Not much to write about our trip of today. We sailed the few miles from Newhaven to Brighton and enjoyed some strong winds of force 6 to 7 and eventually in gusts of force 8. While approaching the marina through the harbour entrance channel we had to turn back (bit tricky in a 10 meter wide Read More
Today we had it easy and just sailed a few miles from Eastbourne where we had stayed the night to Newhaven. It was just a trip of about 16 miles and we’re already docked in the – well, let’s say: interesting – marina. We will use the rest of the day to continue some works Read More
All the way downwind we’ve been sailing from Dover towards Eastbourne today (we’re still sailing!). After booming out the genoa with the spinnaker boom the trip started to become much more pleasant and we gained quite a bit of extra speed… In assumingly about an hour we will reach Sovereign Harbour Marina whe we will Read More
A quick update to say that we have reached Dover at last on Sunday. The crossing was easy and all went well in a quick 6-7 hour trip. But it was a sunny day, with good visibility and calm weather. The only downside was the wind which was against us and not very strong which Read More
It was a long journey from Breskens to Zeebrugge! We had the sails up but no real blow filled them up at any time. It was tiring to keep the sails calm on one side, due to frequent little waves the boom kept moving from side to side since there was no wind to stabilize it. Read More
So we have reached France after many days in the beautiful Netherlands and a cross-over through Belgium. Today we didn’t cross to England mostly because we needed 2 tidal gates and we missed one, but we made it to Calais which is just across the English Channel. Sailing in this region of the globe is Read More
A lot to tell but not much time at the moment! After some technical problems with the engine again (same defect we had in lelystad, reocurred in bad wavy weather conditions) we decided to sail southwards via internal waters. Starting at Stellendam we sailed via Middelharnis (stayed there for two days to repair the engine Read More
This was the trip when we discovered the engine was broken again. We were heading all along the channel from Stellendam to the open Sea when we eventually decided to turn around and go back to Stellendam due to the wavy and drizzly conditions. The Sea was not very pleasant and since it was also raining we Read More
Well, it was a tiring day. No (!) wind and all the way motoring. Passing the Maasgeul was interesting and required some attention but apart from that there is nothing much to tell… We believe that the regatta (North Sea Race) must have either been cancelled or it must have been very boring. We saw all the Read More
Almost no wind at all! We tried to set the sails several times but in the end we motored more than we sailed. It was a nice trip, though, but the channel approaching from the Sea to Stellendam was quite long and tiring. After passing the lock right in front of the marina we were rewarded Read More