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  • Stormy IJmuiden

    Stormy IJmuiden

    Today a storm has been promised again, and now also over IJmuiden where we are. Shortly after midnight, it started to blow, and it became a rocky and rather sleepless night despite the fact that we are in a safe harbor. It thundered a lot and the rain poured down.

  • Visiting Amsterdam

    Visiting Amsterdam

    It starts with us missing the bus. We are in good time and Jonas will only pay the port fee in the vending machine while I go on to the bus. But the vending machine that was there yesterday is gone. It turns out that they are just starting up a new booking/payment system with…

  • To IJmuiden

    To IJmuiden

    We arrive at IJmuiden at 5 pm and two large cruise ships are moored in the estuary opposite the marina we are on our way to. It is a large marina with plenty of places and it looks like it has been excavated just behind the beach on the south side in the mouth of…

  • Borkum town

    Borkum town

    After a day of rest, especially for Jonas who took the whole night sailing down here, we make a bike trip to Borkum city. The only one on the island. What a wonderfully nice summer town it was.

  • To Borkum

    To Borkum

    At about 16.30 we leave Cuxhaven. We must take this opportunity no matter the time of day, yawn… when the winds are right. We expect to reach Borkum, the last of the German Frisian islands before the headwind comes. Which we also do and arrive early in the morning of June 2. During the night…