Wilhelmshaven 09/09/2013

It was quite a dreary morning, with non-stop light rain. And colder too: I am wearing a pullover for the first time in a few months!
We had to wait for the water to return, this really is a tidal harbour:





As early in the new tide as we could, we left. No wind and the rain stopped too! There was a bit of activity, a fishing boat in addition to us 'yachties':





After 2 hours through the 'prikken' over the shallows, and another hour through the deep water shipping channel we got to the Wilhelmshaven lock. I had spoken to the lockkeeper on the VHF so we knew there would be a short wait. But then the huge lock operated just for us and a diving boat:





We tied up at our by now well known 'Cramer Marina' (with WiFi Internet).
Tomorrow we start the two day trip through the Ems-Jade canal. We should be in Aurich tomorrow, where there is no Internet. The likelyhood is that we'll spend the next night at the Ottersum lock (no Internet either) although there is a small chance we'll de at Delfzijl, tide dependent. In the latter case we should have a 3G connection, otherwise it will be Thursday before the next post!