02-07-2010



Today we are leaving Holland and will sail (or better motor) to the German island of Norderney.
It’s a trip we made over a dozen times but I will give some impressions of it.
To reach Norderney in one day you have to cross two almost drying out places so the planning is crucial.
There are only two or three days each fortnight so missing one occasion may be either a delay of two weeks or a one day detour around the island of Borkum!
We leave the harbour of Delfzijl about one hour before low tide so we will reach the first drying crossing at half tide which is enough for the 1.2 meters draft of YELLOWDREAM.
Regrettable the wind again was almost absent so the good old diesel made its hours again.
Exactly at half tide (!) we reached the first drying and proceeded straight on for the next crossing just south of the island of Juist which is a further 3 hours to go and thus is crossed at about high tide.
After this second crossing the last part is rather easy although the several lane crossings may give some confusion.
We reached the harbour of Norderney ( Segel Verein Norderney) at 17.30 .
As usual this harbour is quite full but anyway we found a place between two other yachts, one being a classic from Holland.
Its always a bit of a guess to get a berth here but everybody always seem to succeed which may be called a true miracle .



The marina of "Segelverein Norderney" from the air.



Norderney town and harbour

A lot of informtion about Norderney can be found at http://www.norderney.de/publish/4189d107_20ed_76a6_2cebfc527dffc568.cfm?m_id=42503