Winter in Amsterdam

Muiden to Amsterdam – 8.2 miles in 3 hours A quiet potter back to Amsterdam this morning – the last sail of the season. A light breeze from dead downwind meant that we just motored to the Schellingwouderbrug. A slow run through the bridge and Oranjesluis meant a fairly slow run …

Lelystad revisited

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 …

Back in Amsterdam

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 …

Lelystad revisited

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 …

Hobbling to Hoorn

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 …