Hellevoetsluis

Today we had a sunny day with a pleasant force 3 SW breeze. We left Middelharnis and had a fine sail exploring the western end of the Haringvliet up as far as the very impressive dam and sluice structure that keeps out the North Sea. There were plenty of yachts out in the fine weather, though we did have to avoid a dinghy crew that chose to practice their capsize drill right in front of us.

The picture shows Toby concentrating on steering us to windward.

 In the evening we tied up at a marina in Hellevoetsluis, in a berth kindly arranged by our Dutch friends Else and Edgar. Here we will leave Bonita while the OGA members catch up with her as we need to go back to the UK for a family gathering. We had booked to go home on the Eurostar but our booking (and the train) got cancelled at short notice because of damage caused by terrorists apparently in some way connected to the start of the Paris Olympics.  So we plan to go home by ferry instead. However we hope to be back to join in the OGA festivities and get Bonita moving again  in early August.