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Well, it is fit out season very nearly, so I can add two holding tanks to the list of jobs, one for each of the heads. I might replace...

Good shoreside facilities are available in the inland waterways but a simple solution to no holding tank No room for a holding tank? Use...

Thank you all for your responses. I think Holland sounds like a good bet next year for a proper adventure. One challenge we have is no...

Re shelter in the Frisian Islands: Harbours are on the Waddenzee side. So, well sheltered. Used to make for Oudeschild, on Texel, or...

We came from Scotland - via Norway and Sweden - rather than the Kiel Canal, but Denmark was a nice cruising ground and more easily...

Fair point, so after the long piece of wood with the mallet had driven the shaft down, on the sea water side, we had the below...

Hoops, repeated the post.

Evening, I had meant to do a write up of this, and I will get around to it! It is one of those satisfying jobs you can take home from...

Thank you all, that is why this community is so great, all this experience and expertise. The kids, certainly at this stage, are the...

Loads of family friendly marinas in seaside towns (for the ice creams and days on the beach) and really interesting sailing in short...

I fully agree, having lived and sailed there for 7 years. Lots to see and do for all ages, the Haringvliet alone could occupy a...

I suggest Zeeland ie southern Holland. Ok it is a longish passage across but you could probably recruit some help to do it. Maybe go to...

The west coast of Scotland is for adults. Not kids. Once they have seen one heather clad rocky crag, they have seen them all & it soon...

It is easy to overestimate the tolerance of relatively small children. From the East Coast there is nothing to beat inland Holland. The...

Being realistic with both your relatively short time-slot and the vagaries of the weather, if you want the interest of exploring new...