I predicted yesterday that we would have to negotiate three locks. These were the small lock in Makkum, the Lorentz locks in Kornewerd which let you through the Afsluitdijk from IJsselmeer to Waddenzee and finally the Tjerk Hiddes lock which lets you from the Waddenzee back into Fryslân's waters. All of this happened in easy weather, but the last lockage was different! As the tide on the Waddenzee was almost exactly equal to the water level in the canal 'inside', there was no need to operate the lock. So when I reported to the lock keeper on the VHF, he just asked if we had sufficient engine power to go into a bit of current through the lock with the doors open. When I said that this would not be a problem, he told me that there would be a yacht coming out first and that he would use his lights to show when we could move through.
We had something similar last year going into Delfzijl, but this time Lyn managed to capture the lock with all doors open!
We got to Franeker less than an hour later. About half of the 15 participating boats are here already.
Probably no blogpost tomorrow, on Sunday we go to Terschelling in convoy and we'll report back then.
Location:Zuiderkade,Franeker,The Netherlands
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