Wednesday 13 July 2016 Our intended departure time wobbled between 07:00 - 08:00, either one or the other and not somewhere in between. We chose the earlier option and the forecast looked promising for the day, but that was all, and taking this meant, if progress was as hoped, we might be too early for Nordeney but would be not too late for Borkum. We motored down the dull grey estuary for over three hours in some light rain and a slight swell, the weather...

Tuesday 12 July 2016 Our day started with a bright departure from the very interesting facility for pleasure boats at Brunsbuttel. Perfectly adequate and an easy walk to the one street town it provided a simple and basic mooring function for those wishing some respite or unable to make the distance to the next mooring. Pleasure boast are not permitted to move in darkness and have to be in a proper berth at night. We cast off and went straight into an empty l...

Monday 11 July 2016 The thunder storm last night was an impressive display of natural energy lighting the entire Schleswig-Holstein sky fo half an hour or son before raining heavily and reducing the temperature to one we could sleep with. Jasper walked promptly, we set off at 0800 and motored into a stiffening breeze down the North Sea canal to Brunsbuttle. We have followed advice from the Sadds who said it was worthwhile stopping here and looking around and...

Friday 8 July 2016 We had a potentially long day ahead so a prompt departure just after 0900 was called for and we motored out of the beautiful Schlei in a light westerly breeze and brilliant dazzling sunshine. The area is best likened to a large Poole harbour without islands, the fields come to the water's edge often with clumps of trees, a village sits on a promentary to the north and offers two safe havens with wide open stretches of shallow water - but th...

Thursday 7 July 2016 The wind had eased down from the 30+kn it was blowing yesterday, but it was still blowing 16kn straight at us in the marina as we set off for Germany at 11:00 this morning. Once outside the harbour of Sonderborg we made for the safe water mark, opened the sails, shut off the engine and had a nice quick sail around the huge lighthouse of Kalkgrund and crossed from Denmark into Germany. Changing courtesy flags we romped down the Schleswig c...