March 25th, 2020
Today we’re sailing to Stellendam. It was the perfect day for a trip: Blue skies, light winds and reasonably warm temperatures for March. We had to wait a bit for the extreme low tide to pass, otherwise our keel would get stuck in the mud in the marina.
Around noon we awkwardly untied the lines and set off. It seems our sailing skills have become a bit rusty during our winter break. But soon we were on our way again, just like we used to.
It was quiet on the waterways. Almost no commercial traffic, and we’ve just spotted two other pleasure crafts during the whole trip. On the shore however, it was a completely different story. On the cycle- and walking path along the river banks it looked like a procession with so many people walking, cycling and riding horses. We’re glad to be far from the crowd alone in our floating nutshell on the water.
After quite a pleasant trip we arrived in Stellendam. The slip we were able to hire was coincidentally next to our old slip. Probably due to all the familiarity, docking went a lot better than when we untied the lines this morning.
It’s a bit strange but also nice to be back again, almost a year after we started our journey here.