Monday 13th July 2015 –
Harlingen – Day 41
It is a wet
morning, as the light rain falls from the overcast sky.
We moved the
yacht over to the fuel berth and took on 55 litres of diesel, then went onto a
lay-by pontoon for two hours to await the lock.
In the
Zeedoksluis, I done it again and ended up the wrong way round, but this time
ending up alongside a kind-hearted Dutch yacht.
When the gates opened, I managed to turn the boat inside the lock and
headed out bows first and waved a goodbye to the lock-keeper.
At 13.30,
clear of Den Helder harbour into the Waddenzee with the Texelstroom underneath
us, the stream was pushing us along and ¾ hour later we were passing Oudeschild
on Texel.
In the light
airs and overcast sky, we made our way in the bouyed channels, watching seals
on the exposed sandbanks. At 18.00 passed the Kornwerdsandsluis, the eastern
end lock which takes you into the Ijsselmeer.
Then into the Boontjes, narrow channel and at 19.00 we were at the
Harlingen harbour entrance.
At 19.15 we
passed through the Sasbrug and waited in the basin for the Prins Hendrick brug
to open and into the marina at Noorderhaven.
Noorderhaven
was very full with yachts and cruisers moored everywhere, the harbour master
put us alongside the quay wall telling us to have long mooring lines because of
the tidal range. An hour later another
yacht came alongside us, the place was now packed.
We had a
walk ashore but the rain did not cheer us up.
All being very tired, we returned on board, had our usual ham, cheese
and tomato sandwiches and in bed for 23.00.
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