Day 35 - Den Helder

Tuesday 7^th July 2015 – Den Helder – Day 35

It is another fine and clear day, in the morning; I wandered off to the far end of the dockyard to visit the lifeboat museum. 

Although, there were older lifeboats floating outside, the building itself was being refurbished and therefore closed.  I was later to find out it would be re-opening at the end of August.

Bonaire

   

Every time you walked ashore up the ramp off the pontoons, you passed this dock and an old wooden ship.  The work being done is to turn her into a restaurant but all the time I was there, I never saw anyone doing any work on her.

Cinema complex in background

Alongside the dock was a newer building which housed the eight theatre cinema complex with adjoining large kiddies play area.

In the afternoon, went up to the main shopping area, here there were lots of market stalls lining the streets, many people around, with the stall-holders very much in demand.

Back in the docks, I managed to track down the harbour master and obtained the keys for the laundry.  After sorting the intricate operations of the drier, managed to complete the task, in between going back and forth to the boat and doing things on the computer.

With the wind increasing, and the yacht rolling on the pontoon, I decided to stay the evening on board.  Extra fenders and lines were put out to try and ease the motion, while I once more caught up with some reading.