June 7th 2019
We had to repair the hatch today, a piece of wood had broken off when we opened it this morning. Of course a prepared sailor has everything aboard for emergency repairs. Not that we are that prepared, but we do have montage glue. An hour later the hatch was as good as new again.
In the meantime the wind was already picking up, but our mooring in the middle of the city was quite sheltered from the wind. How sheltered it actually was, we only noticed when we went out for a walk. A row of buildings separates the Oosterhaven from the open waters of the IJsselmeer. When we left the shelter of the buildings to have a look at what was happening at the harbour entrance, the difference in wind strength was enormous. We could hardly walk upright. We watched the boats moored in the Buitenhaven for a while. They didn’t have the protection from the wind that we have in the Oosterhaven, and lay bumping and jolting against the bulwark. The storm is going to hit us tonight, and after feeling the wind force which isn’t even up to speed yet, it probably was a wise decision to move back to the marina.