Saturday, July 19, 2008

The journey from Wittte to Burgtiefe can be summed up by Thomas: 15m / s rain rough seas no more. It rocked me so we sacrificed the whiskey to the gods but did not help it. Take down the sail, I had no desire to so, it would roll even more. The rain picks up, shallow water around, it's dark and there are no buoys, lights! But the captain's words, they were down. It was a green approaches. Take a breather before continuing towards the Lobo-Kiel, a trip of 40 distance, and the first phase is completed. Have time for a visit in Kiel before we move to Holtenaur where Kiel Canal starts. Here is the S / Y Shira who is also heading south, we join. Locks were not that difficult and soon we are on the channel's first stop Rendsburg and we are now in port inside the lock of brown Buttle. The rain pours down, and they threaten with winds up to 17 m / s, gale force in the villages tomorrow. So we stop. The canal was not a especially quite boring. A bottle of decent red wine cost 3 euros so it will be bunkering on the day of procedure. Then waiting for the North Sea and canals of Holland to Amsterdam.