Netherlands waterway cruise – Steenwijk Steenwijk – visitor mooring in town The best thing about having one’s own boat, as opposed to chartering a boat, is you can stop wherever you are as long as you want.In 2011 when we were here on our hired boat,...
2013 – wonderful memories Time flies! Already nearly time for us to head north again, and get Shangri-La 2 back in the water for this year’s cruising. Before we left the her at the end of last year, I gave a whole long job list to Wim at de Kranerweerd....
Netherlands inland waterway cruise To see part 10 – click here To go to beginning – click here Shangri La heading to the crane So we were now back in Zwartsluis. I had kept my RYA cruising log going, and now filled in the season’s summary:...
Netherlands inland waterway cruise To go to part 9 click here To go to beginning click here Route Kampen to Zwartsluis – Netherlands The last part of the trip completed a full circle, taking us through Ganzesluis into Ganzediep, along the Goot with...
Old time sail trainer on the Ketelmeer To see part 8 click here To go to part 1 of the trip click here The next stage took us from Urk, out onto the Ijsselmeer for a short while, under Ketelbrug and into the Ketelmeer, along Keteldiep and the Ijssel River...
Boats waiting at Friesesluis To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here The weather was still not particularly great. Frequent heavy rain showers, and gusty winds. Karen had been hoping to go out onto the...
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.