My journey from Wick to Inverness goes smoothly: I say goodbye to all these impressively committed people in Wick harbour, cruise in a relaxed manner, moor up in front of the first lock to the Caledonian Canal and go through its registration procedure (Scottish Administrative Unit…). – What keeps me busy […]

The harbour master came by, as promised, and brought me the tide and current tables, and with this knowledge I quickly realised, when talking to the sailors in the harbour, that we are sailing in a completely different way. – The sailors don’t take more time on a whim, no, they […]

A glorious day is in the offing. I pass the harbour master’s tower early, a last greeting and I set sail into the open sea.

Soon I pass seemingly endless wind farms; far out, dozens if not hundreds of wind turbines tower into the sky, huge and only visible in their true […]

Of course I didn’t sleep much; I was far too curious as of the progress of the water level – when I woke up once again, the ArgoFram and logically all the boats with her are practically at the level of the quay wall. With a swish, the lift takes me […]

Thanks to the detailed information from the harbour master of Amble, I schedule my departure so that I arrive at the intended Anstruther in Scotland at a high water level. Because here I can expect a tidal range of up to eight metres! And here, too, it is not possible to […]

I also came to Whitby because there is a James Cook Museum here; James Cook, the navigator who not only discovered worlds but also opened them up, and whose sea charts were still in use 200 years after his tragic death – the same James Cook I told you about during […]

Finally out of Lowestoft. Finally picking up speed again – even if the feeling for the rolling sea has to be found again after this forced break…

Finally off to Whitby, the place I’ve been touted during so many conversations. – Far out, long before I arrive, I suddenly and very surprisingly […]

The exit from Texel is irritating – I seem to be stuck in the water! Fuel consumption is like 50 km/h, but the ArgoFram doesn’t run more than 40. It is really noticeable that she is struggling against the rising tide, so much are the water masses pressing against the strait […]

There is something in the air today! – On the board at the harbour exit is the wind direction, southwest, and the wind force, 6 Beaufort. All the sailors stay in the marina, the motorboats anyway. But I look at the waves and the swell, see the fishing boats combing the […]

After the morning shower, the Coronatest and breakfast, I say goodbye to the harbour master of Norderney. And drive from the yacht harbour to the fishing harbour. I walk to the petrol station. And fill the 300-litre canister in the trailer of his tow truck with the petrol station attendant. And […]