From Harlingen, we sail to Vlieland with a strong current in lovely sunny weather. With the perfect wind strength (4 bft) and wind direction (SW) so everything is easy to sail without having to jibe. We sailed so fast that on the way we even...
Predict Wind – GPS tracking
We have purchased PredictWind (PW) with a ‘Standard’ subscription. With this subscription, the following features are available. GPS tracking. Routing based on weather models (helps plan an optimal route for a crossing taking into account wind and...
Additional cooktop for to pans 🎛️
Now that we have much more battery capacity due to new lithium batteries, it makes sense to buy an induction cooker as an additional cooking option. To be able to be independent of gas with it. After all, not everywhere in the world is as...
Roaming the IJsselmeer in the early season
How wonderful it is to roam the IJsselmeer in the preseason with this beautiful weather. With few other boats yet and no flies ☺️. In the summer it must be very busy here if you look at the many marinas....
Markermeer and Lelystad
After a pleasant long weekend in Amsterdam, we sailed through the Orange locks onto the Markermeer. We have been here twice before (May vacation 2009 and return from Sweden in Nov 2020) but only to sail the stretch from Lelystad to...
Sailing through several nights
At the 2025 Sailing North Day, we led a discussion table on "multiple night passage. The following is what we told there. Basic to be able to sail several nights through with a limited crew (2 people) is for us to have CONFIDENCE in...
A sunny start with beautiful (family) meetings ☀️😊
The first week after we left, the weather was exceptionally good. And that for the beginning of March 😃. Steep sawtooth though; because it is very clear the nights are still quite cold but during the day it is lovely and warm and sunny....