Last day of this trip, and we plan to sail to the marina of Muiderzand, where Mekicevica will be met during the week by her side-kick: Trevis the Trailer.
The weather is still grey, and there is a 4Bf wind from the NW. Just perfect. We have learned how Mekicevica likes to sail, so out of Edam we immediately take a broad reach on port tack, passing a comfortable distance away from the shallows in front of the Marken lighthouse. The waves were pretty big, but by now we are used to the disproportion between wind strength and wave height that apparently is a characteristic of these waters. Moreover, waves and wind often come from different directions, like on this day. We were getting the waves on the starboard beam and rolling a lot. Still, Mekicevica was doing good 5 kn.
We used the GPS to monitor the bearing to Muiderzand, and when it got to about 60 degrees more westerly than our current course, we jibed and headed straight for our destination. Now we were on a broad reach, on starboard tack with the waves coming right from behind. Mekicevica was flying!
As a result we arrived to Muiderzand much earlier than expected. We had the time to tidy-up, check the local chandlery, know for the good bargains, and start the land journey back to the car, left at Papendrecht two weeks earlier.
