England (2008)

Willemstad - Lowestoft - Willemstad

Taas — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:55:00 GMT

A great North Sea crossing in three legs:
- Stellendam to Lowestoft
- Lowestoft to Harwich and up river Orwell to Pinmill (Woolverstone Marina)
- Woolverstone Stellendam

You'll find some of the original pictures, taken during this tip, in the gallery (click here). Below is a map of the locations where they were made.

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Preview of Stellendam - Lowestoft - Pinmill - Stellendam

Taas — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:53:00 GMT

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North Sea & England

Taas — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:08:00 GMT

A 7 day crossing of the North Sea to England on “Faro“, a Dufour 40 from TipTop Sailing.

With nothing fixed yet, the most likely route is this. From Willemstad (NL), the Stellendam lock system will lift us onto the North Sea. There we probably head south along the Belgian coast before crossing “The Channel“ at Oostende or so. The English Channel between Oostende and Ramsgate is approximately 60 nautical miles wide. You can make that a - hopefully safe - “day light crossing”.

The English Channel is one of the World's busiest seaways, navigated by 400 ships a day. Both traffic on the UK-Europe route (ferries!) and North Sea-Atlantic route (containers & tankers!) use The Channel. Crossing this strictly controlled Traffic Separation System for the first time, is a challenge to look forward to.....

The Netherlands, Belgium coast - in the east - & the English coast in the south west.