Heegermeer

After a nice visit by Jaap en Feikje we left Sneek for Heeg, where there is a company that specialises in electric outboard motors. We want to get one for our little rubber dinghy to get to the shore when we are anchored.
We identified the motor we want, but unfortunately it was not in stock :-(. So now we need to see if we can get it elsewhere.

From the 'electric motor shop' (which is called 'De Stille Boot', "The silent boat"), we went onto the Heegermeer. That's quite a sizeable bit of water, so a good opportunity to see if the automatic steering was in working order after the winter. It was not. In fact, it was completely dead! I called the shipyard where Onbekommerd spent the winter, thinking that they had made some mistake. Mr Valk, the owner, came to the boat himself and concluded that the 25 year old 'computer' has failed. The 'computer' is part of a system consisting of an electronic compass, a control unit, a steering pump and a feedback unit. And of course all of these 25 year old bits don't work with the new 'computer'. Well, one of those things. Quite expensive, but it needs to be done. On Monday morning we'll be back in Franeker where they'll take all day to do the job.
We'll see afterwards where our 'spring voyage' will take us, it might be not as far South as Zeeland.

Location:Nijefurd,The Netherlands