We managed to hook onto a convoy of yachts all wanting to get through the lock at Delfzijl. When the eight of us came around the corner, the lockkeeper quickly decided to use the big lock instead of the small one he had been planning on. This way we all fitted in.
Delfzijl is a real 'sea harbour', very different from what we have seen in the last 6 weeks and a bit overpowering if its your first time. But, having been here last year as well, we knew exactly where between all the big ships to find the yacht harbour:
There was an interesting story when I went to pay the harbour master today: The person in front of me was the skipper of a boat from Finland. So I said: "you are a long way from home". "No", he replied, "we are almost home". It turned out they are on the way back home from a trip to Southern Turkey! So there are a lot of places for us to go to still....
We are now safely tucked away and it's raining again.. Also very cold, so the heater is on. Yet, we hope to leave tomorrow at low tide (7am) and get the incoming tide to help us up the river Eems. We will then enter Germany, either at Emden or at Oldersum, depending a bit on the operation of the large lock at Emden (two years ago we waited there for 4 hours...).
From a blogpost point of view, this means that there may well be a break. We have not quite decided yet how to handle our week in Germany from an Internet point of view. Last year we used a one month data bundle, which seems overkill for a week and in addition I would have to find a T-Mobile shop to activate it. The alternative is to use Dutch foreign daily data bundles, which is quite expensive. The solution might be to use a Dutch bundle every second day. Of course there sometimes is WiFi in harbours...
Anyway, time will tell. For family: we are contactable via SMS or phone on my usual Dutch mobile number throughout.
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