It was really blowing hard yesterday, up to 35 knots (or 8 Bft). As the trip from Burgum to Franeker was along the two main shipping canals in Fryslân, that was not a problem, but it did make for the wildest canal scenes we have experienced. Lots of water coming over the deck, as we were going straight into it. Not easy to get a good picture of the spray, this is the best we could do through the clear view, the fast rotating window pane that deals with lots of water extremely efficiently.
After we got to Franeker, we first did some work and then went to visit Marinus and Ike, people we met last year on the German islands with their Hogaars, a traditional Dutch sailing vessel. We travelled together for a few days and as we got on well, kept in touch. By coincidence hey live in Franeker, where Onbekommerd spent the winter, and they invited us at the end of last season and again now for 'a bite to eat'. Last night, this turned out to be a fantastic Indonesian 'rijsttafel':
With good company as well as good food and drink, time went very fast and when we got back to the boat we turned in without writing a blogpost.
This morning, again after some work and some shopping, we left for Harlingen where we are now. This is another one of the Frisian '11 cities' and its also the ferry port for Vlieland and Terschelling. To catch the best of the tide, we'll make a relatively early (8 am) start for Vlieland tomorrow.
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