We decided to have a lay day today – an easy day in Enkhuizen. With a lovely sunny day we decided to start the day with a wander round the Zuiderzee Museum – described by Lonely Planet as one of the finest in the Netherlands. So, we walked down the …
Lelystad to Enkhuizen – 13.1 miles in 3 hours 20 minutes Chris and Wendy spent the morning touring the Batavia Werf museum and looking round the Seven Provinces and Batavia ships. On the way out we motored close past the Batavia to be greeted by one of the volunteers in …
Amsterdam to Lelystad – 20.6 miles in 6 hours 25 minutes A nice relaxed sail today. We left Amsterdam around 10.30am after stocking up. We finally found the supermarket nearby – turns out there is a small food section in a Hema store just round the back of the next …
Lelystad to Amsterdam – 24.9 miles in 6 hours 5 minutes A trip of two halves today … Leaving Lelystad around 7.40am we had a lovely sail under jib only back across to Amsterdam. The wind gradually built from the NE and slowly went E giving us a broad reach …
Hoorn to Lelystad – 16.5 miles in 2 hours 40 minutes A cracking sail today. The wind kicked in for the first time with a NE4. After some shopping around Hoorn, we headed out about 10.45am. After yet another abortive attempt to pump-out and fill up with fuel (the barge …
Hindeloopen to Hoorn – 28 miles in 8 hours 20 minutes The forecast for today remained light, but with around 7-8 knots of breeze as we left Hindeloopen we were confident of sailing. The confidence was slightly misplaced as the breeze died, but we stuck with it and helped by …
Enkhuizen to Hindeloopen (via Stavoren for lunch) – 15 miles in 6 hours Another hot and light wind day today – something has clearly gone wrong with the weather! As John arrived last night, we had a wander round Enkhuizen for an hour or so this morning before we left. …
Medemblik to Enkhuizen – 13.1 miles in 3 hours and 35 minutes A short trip today, back to Enkhuizen to pick up John. Enkhuizen is one of the easiest places to get to from Amsterdam by train, so we headed out of Medemblik in a very light easterly to tack …
Lemmer to Medemblik – 22.8 miles in 4 hours and 20 minutes The weather came up trumps today. It was sunny with a 15 knot breeze, so it looks like we have used up our quota of perfect weather for this year. As we left Lemmer, we found (unexpectedly) that …
Enhuizen to Lemmer – 18.5 miles in 5 hours and 10 minutes There seems to be something wrong with the weather. When we go away on the boat it is supposed to be windy, cloudy, grey perhaps with a gale or two thrown in. Someone though seems to have thrown …
