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Routes – week 4   Ailsa Craig – a rock in the middle of the sea. Impressive to sail close by, and see how the wind changed direction and force around this island rock. At first we missed this one on the Navionics charts on our Raymarine. So, zoom in and look at paper charts […]

Routes – week 3 Crinan Canal 4.1       From Oban we sailed to the entrance of the Crinan canal. At anchor on the buoy for  the night and then through the canal on a day with 35 knots wind. The canal staff said they had introduced more water to the canal, but we touched bottom several […]

This chapter on the trip will probably not tell you a lot of new stuff. Pretty standard how we all navigate nowadays. But maybe still good to share. The electronics have really become very important in today’s navigation, also on Caroline. But in the end, I carry paper maps, tidal books and pilots on board. […]

The trip We started on March 30st in Flushing and expected to end the first week in Inverness. We wanted to pass the Caledonian canal in week 2, but the maintenance work on the canal took longer so we were looking at a 10 day hold up in the vicinity on Inverness.  And that is […]

Dear Robbert-Jan  A week ago, I called you to let you know that I cannot join the Annual General Meeting on May 7th in Loosdrecht. Reason is that I am sailing! I said I would update you on my trip, and will leave it to you if it is worth sharing this story with the […]