Regina - Staaende Maast Canal and meeting friends

Staaende Maast Canal and meeting friends

Regina

Espen Aalstad

Sun 2 Sep 2007 16:44

51:52.48N 04:37.52E

Finally real canal cruising from Amsterdam towards Rotterdam. A nice change for all and rich in variety: small/big bridges, beautiful houses/ugly industrial sites, fields below or above us, barges or 15 ft. sailboats....Some really nice places to live and some not. wind, sun, rain.... Having past Edam earlier we now passed Gouda...and then the canal turned industrial and absolutely not any harbours as indicated in GPS. Just as we were going to moor to visit old friends Kristine and Frans. 3 hours later we finally docked at another port experience - and playground: Ridderhaven was only a local marina in an industrial area who's very local restaurant featured big Tyrannaosaurus Rex, Triceratops and a frog pond. A treat.

A late night and nice visit still to Zeist (car again!) and the Klaassen family! Norwegian waffles and brown cheese was spot on as was different rolling toys for Magnus.

Nice gardens and houses along the canals

Transportation on barges must be both economical and environmental friendly

Blog Entries

2008

Jul 2008

Tue 1 Jul 20:39
- A Last Goodbye

Jun 2008

Sat 28 Jun 21:33
- Home sweet port Hallso - safely
Fri 27 Jun 22:20
- Beautiful Bohuslan coast
Mon 16 Jun 20:59
- Back on Regina in Brighton
Sat 14 Jun 14:00
- Back in Scandinavian waters
Fri 13 Jun 21:00
- Long coast and canal - again
Tue 10 Jun 15:30
- Inspection and detour on high seas
- Midnight in English Channel

May 2008

Sat 24 May 19:30
- Horta, the Azores
Mon 5 May 20:45
- Toward new horizons
Sun 4 May 20:05
- Last few days with friends

Apr 2008

Mon 28 Apr 14:57
- Anegada, the drowned island
Sat 26 Apr 20:51
- Gorda Sound and Bitter End
Sun 20 Apr 16:25
- Flying high in the full moon
Thu 17 Apr 20:00
- Oysters and Tarpons
Fri 11 Apr 00:41
- Treasure Island
Tue 8 Apr 21:02
- Diving the Rhone
Sat 5 Apr 19:17
- Fast passage to British Virgin Island
Fri 4 Apr 21:23
- Out of the water

Mar 2008

Fri 28 Mar 16:08
- Anguilla and cays
Wed 26 Mar 02:06
- St.Barthelemy - the Easter witch at a pirate island
Mon 24 Mar 15:57
- Riding the swell toward Anguilla
Sat 22 Mar 12:45
- Happy Easter from genuine St. Kitts
Wed 19 Mar 20:38
- Escaping from mega swell to St. Kitts
Sun 16 Mar 21:25
- From birthdays to St. Martin
Mon 10 Mar 22:03
- Berbudaful vacation
Sun 2 Mar 13:23
- Antigua - in Admiral Nelson's path again with Swedish pirates

Feb 2008

Thu 28 Feb 13:57
- Almost like the archipelargo at home....
Tue 26 Feb 14:20
- Antigua - English Harbour
Sun 24 Feb 12:24
- Who says vacation?
Tue 19 Feb 19:41
- Guadeloupe - very French
Thu 14 Feb 19:55
- Iles des Saintes,
Tue 12 Feb 19:30
- Spectacular Dominica
Fri 8 Feb 01:57
- Carnival in Martinique

Jan 2008

Wed 30 Jan 20:40
- Full circle in the Grenadines
Tue 29 Jan 21:11
- Blues,body boarding and happy girls
Sun 20 Jan 20:52
- Unique Hog Island BBQ
- Grenada South coast - fjordlike and less mosquitos
Tue 15 Jan 20:03
- The 'Isle of Spice' & a wet waterfall
Wed 9 Jan 20:03
- Carriacou - pelicans, mangroves and barracuda
Thu 3 Jan 20:48
- 15 on Union Island!
Tue 1 Jan 17:02
- New Year among reefs and turtles

2007

Dec 2007

Sun 30 Dec 23:28
- Mystique - among the rich and famous....
Wed 26 Dec 20:43
- Christmas in Bequia
Fri 21 Dec 13:43
- South on St. Lucia to favorite spots
Tue 18 Dec 13:44
- St. Lucia - celebrations and repairs
Sun 16 Dec 14:41
Wed 12 Dec 11:36
- Atlantic masters - made it!
Tue 11 Dec 19:47
- Day 16 - Flying Regina and flying fish
Mon 10 Dec 17:54
- Day 15 - the bet is on
Sun 9 Dec 18:23
- Day 14 - record
Sat 8 Dec 17:30
- Day 13 - the other "side" of the Atlantic
Fri 7 Dec 20:05
- Day 13 - surfing
Thu 6 Dec 22:32
- Day 12 - Regina's First Atlantic Storm
Wed 5 Dec 13:02
- tuna catch
- Day 11 - both wind and tuna!
Tue 4 Dec 12:07
- Day 10 - mid Atlantic swim
Mon 3 Dec 12:29
- Day 9 -quiet progress
Sun 2 Dec 13:03
- Day 8 - a week for a whale
Sat 1 Dec 16:25
- day 7 - found the trade wind!

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 16:19
Thu 29 Nov 15:13
Wed 28 Nov 12:14
- Day 3 - Routines and history
Mon 26 Nov 12:30
- Day 1 ARC
Sun 25 Nov 08:54
- Last call in Las Palmas
Tue 20 Nov 17:26
- Las Palmas - ARC roundup or "stressup"
Sun 18 Nov 19:03
- Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria
- Tenerife -high and low
Sat 10 Nov 20:09
- Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria
Wed 7 Nov 21:14
- Fuertaventura - a quiet surprise
Sun 4 Nov 21:14
- ARC kids: "a life, not vacation"
Fri 2 Nov 22:01
- Lanzarote - vulcanos and resting

Oct 2007

Mon 29 Oct 20:14
- Atlantic passage training to Canaries
Sat 27 Oct 10:03
- Essaouira - lively chaos
Wed 24 Oct 19:36
- Safi - potteries, sulphates and Norwegian adventurers
Mon 22 Oct 20:30
- Inland to Marrakesh
Fri 19 Oct 20:00
- Africa, Morocco, and Mohammedia
Tue 16 Oct 21:59
- Bay of Cadiz - reality of cruising life
Mon 8 Oct 23:00
- Riverside between Spain and Portugal
Fri 5 Oct 23:25
- Between sandbanks and natural reserves
Mon 1 Oct 22:03
- Vilamoura

Sep 2007

Sat 29 Sep 21:42
- Patience, powerboats and pouring rain
Tue 25 Sep 22:00
- Grandma has arrived in Lagos
Mon 24 Sep 22:11
- Spectular Algarve entry
- Sines - in Vasco da Gama's path
Sat 22 Sep 22:31
- Skipper's favorite
Fri 21 Sep 22:32
- Praias and Lisboa
Wed 19 Sep 22:13
- Nature reserve Ihla da Berlenga and swimming
Tue 18 Sep 20:02
- Nazare - in the paths of Phonicans and pirates
Mon 17 Sep 21:42
- The coast everybody passes quickly
Sun 16 Sep 22:41
- Family reunited on board in Portugal
Wed 12 Sep 14:30
- Across Biscaya in 46 hours to Coruna, Spain
Mon 10 Sep 23:33
- Camaret-sur-Mer
Sun 9 Sep 23:00
- Plymouth - en route Biscaya
Thu 6 Sep 23:38
- Calm across te English Channel & crewchange in Hamble
Tue 4 Sep 22:00
- Zeebrugge - and not the Channel today
Mon 3 Sep 16:45
- Towards the ocean again & lock 'drama'
Sun 2 Sep 16:44
- Staaende Maast Canal and meeting friends
Sat 1 Sep 22:30
- Amsterdam - canals day and night
- Adjusting to life on board ...in waves

Aug 2007

Thu 30 Aug 20:38
- IJsselmeer - going inland to Enkhuizen
Wed 29 Aug 20:38
- Southern North Sea to a special Vlieland
Mon 27 Aug 21:00
- Storm in Cuxhafen
Sun 26 Aug 21:18
- Kiel Canal
- Kiel canal and other canal hot shots
Sat 25 Aug 23:12
- Through Lille Bælt - south Denmark
Fri 24 Aug 22:19
- Veijle and Legoland
Thu 23 Aug 22:00
- Kattegat og Lillebælt
Wed 22 Aug 21:00
- Grenaa
Tue 21 Aug 17:06
- Sæby Havn
Mon 20 Aug 21:12
- Fredrikshavn
Sun 19 Aug 23:45
- Skagen, Denmark's North Tip
Fri 17 Aug 16:00
- Kristiansand
Mon 13 Aug 10:30
- Herøysundet, Kristiansand
Sun 12 Aug 20:30
- Blindleia
Sat 11 Aug 15:30
- Departure Hallso

Jul 2007

Sun 15 Jul 21:10
- Syd Hallso

Staaende Maast Canal and meeting friends

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