not surrounded by water and…
Gouda, Haarlam and Amsterdam
After Dordrecht we motored along the Noord and then the IJssel rivers and into the eastern outskirts of Rotterdam (lots of big ship facilities). Here we turned north into the Hollands-IJssel canal. Once though the bridge at the storm-surge barrier,…
Dordrecht and The Biesbosch
After the buzz of Willemstad we sailed a short distance to a quiet shore of the Hollands Diep and anchored off for two days. It was good to rest up and do nothing much but watch the shipping movements. I…