2006-08-04/06 . Sailing @ Ijsselmeer

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Today we left for Enkhuisen in the afternoon, where we boarded the clipper Onrust and spent the night at the harbour. We had a really homely dinner in the cabin, where our chef Keizo whipped up a wonder of a meal that consisted of thai curry, tacos and tapas. Much of the night was spent playing cards with me in the background playing the guitar I bought specially for this trip; bringing my other guitar (Ibanez) would have been too risky.


The harbour as seen from the Enkhuisen train station.



we spent 150euro at Aldi...food for dinner tonight... (photo courtesy of Eric)


Walking to the Onrust clipper against a cloudy evening sky...



the Onrust


how the sleeping quaters look... (photo courtesy of Eric)



Jeong Min fishing for the night's meat... (photo courtesy of Eric)



Keizo our resident chef... (photo courtesy of Eric)



I entertained as they cooked... (photo courtesy of Eric)


and they did whatever they did... (photo courtesy of Eric)


(photo courtesy of Eric)



Keizo's Thai curry ...



(photo courtesy of Eric)



the last three left eating... (photo courtesy of Eric)

after dinner entertainment


(photo courtesy of Eric)


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05 morning breakfast time...



Skipper Peter explaining our route of passage...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)



a worryingly cloudy morning...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)



Melanie teaching us how to tie a knot...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)



...helping to unfold the sails...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)




lifting the sails...tougher than we thought...





(photo courtesy of Keizo)



Clarence and Keizo enjoying a moment under the sail...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)

sails up...started sailing...





(photo courtesy of Keizo)














Clarence and Wangxun...



Clarence and Wangxun...again...















Eric and Raimund...hmm...




(photo courtesy of Keizo)















(photo courtesy of Keizo)



(photo courtesy of Keizo)









Skipper Peter at the wheel...





Keizo and Shoko in the net...











note the angle the clipper was tilting...we had to stay on deck just so we didn't get seasick...the wind was against us, therefore we were forced to sail a zigzag route if we wanted to go northwards...







(photo courtesy of Keizo)

























(photo courtesy of Raimund)



(photo courtesy of Raimund)



(photo courtesy of Raimund)



Melanie(?) the skipper's help...





how did Lily manage to read in all that wind and clipper tilt...





Keith had to rest his feet against the railings to keep from sliding off...







Raimund and his big head...





we reached a rural beach somewhere north of where we launched and started a BBQ...



Keith and Grace enjoying a divine moment on the beach...



Adu and the food...


Schnook waiting for us to give her food...(photo courtesy of Keizo)


Today was Xiaoling's birthday so a cheese cake and a strawberry cake were supervised by Keizo (photo courtesy of Eric)

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(photo courtesy of Keizo)



breakfast before we started back home...





(photo courtesy of Eric)











(photo courtesy of Keizo)



(photo courtesy of Keizo)



lunch on deck ...







Adu the boss...









Raimund surveying his 'target'...



...and missed...





yoga...gaga...(photo courtesy of Eric)



sunbathing...


Eric taking his afternoon tea...(photo courtesy of Eric)




(photo courtesy of Keizo)



(photo courtesy of Keizo)



my cubicle in the Onrust I shared with Raimund...the sink was even larger than the one in the Spacebox!



Onrust's resident dog Schnook...


On the way home, we took up most of the upper deck of the train back...I decided to do some basking... (photo courtesy of Eric)