June 6th 2019
We decided to move back to the municipality marina of Enkhuizen today. The weather would continue to take a turn for the worst with predictions for a south-westerly storm for Friday and Saturday. And honestly we could do with a good night’s sleep. So we’re going to wait out the storm in the shelter of the marina.
Because the wind had changed direction early this morning, the idiot next to us was right on top of our anchor. Slowly we hauled in the chain manually. Lucky for our neighbour the wind shifted a bit, causing the other boat to swing slightly away from our anchor. The anchor had dug in deep, but we managed to wriggle it free with the anchor winch without bumping into the other boat. But frankly we were so fed up with the blundering idiot that we couldn’t have cared less.
When we entered the marina we hailed the harbour master to ask if there was still a spot available in the Oosterhaven, and if possibly slip 51 would still be free. “Ah, sail yacht De Kim! Are you wearing your glasses this time?” he responded. It seems to have become the running gag. For years to come we will be known as the people who docked in the wrong slip because they were not wearing their glasses.
We felt wretched by the lack of sleep and were grateful to be able to dock in a familiar spot. And luckily it was a familiar spot, because the docking didn’t go all too well. Our reactions were so sluggish, that docking in an unfamiliar spot would have been even more disastrous.
We went to the ticket machine and paid the fee for the coming days, bought some fresh bread along the way and spent the day recovering from our anchorage adventure.
