The plan for the next day was to head towards Middelburg again as a precursor to heading off down the coast towards Belgium and France... This meant going to Middelburg on a Saturday... given the amount of boats about, we realised that we needed to be in Middelburg early to have any chance of getting a berth... it was therefore fortunate that it is only 4nm!We exited Veere by about 10h00.... a little later than we planned, but it was easier to wait for the rafts to disperse, than to start moving boats around.... so by 10h30, we locked back into the Walcheren canal, and headed the very short distance to Middelburg... as we approached the holding pontoon, the harbourmaster directed us to a box mooring in a great location... outside the bridges, and in a quiet corner, yet close to all the facilities.We'd previously planned that if we ended up in a box we'd try to go in stern first... its a long way down from Morganas bow to a pontton, and there's a decent sized lump of heavy ironwork hanging off the bow.... so we passed the box, and started to reverse back... as we got ready to turn in towards the box, another boat squeezed past us.... abort.... try again... this time, with a clear run, we lined up nicely, and reversed between the posts.... not bad... somone ashore took our lines to make life easier... it wasn't perfect, but not bad.... lessons learned... once the stern is through the posts, keep going to avoid the bow being blown off, and secondly, remove the fenders... they catch the posts!After a quick wander around Middelburg, including a couple of beers in a cafe, we relaxed on board for a quiet evening.... off to Belgium tommorrow, as soon as the bridges start opening, which isn't until 09h00 given that it'll be a Sunday.
Miles logged 4nm
Miles this trip 134nm
Miles this season 761nm
Miles since this blog started 2,558nm
No comments:
Post a Comment