Recent content by MK101

8 weeks sounds wonderful. I'm jealous. The Delta is lovely, as you know. Oosterschelde and Westerschelde both fun to sail. We really like Zierikzee. It's always busy but so is everywhere, and we were able to get a berth at the yacht club before the town centre, saving rafting out into the middle...

To clarify the closure - it's the bridge near Schiphol which is totally inoperable at the moment (indeed till next year). So the night route is out. But the route through Haarlem to the North Sea Canal is open - although until 7th June there are quite severe restrictions at the Cruquiusbrug, so...

No - they stopped sailing, so it's not the former owners. But it's also true that they never had the same issue. So whatever happened took place after we bought her. Something may have happened when we transferred the details to our names. But the numbers (at our end) are definitely correct -...

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

Indeed is on both systems in the same place!

Yes understood. What's odd though is that we've never been close to some of these locations. As I say it doesn't cause me any trouble - it's just confusing!

Actually, as far as we can tell, we are the only one!

I wondered that. There are a number of locations which pop up - but they don't seem to be coherent. For instance, for a while it was in a relatively confined part of Amsterdam (not accessible to the biggest commercial barges) but one of the recent readings was right in the big locks at Ijmuiden...

Wondering if anyone can explain what might be happening with our AIS - in particular the fact that when we're not on our boat, she is often alleged (via Marine Traffic and so on) to be in completely different places to where we left her! This is accompanied by other unlikely readings...

Waiting for it to arrive, and very much looking forward to it!

Yes, I think that's where we got the number from. I should say we're a Dutch yacht, so won't necessarily attract so much attention. They do make it clear that it's everybody's duty to check in, even if they're Dutch. But I'm not sure how many people currently do that.

We came back to NL from Lowestoft to Ijmuiden this last summer. We telephoned the Marechaussee on arrival in the marina, and they told us to call again when we were waiting for the lock. A quick return call after a bit of rest, and as we came out of the lock on the Noordzeekanal side, there was...

I believe so, yes. I think it's possible to find it digitally but I confess I'm not sure how. I have a hard copy - which will need replacing to keep it up to date. (I think it's only the first volume that's compulsory actually.)

As others have said, Zeeland is lovely. There's lots of variety and good sailing. For tidal waters, the Dutch tidal atlas HP33 is absolutely brilliant. Detailed tide times for the whole country, and even better, really clear tidal stream diagrams for the key areas. It is now available for free...

Depending on how big a boat you have, the foreshore moorings at Titchmarsh are good value. Restricted access - half tide or perhaps a bit less. And you need a dinghy of course. We had a bilge keel Leisure 20 there for several years. Limit is 6 metres or so I think. Worked v well for us.