Willemstad and beyond

Sorry, I did not get around to writing a post yesterday.
We left Rotterdam just after 9 and navigated our way through the busy harbour:





You see all sorts of pretty unusual things here. This is a big barge full of smaller (typical European commercial) barges. I guess it had come in from China and was being offloaded in Rotterdam:





After that we went via the Oude Maas and the Spui to the Hollands Diep. There was no wind at all, perfect motorboat weather and we made good time to arrive in Willemstad around 14:30. Willemstad is one of our favourite stopovers in the South of the Netherlands, it is very pretty and has excellent facilities. My cousin Carel and his wife Mieke live nearby and they picked us up from the boat and took us for a very nice dinner. It was good to see them again!
This morning we left at 9 again, this is our now empty mooring:





I am writing this blogpost whilst we are motoring on the Volkerak. It is nice and sunny with a light breeze behind us. Here is the helmsman:

Location:On the Volkerak