Wednesday, 10th July 2019 As our sailing course from Ostend to Harwich is almost 90 degrees across the North Sea the tide would have one full set going east then west so it is not that critical on the…
Middelburg to Ostend
Monday, 8th July 2019 Middelburg We had a bit of a lie-in this morning, before having a clean and tidy up of the boat ready for our trip home. By the time we finished our chores, everything looked and smelled…
Haringvreter to Middelburg
Sunday, 7th July, 2019 We had a very quiet night here, no wind to cause the water to slap as we had when we stopped at Mosselplaat earlier in the trip. During the night we had a few rain drops,…
Zierikzee to Haringvreter
Saturday, 6th July, 2019 We woke early and got ourselves ready to leave the harbour around 09:30. We were number two in a five raft on the pontoon. Chris informed the other boats that we wished to leave at…
Bruinisse to Zierikzee
Thursday, 4th July, 2019 We had decided to move on to Zierikzee today, so we did not have to leave until around midday, which was as well, as we did not wake up until just before 9. Chris made the…
St. Annaland to Bruinisse
Tuesday, 2nd July, 2019 We awoke to a fairly bright and breezy morning with lots of clouds scurrying across the sky. After our first cuppa, we went up for a shower and returned for breakfast. Once we had tidied away,…
WiFi Connection Details
I have now added WiFi connection experienced at our ports of call. We have a WiFi Repeater available on board to assist in picking up a signal as most sailors are accessing the internet at water level and therefore the…
Goes to St Annaland
Sunday 30th June We had a better night’s sleep and didn’t wake until about 08.30. We had said we would leave on the 10.00 bridge lift, so we made ourselves ready and slipped our lines at 09:55. Soon the bridge…
Kortgene to Goes
Kortgene to Goes Friday, 28th June, 2019 We had a reasonable night’s sleep, although Carole said that there was definitely some side to side motion at the front of the boat when on a box mooring. We showered and had…
De Paardekreek to Kortgene
Wednesday, 26th June, 2019 We slipped our lines after breakfast to go in to the Kortgene Delta Marina. Our passage was a total of 1.2 miles. Once outside, Carole called the marina for berthing instructions and we were allocated C14,…
Mosselplaat to De Paardekreek
Sunday, 24th June, 2019 We had rather a disturbed night’s sleep on Mosselplaat, due to the wind changing direction and getting up in the night, which caused continuous “slap” from the water on the stern. Unusually it affected Chris more…
Middelburg to Mosselplaat
Sunday, 24th June, 2019 On Monday morning there was no particular rush to get anywhere, so we had showers on the boat before a nice leisurely breakfast. Chris filled up the water tanks and once off our mooring, we called…
Middelburg
Sunday, 23rd June, 2019 The Harbour Master’s office opened at 08:00 and we were then able to organise and pay for our berth for Saturday and Sunday night. We were put in a Box mooring near the entrance which was…
Ostend to Middelburg via Vlissingen
SATURDAY, 22ND JUNE, 2019 We had a very disturbed night here, which was not unexpected as it is a busy commercial port. After breakfast, etc, we took a leisurely stroll along Ostend’s sea front which was beginning to get busy…
Ipswich to Ostend
Thursday, 20th June, 2019 We finally made it on to the boat at Ipswich around lunchtime and after a walk into town to get some Euros and last minute bits, we had an early supper and headed up the river…
Off Sailing 2019
We are a bit late this year due to family and other activities Now we are off to Ostend and the Nederlands Will post later