journeys – Page 2 – Sailing Folly

Holidays 2026 – Day 2

Good morning! It is exactly 7:30 when I get out of bed. Today is a completely different day than yesterday: instead of sailing, [...]

The predictions for wind direction were not so good for today. Too much probably to raise the mainsail and too much from the [...]

This will be a long and special day to sail. It’s the 4th of May, the day we remember all who have died [...]

Yesterday evening it was a puzzle with current. What time to leave IJmuiden and when to arrive in Den Helder, especially because of [...]

At 6:00am I awaked spontaneously and a beautiful sunrise was presented. My alarm was only set 15 minutes later. Need to get sailing [...]

This morning I started with a visit to the supermarket for 4 days of supplies. Not my favourite waste of time, but it’s [...]

After breakfast we make a voyage plan again and a checklist for this morning. I checked the diesel, it seems that we only [...]

Although we get up at 6:30 and have breakfast at 7:00, we leave 30 minutes late at 9:30. Also we helped an Englishman, [...]

When you like to be 24 hours at sea and really want to be off-shore, the course from IJmuiden to Lowestoft is perfect. [...]

With a schoolfriend I started for a week sailing today. The wind expectations were not so good, a West 5 at least, possibly [...]