Two weeks vacation during which Mekicevica will be our floating and travelling home. And we do plan to travel a lot. We are heading to the IJsselmeer, hoping to get as far as the islands along the N coast of the Netherlands. We will be following the "Staande Mast Route" which allows sailing boats to reach the IJsselmeer from Zeeland by inland waterways without lowering their masts. It does however involve many moving bridges and rivers busy with shipping. One of the highlights will be crossing Amsterdam by night.
For a large part, Mekicevica will have to rely on Yo-Yo Ma, the outboard motor and his tiny 0.9L tank that gives us a range of not much more than 4 nm between stops for refuelling.
The weather forecast does not look brilliant: unsettled weather with showers.
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| The "Staande Mast Route" that we followed from Papendrecht to Amsterdam (click image for enlarged view). |
We left home/work (lazy Luis/hardworking Sandra) about 6:30pm to avoid traffic. Papendrecht yacht harbour was calm as usual and the evening pleasant. We had a drink on the terrace of a cafe overlooking the river, light dinner aboard and into the sack.
