Shangri La back in water at St Jean-de-Losne Shangri La in the water again – I like it when a plan comes together! Back from my 2 week stint in St Jean-de-Losne, and Shangri La is back in the water, sporting her new underwater coating, and a brand new generator....
Boats at St Jean-de-Losne Hurry up and wait! The tenet of a mariner’s existence I seem to be doing a lot of that lately – hanging around St Jean-de-Losne, waiting for the weather or something to happen. Fast flowing River Saone! The weather...
Start of the 2016 European Waterway Cruising Season Lock at St Jean-de-Losne Well here I am, beginning of June, in a rather chilly and rainy St Jean-de-Losne! It has been a strange year so far – my work contract fraught with delays to it’s start time....
Slauerhoffbrug in Friesland – Netherlands To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here This leg of the trip took 2 days, with another of our favourite stops in the wild, on the Pikmeer. A total of 42...
Rietdiep – Netherlands To read Part 2 click here or to go to the beginning of the trip click here As mentioned in the previous post, we had decided to take the scenic route, via Rietdiep towards Dokkum, rather than the more commercial Prinses...
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.