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With a love for all things nautical you will not be surprised that we visited the Navy Museum in Den Helder. We climbed through the Submarine Tonijn, launched in 1965 and decommissioned in 1991, had lunch on the ramming ship Schorpioen and were nearly blown away in the radar dome to the HLNMS de Ruyter. Read more
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It was time to catch up with friends in Leeuwarden. Not only was Terry waiting for us in the port, but another Piper boat, Wanderlust, with Becky and Dave on board. We had crossed paths a few times, but never broken bread or shared a drink or two. This time we did both. From Leeuwarden Read more
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After over 3 months travelling north we were finally in reach of Friesland. Our first stop for the night was Etchenerburg a small village on the shores of the Tjeukemeer ( a meer is a lake). With a campsite and marina, the town offers a small supermarket, a few restaurants and a chandler, where I Read more
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We were excited to welcome our first family member aboard to enjoy the delights of our Joie de Vivre. Peter even put on a clean shirt and pants and asked me to cut his hair, to celebrate the occasion. Kampen is another Hanseatic town and we were still on the Ijssel. Our mooring was in Read more
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The Ijssel is a distributary of the Rhine that flows in a northerly direction eventually discharging into the IJsselmeer. We had travelled on this river in 2022, but at that time we motored against the flow, upstream in a north south direction. There was a drought and the river was low with not much traffic. Read more
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It was cool bright morning as we cast off lines and left our winter port in Coupure. With a couple of stowaways on board (James and Colin) we set out to Ghent , a 5 hour cruise down the Oostend Ghent canal After our hectic pace last year the idea this year is to take Read more
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Zeeland is one of my favourite parts of the world. If you like the boat culture, open waters, pristine beaches and freshly caught seafood (from the fishing boats, of course), this southern area of the Netherlands should be on your bucket list Day 1 Rotterdam to Middleharnis 1 lock 51kms On leaving the Veerhaven it Read more
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From Toul there are 2 options to navigate to Nancy Option 1 and I must say the preferred route is to travel north along the Moselle, before turning south towards Nancy. This is a distance of 33kms, 6 locks and 2 lifting bridges. Easy Option 2, again travelling along the Moselle, but this time in Read more
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