sailaboutvic
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Yes we miss the long days .
Crossing Netherlands to Uk
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sailaboutvic
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I'm hoping with boats in the hard we find a spot some where,
Ipswich is a possibility, if the worst happen there always Debage in the new cut .
Daydream believer
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in 2004 We stopped at Gouda for 3 days, heading south. When we arrived at the main flood barrier before the junction to Rotterdam we found the lock had shut that day for 1 month. We had to turn round & head back to Ijmuiden. there my wife abandonded me refusing to cross the N sea. My son & friend arrived & only had the weekend. I had not asked them to come but my wife insisted.
The result was that we left in bad weather, for lowestoft & a F9 for the second time in my 64 years of sailing. It was a horrendous 27 hours & broke the rule never to leave on a forced timetable. I was seasick for hours. A can of fuel, loaned to us to use to motor back to Ijmuiden, leaked into the cabin. The floors were like a skating ring, as was the cockpit.
When we arrived at Lowestoft we had to leave the boat for several days & I had to return later to clean the mess & de fumigate before I could sail back to bradwell.
The result was that we left in bad weather, for lowestoft & a F9 for the second time in my 64 years of sailing. It was a horrendous 27 hours & broke the rule never to leave on a forced timetable. I was seasick for hours. A can of fuel, loaned to us to use to motor back to Ijmuiden, leaked into the cabin. The floors were like a skating ring, as was the cockpit.
When we arrived at Lowestoft we had to leave the boat for several days & I had to return later to clean the mess & de fumigate before I could sail back to bradwell.
sailaboutvic
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Blood hell mate , you did break all the rule , at less you got back safely although I be staying put , which is why we slow down and took the inside route .
The problems we finding at the moment is bridges times are all over the place with some now only opening once an hour which mean if you time it wrong you could be waiting at every bridge for an hours ,
that cock up our timing up .
Add to that some Re not opening on a Sunday.
To day we had one bridge they was working on and only was willing to open it when convoy of commercial barges came through , luck we found this out and waiting just over an hour and half then followed them throught,
Time we lost was made up as every other bridge we came too they open them for the barges .
Only when we got to the railway bridge at Gouda we thought we missed it by 5 mins and as we was about to moor to the plies they turn the light red/Green so we was lucky there too .
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Daydream believer
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On one trip north the Gouda bridge- which opened at 13.10 & then again circa 18-00 ( from memory) closed as we arrived at 13-15. So we waited. We realised that we had no bread, so I went ashore ( no pontoon so a bit of a scramble) for a walk to get some. Walked miles & got lost for some time. ( pre smart phone days) Started to panic , as did my wife. I finally managed to scramble back aboard as the bridge lights went on. Wife was not amused. --------------She wanted different bread
sailaboutvic
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Women hey
I got a liking to the small Dutch current buns .
Eating them like there was no tomorrow .
Well its another day at the mill , rained all night and there showers forecaster .
Our aim today is Dordrecht 20 miles one lock and two bridges all have unusual times and we have to get slots so it's not a day we can plain ,
If we can get further we will as Saturday will be the last day we be able to move ,
Sunday bridge close plus the forecaster is for heavy rain and strong winds .
I got a liking to the small Dutch current buns .
Eating them like there was no tomorrow .
Well its another day at the mill , rained all night and there showers forecaster .
Our aim today is Dordrecht 20 miles one lock and two bridges all have unusual times and we have to get slots so it's not a day we can plain ,
If we can get further we will as Saturday will be the last day we be able to move ,
Sunday bridge close plus the forecaster is for heavy rain and strong winds .
Daydream believer
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You will bounce about waiting for the harbour master to open the gates at Dordrecht
Fr J Hackett
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Women hey
I got a liking to the small Dutch current buns .
Eating them like there was no tomorrow .
Well its another day at the mill , rained all night and there showers forecaster .
Our aim today is Dordrecht 20 miles one lock and two bridges all have unusual times and we have to get slots so it's not a day we can plain ,
If we can get further we will as Saturday will be the last day we be able to move ,
Sunday bridge close plus the forecaster is for heavy rain and strong winds .
Good luck, could be worse the Orcas could have found the canals ?
Daydream believer
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Well a shark was seen swimming around the harbour at St Peter Port & got trapped by the cill,I have caught Pike in the Ouse, I stroked a dolphin in a marina in France. & fed a seal in Port Ellen. Poked an angry swan with a boat hook in Burnham YH, I am sure that I saw Nessie when going through the Cally canal, but after a bottle of whiskey it was difficult to see. So seeing an Orca up a dyke would complete the set.
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Fr J Hackett
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Well a shark was seen swimming around the harbour at St Peter Port & got trapped by the cill,I have caught Pike in the Ouse, I stroked a dolphin in a marina in France. & fed a seal in Port Ellen. I am sure that I saw Nessie when going through the Cally canal, but after a bottle of whiskey it was difficult to hold the camera straight. So seeing an Orca up a dyke would complete the set.
Is that some sort of euphemism?
Daydream believer
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That is down to you.Is that some sort of euphemism?
I just felt that one "canal" in one paragraph was enough
But now you have mentioned it, I realise that I have mispelt the term; so edited to read "dike" which is a common Dutch word & subject of the story of the little boy who poked his finger in one.
Other than that, I could not possibly comment
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DanTribe
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I noticed a road sign at Spaarndam pointing to Slapperdijkweg.
Scope for all sorts of smutty schoolboy sniggering.
Scope for all sorts of smutty schoolboy sniggering.
sailaboutvic
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No Orcea but plenty of great big black barge speeding up from behind .
They too won't do the rudder much good if they hit you .
sailaboutvic
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It turn out a much better day then expected,
37 miles 2 locks and three bridges and anchored just out side the channel at Hellegat .
We got wet a few times but hey it is Netherlands.
To morrow hopefully we make Veere , where there a pontoon we can stay on over the rest of the weekend .
From there it's just one day to reach Vlissingen and back in open waters .
37 miles 2 locks and three bridges and anchored just out side the channel at Hellegat .
We got wet a few times but hey it is Netherlands.
To morrow hopefully we make Veere , where there a pontoon we can stay on over the rest of the weekend .
From there it's just one day to reach Vlissingen and back in open waters .
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sailaboutvic
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Luckly we didn't have that pleasure.You will bounce about waiting for the harbour master to open the gates at Dordrecht
Daydream believer
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I understood that the pontoon on the outside was a short stay one - 2 hours only for short term visits to the town.
That being said some do stay a couple of hours more. However, you may find space inside away from the ferry wash .
There is also a small harbour inside the canal that might have spaces. although I have never spoken to anyone who has used it.
johnalison
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It's a fair while since we have passed that way but we always stayed on the islands. It may be that at this time of year some of the rules for mooring have changed, as well as the charge for stopping on an island.
sailaboutvic
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You may be right, we stayed on the pontoon for 2 nights in May and no one bothered us .
November now so probably won't be bothered but if we are we can always anchor over the other side .
What we didnt see last time we was there was a bakery or a supermarket .
Do anyone know any thing different?
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MoodySabre
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It’s a few years since I stayed at Veere but there were no shops at all.
I know you don’t like paying for a marina but there are supermarkets next to Delta marina and near the club marina opposite (
Wolphaartsdijk)
I know you don’t like paying for a marina but there are supermarkets next to Delta marina and near the club marina opposite (
Wolphaartsdijk)
sailaboutvic
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Believe or not we used more marinas this year then we used in the last 13 years
We enjoy anchoring for a start there less chance of getting damaged by people
When ever we has damage it's been in marinas or on a harbour wall .
Yea we couldn't find any shops last time there too ,
We got enough to keep us going but it would had been nice getting fresh bread .
