Back across the IJsselmeer

We left Enkhuizen this morning, the weather forecast predicting relatively light winds. The idea was to go to Hindeloopen today and onto Vlieland tomorrow.
It was quite a nice trip today, although the wind got up in anticipation of a rain squall towards the end (although the rain never materialised).
The problem on the IJsselmeer is that even with a relatively benign wind (say 4 Bft), you get a nasty short chop on the water due to the shallow water. Add to that the green colour, and the attraction of the IJsselmeer reduces to the nice towns, both our starting point - Enkhuizen - and our destination - Hindeloopen - today being very pleasant. But the water itself, especially after the Baltic, no....

We found a good place in the old municipal harbour in Hindeloopen. In the season it is 'wall to wall boats' here, but now that the schools have gone back and the builders holidays are over, it's quiet now on a Sunday evening.

We'll look at the weather tomorrow and hope we can move on to Vlieland. A relatively late start as its high tide at Kornewerderzand only at around 13:30 and we want to take the outgoing tide.

Location:Dijkweg,Nijefurd,The Netherlands