2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Amsterdam to Utrecht Last view of Amsterdam Leaving Sixhaven just after 09.30, we returned to the River Ij, and headed to the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. This canal is a busy commercial route, and not that popular...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Enkhuizen to Alkmaar Leaving Enkhuizen We left Einkhuizen on the Monday. The weather was much better and we had a good trip round to Medemblik on the Ijsselmeer. Excellent sailing weather so there were loads of...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Making speed on the Geldersche Ijssel Geldesche Ijssel 17th September 2014 Another beautiful sunny day! We planned to get to Giesbeek which only was about 18 kms away, and most of the way would be downstream. At last!. We had a...
Netherlands Inland Waterway trip – Roermond and the Lakes Roermond 7th to 9th September 2014 The last few days had been quite hectic from a boating point of view. Time to slow down and relax a little. Roermond, our next stop was only a short distance away, and...
Netherlands Inland Waterway cruising – start of second trip Sunset in Lelystad Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th September. This is the start of our second circular trip in Netherlands. Its a good thing I like to plan ahead , as I originally wanted to do a rather...
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.