Back on amber

It was in 2005 that the plans to spend some of our time exploring the European waterways were first hatched. We had rented a little boat in Burgundy, France for 10 days and enjoyed it immensely. In 2006 and 2007 we decided to rent a bigger boat in the Netherlands and for a longer time, 2 and 4 weeks respectively, to see if we would really enjoy it. That boat was rented in Sneek and was called 'Amber'. The rest is more or less history: we bought Onbekommerd at the end of the 2009 season and took delivery in March 2010.
Today, we were back on 'Amber'! As mentioned yesterday, Heather and Trevor have rented Amber for two weeks and we started at 9am today imparting some of our experience on them: we were their 'instructors' for an hour. Although the weather was most unaccomodating (wet, grey, windy and cold), they soon got the hang of operating the boat and we set course to Joure in convoy. That's only a short trip, just over an hour. Once tied up we warmed ourselves with some hot tea and explored Joure. This is not one of the 11 Frisian 'Cities', so I can't call it a town or city, officially its called a 'vlecke', but its bigger than some of the official 'cities'.
After our shore trip we congregated on Amber for drinks and supper.

Location:Slachtedyk,Joure,The Netherlands