Frederieke
A quick trip to England
Back to the North Sea It was late June and high time to get out on to salt water again. We had spent two [...]
Drying out on the Waddenzee
Escape from Makkum Makkum was becoming comfortable. After Reitdiep Jachthaven's busy city feel, the green grass, fresh flush of leaves on the trees and [...]
The Standing Mast Route – Part 3
Early Sunday morning at the Prinsentuin. Headwind from Leeuwarden The next morning we left early from Leeuwarden, this time [...]
The Standing Mast Route – Part 2
The beautiful Lauwersmeer The next morning, the wind was still blowing hard from the southwest, the direction (of course) of our travels for the [...]
The Standing Mast Route – Part 1
Farewell to Reitdiephaven After six cold, wet winter months in the Reitdiep Marina in Groningen, our contract was up and it was time to [...]
The last passage of the year
A SMALL WEATHER WINDOW Four days later the winds had dropped and the waves at the river mouth had settled enough to allow us [...]
Where to next?
DENMARK IT IS This hopping along the Norwegian coast had now got us to the country’s southern most point. Here we needed to make [...]
Maybe not the best call
(Note: this time no photos because of weather) WEATHER AND DECISION MAKING All the way down the Norwegian coast, literally from the Arctic to [...]
Looking for weather windows to the Netherlands
COAST HOPPING SOUTH The journey south from Bergen now descended into a series of even shorter hops along the coast. Ideally, we had wanted [...]
Back in the cinnamon bun capital of Norway
THE BEST BUNS IN NORWAY Bergen was on its best behaviour for us – grey, wet, sometimes a bit windy but mostly not, my [...]