Friday 10 August 2012

The End of the Krabbenkreek - Prologue

Again a weekend with favourable weather forecast: moderate easterlies and sunny. A bit fresh, especially compared to the Adriatic, but hey, you can't have everything.
This time our goal is to get to the very end of the Krabbenkreek. This is a narrow arm of the Oosterschelde that has been turned into a dead-end by the construction of the Schelde-Rijn canal. When Mekicevica attempted to sail up to the end of this creek in May (see previous blog) there was too little wind. This time we are determined to do it, so I prepare the river jib to make the beating up the narrow channel a bit easier. But I feel that in the end we'll have to get some help from Yo-yo Ma, our faithful, tiny outboard.