Hi Gang
Well after an unofficial night mooring against a hotel
barge (actually the bargeman invited us alongside) the following morning we set
off at 1000 for the first bridge lift and headed up towards Haarlem. Helen came on board with us again
and we had a very short sail through the Brassemer with all 3 sails set
clocking almost 9kts in 13kts apparent.
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Under the rail
bridge
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Albert and Elsie
driving their canal barge
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Smile for the
camera
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Sailing through
the lake towards Haarlem
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How many more
bloody bridges
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Downtown Haarlem
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Just how many
windmills are there
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The final lock
before Amsterdam
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It was a long day as we motored on up the canal system to
a lake, where we stretched the sails out and switched the motor off for a short
time, peace and quiet, was lovely….. The wind got up to 28 knots as
we headed on back into the canal system, through Haarlem and a set of 8 bridges through the
town.
We headed for a yacht club called W.V.Ymond which was just
before the final bridge before Amsterdam
where we had a drink at the bar and got some information on the final journey
and as we were the only visiting yacht there we had the bar to ourselves.
Did our usual thing with the evening meal, clubbed all of our things together
and had jacket potatoes some Belgium
meat, veg and salad, great meal had by all.
Left next morning at 10.00 to get into Amsterdam, we were all looking forward to a
few days in the same place as we were going to stay for 3 nights and
explore. Suzanne was looking forward to seeing Amsterdam and window shopping in the Red
Light district as she had never been.
Best Regards
David &
Suzanne
