Marc Onrust wrote:
Going from Amsterdam to Rotterdam I would suggest cruising the river Vecht. It's
a very nice small river with many beautiful houses. Alternative route is the
"Amsterdam-Rijn kanaal" but I would recommend to stay clear from that as it is
used by freighters.

I'd second that. I've got a very spooky memory of cruising 'home' from
Rotterdam into Amsterdam on a 40' sailboat. The fog was so thick that we
could only guess where 'our' side of the canal was. Fortunately we had
radar, but is was very spooky to see a big ship coming up from behind on
the radar and watch the shadow when it passed us. The fog was thick
enough so we could never really 'see' the big pots, only sort of feel them.

Markus

Welcome Markus, I am glad to read your opinion. Our cruising holidays
are to be pleasure rather than toil. So believe me, in heavy fog we
would rather sit in a pub sipping beer than sail (especially our boat
lacks all gadgets helpful in bad weather). We are not restricted by
time since we are retired. A day of delay does not mean a thing.
Thanks-Przem
Markus Baertschi wrote:
Marc Onrust wrote:
Going from Amsterdam to Rotterdam I would suggest cruising the river Vecht. It's
a very nice small river with many beautiful houses. Alternative route is the
"Amsterdam-Rijn kanaal" but I would recommend to stay clear from that as it is
used by freighters.

I'd second that. I've got a very spooky memory of cruising 'home' from
Rotterdam into Amsterdam on a 40' sailboat. The fog was so thick that we
could only guess where 'our' side of the canal was. Fortunately we had
radar, but is was very spooky to see a big ship coming up from behind on
the radar and watch the shadow when it passed us. The fog was thick
enough so we could never really 'see' the big pots, only sort of feel them.

Markus

wrote:
Welcome Markus, I am glad to read your opinion. Our cruising holidays
are to be pleasure rather than toil. So believe me, in heavy fog we
would rather sit in a pub sipping beer than sail (especially our boat
lacks all gadgets helpful in bad weather). We are not restricted by
time since we are retired. A day of delay does not mean a thing.
Thanks-Przem

This event happened on the way home (last day) of my first my first
ocean-going cruise. I think we had to get back home in time. No time
constraints is great and a huge safety factor. Most of the time one is
out navigating in difficult conditions it's because the end of the
allocated time is approaching.

Markus