Out to sea
Anchored east of the naval base just north of the Napoleon dam, totally flat water until the wind picked up in the later night and even then there was just a very slight roll. We’re always amazed why almost no …
Summer 2019
It giet oan
As they say in Friesland: It is going to happen. We left Harlingen at 19:10 local time!
Bearing given all clear
Ricardo of KM did an excellent job in getting the troublesome thrust bearing into shape. It’s not perfect but good enough for us to go. Here is the bearing in action, if you watch carefully you can see there is a …
Medical supplies
Better not fall ill in Harlingen for a while, we’ve cleaned out the pharmacy!
Departure delayed by a bearing
Last Thursday a final check-up was done by one of the yard mechanics and he found an issue with the thrust bearing (Dutch: stuwdruklager) which is supposed to transfer the thrust produced by the propellor into the hull. …
Almost ready for departure!
Tomorrow the yard will come by for the last check-up after we had some trouble with the overhauled drive train earlier. We’re also heavily loading up on food, I think there must be at least a cubic meter worth of …