wrote:

Marc, thanks for response. Frankly we do not intend to cruise the open
waters, IJsselmeer seems to be. We would like to travel a couple of
hours daily between towns, then sightsee them and surroundings by
bikes. Therefore we are greatly interested in sailing on inland canals,
even shallow and with low bridges. Any suggestion? Best regards-Przem

I would say Friesland is a very nice area for cruising canals and lakes. It is a
very well known watersports area, probably the most popular area in Holland.
You will find many villages and marinas over there.

Good luck and enjoy your stay in Holland.

Marc Onrust
MarineYacht Yachtcharters
www.marineyacht.com

Marc, once again thank you very much for answering. We shall consider
your proposal. So far, looking at maps, we were thinking of crusing
Amsterdam-Utrecht and perhaps Rotterdam. Cheers-Przem
Marc Onrust wrote:
wrote:

Marc, thanks for response. Frankly we do not intend to cruise the open
waters, IJsselmeer seems to be. We would like to travel a couple of
hours daily between towns, then sightsee them and surroundings by
bikes. Therefore we are greatly interested in sailing on inland canals,
even shallow and with low bridges. Any suggestion? Best regards-Przem

I would say Friesland is a very nice area for cruising canals and lakes. It is a
very well known watersports area, probably the most popular area in Holland.
You will find many villages and marinas over there.

Good luck and enjoy your stay in Holland.

Marc Onrust
MarineYacht Yachtcharters
www.marineyacht.com

wrote:

Marc, once again thank you very much for answering. We shall consider
your proposal. So far, looking at maps, we were thinking of crusing
Amsterdam-Utrecht and perhaps Rotterdam. Cheers-Przem
Marc Onrust wrote:
wrote:

Marc, thanks for response. Frankly we do not intend to cruise the open
waters, IJsselmeer seems to be. We would like to travel a couple of
hours daily between towns, then sightsee them and surroundings by
bikes. Therefore we are greatly interested in sailing on inland canals,
even shallow and with low bridges. Any suggestion? Best regards-Przem

I would say Friesland is a very nice area for cruising canals and lakes. It
is a very well known watersports area, probably the most popular area in
Holland. You will find many villages and marinas over there.

Good luck and enjoy your stay in Holland.

Marc Onrust
MarineYacht Yachtcharters
www.marineyacht.com

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.

Some very nice waters to visit as well are the "Vinkeveense Plassen" between
Amsterdam and Utrecht.

If you go to Rotterdam, stay clear of the river Waal. It really is a very busy
river with strong currents and you don't want to find yourself in between the
many freighters speeding to and from Rotterdam. Once in Rotterdam you can sail
the "Nieuwe Waterweg" all the way to the North Sea but you are not allowed to
enter the professional harbours on the left and right sides.

Again, good luck and enjoy your stay.
Marc Onrust
MarineYacht Yacht Charters
www.marineyacht.com

Many, many thanks, Marc

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