Part 9 Return to Friesland (Youtube 21 en 22)
In this section, we entered Lauwersoog, unfortunately not without problems, continuing our way through beautiful Friesland. Lauwersoog sluis We enter
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In this section, we entered Lauwersoog, unfortunately not without problems, continuing our way through beautiful Friesland. Lauwersoog sluis We enter
Read MoreKiel kanaal On 18-8-23 at 10.00 am, I light anchor, out of the bay close to the entrance of the
Read MoreIn this part, we have already left Gothenburg behind and are making a very long trip south for 16 hours
Read MoreIn this part which follows part 4, we continue our journey along the Gota Canal from Vadstena, crossing Lake Vattern,
Read MoreA journey through the Gota Canal – Part 3 was the Carl Johan lock step at Berg. It was another
Read MoreSimba ate her first Swedish mouse. Day after, she also managed to drop a live mouse on board. It’s becoming
Read MoreAs mentioned in the previous Part 2 arriving in Mem on the east coast of Sweden, this is the starting
Read MoreKalmar (YouTube video #8)Part 1 ended that I anchored in Karlskrona. From there on 28-5-23 around 1300, I raise my
Read MoreNederland (Youtube Part 0 – The journey to the Gota Canal)On 6 April I hope to be back in the
Read MoreJust before 1 April, the first misery starts, starter battery seems dead, luckily for me the problem is limited to
Read MoreIn 2015, I took a beautiful trip to St.Petersburg. These and many other trips I depicted in my first book,
Read MoreHeligoland-Lauwersoog As mentioned in my previous blog, I leave next morning at 10 am, at high tide I go through
Read MoreAnchorage south-east of Middelfart Saturday 23-July-2022 Departure from MiddelfartAt 10.15 I disconnect from the Ellya, after wishing each other a
Read MoreKieler Fjord As mentioned in the earlier blog, we, the Asmara and the Ellya, left the lock at Holtenau on
Read MoreAfter I am “home” again in Friesland, I sail to the Kruispolle, a marrekrite island on the Fluessen, where I
Read MoreLater than planned, but that had everything to do with the preparation. . . .
Read MoreThe spontaneous idea for this trip, which originated in February 2022 across Sweden, was too short and not feasible. Despite
Read MoreHere I continue the last part of my journey from Svendborg Bay to the island of Aeroskobing and from there
Read MoreThursday 08-07-2021 Departure from GdanskIn 2015 I had it easy. Then I could make a reasonably easy crossing from the
Read MoreOn 27 June 2021 at 04:50 hours (yes, an unchristian time, but I was awake) I leave Swinemunde behind me
Read MoreContinued from part 2 Into the lock at Brunsbuttel . . . The Nord Ostsee Canal Saturday, 12 June 2021I
Read MoreWe continue our journey from the Lauwersmeer to sea at Lauwersoog via Norderney to Helgoland. Out to sea to Helgoland
Read MoreThis trip is planned in corona time, from my winter port to Scandinavia. The global planning is from Friesland to
Read MoreAfter the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March and the whole of the Netherlands started working from home where possible,
Read MoreOn july 25th I start off from Helgoland with my return journey to Holland. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic I
Read MoreHelgoland (Northern Frisian: Deät Lun (The Country), English: Heligoland, German: Helgoland) is a German island in the North Sea. In
Read MoreI’m writing on Saturday 11 July, after two weeks in Dokkum because I felt rickety for a few days. .
Read MoreNew Job When I write this, I do not yet know what this summer will bring me. In November 2019,
Read MoreDeparture Sassenheim 30 June Finally sailing again . . . . After a long winter with three extra months of
Read MoreCopenhagen is the capital of Denmark and has about 562,379 inhabitants (2013). The most famous is of course Lille Havfrue
Read MoreFinlandThe Finns call their land ‘Suomi’, which means land of lakes and swamps. A small country with a lot of
Read MoreKaliningradKaliningrad former East Prussia, Konigsberg was assigned to Russia in 1945 to have ice-free passage all year round. It lies
Read More16-17 juli 2014Non stop Vlissingen – Orwell river (Harwich, UK) It is around 1100 when I leave the harbour in
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