After the first two nights in the pretty little anchor bay of Skarvøya, we sail on to Farsund, just under an hour's sail. Over the next few days, the wind is going to get a little stronger and then it will be nice to be in a town on...
Arrived in Norway 🇳🇴 and now we are ‘really’ on our way ⛵️
Yess ... we have arrived in Norway after more than 48 hours of sailing 😃😊. Now it really feels like we've left ☺️. We are in a very nice little private anchor bay on the island of Skarvøya near...
Sun and peace on beautiful Vlieland
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...