Now is the mast on deck, so it’s time to machine now. I have taken the canal certification, it is a must to have in the canals of Europe, regardless of the nautical license you have. VHF is set in ATIS mode its compulsory, DSC is not allowed.
Distances is measured in km not in nautical miles. Left and right instead of starboard and port.
After an overnight stay in Travemunde it’s off to the south. The first canal is Trave running between Travemünde and Lübeck, and it is 27 km long.
Looking forward to seeing all of these canals.
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Very hot.
Fishing boat in the Fehmarn Strait.
Fishing boat in the Fehmarn Strait.
Fehmarn Strait.
Grömitz marina, good and large marina.
Grömitz marina.
The next day, towards Travemünde with good wind.
Arriving at Travemünde.
Passat, the marina with the crane, which I will use to take the mast down, marina is on the other side of the ship.
Spend night in Passat marina.
Travemünde.
Trave Canal in Germany.
Trave Canal in Germany.
Elbe-Lübeck canal.
At the Elbe-Lübeck canal there is a small lake called Möllner see. Lying in the MMC two days.
MMC in Möllner see. Elbe- Lübeck canal.
MMS in the north end of Möllnersee is a small nice marina with nice members.
Got good wishes and good advice.
There is Yellow ferries in the Elbe Luebeck canal.
Lauenburg
Lauenburg is a nice town and this ends the Elbe Luebeck canal.
In Lauenburg I go into the Elbe.
Lauenburg, Elbe.
Lauenburg, Elbe.
Lauenburg, Elbe.
Enters the Elbe Seiten canal which is 115 km long.
Scharnebeck hebewerk.
Up.
Further, in the Elbe Seiten canal.
Luneburg, Scharnebeck hebewerk, is one of Europe’s largest boat lifts, lifting height of 38 meters.
Into Scharnebeck hebewerk.
Further, in the Elbe Seiten canal, more locks.
Elbe Seiten canal.
Stay overnight in a rest at Medingen.
Elbe Seiten canal.
Uelzen lock. I like floating bollards.
Sporthafen Wittingen.
Met nice people in Sporthafen Wittingen.
Sporthafen Wittingen.
Would be 1.5 m but I took the bottom with 1.4 m depth.
There are many barges.
Next morning. Enters Mitteland canal (MLK).
Large ports with goods inside Germany.
Mitterland Kanal(MLK) towards Braunschweig.
In the evening arrival Braunschweiger motor boot club.
Borrowed a bike and looked round a bit.
Towards Hannover.
Anderten lock, lift height 14.7 meters.
Could take many Azur.
Bad weather reports, enters a stick channel (Channel Stick Misburg) to a marina, in an old limestone quarry.
Anderten lock, lift height 14.7 meters.
Hannoverscher motor boot club, became a member there.
Hannoverscher motor boot club, nice place so I stayed two nights.
Node ports to shut off the canals in many places.
Furthermore, the Mittelland Canal (MLK)
UHF meant VHF and radio channels in different directions.
Canals which crosses each other.
Aqueduct Minden.
Aqueduct Minden.
In the evening it became, Minderner Yacht Club.
Large barges on Mitteland canal (MLK)
Nice to see the landscape change.
The next day Bad Essen Motor Yacht Club. stay here for two days.
Canal adapted mast height.
The journey continues today on the Dortmund-Ems Canal (DEK) After spending the night in Steinbeck.
Had entourage few days with a family on the way to Basel in Switzerland.
The work goes on all the time with dredging, improvements and new construction of canals.
Furthermore, the Wesel Datteln channel (WDK), to avoid going against the current of the Rhine
Wesel Datteln canal (WDK), Flaesheim schleuse.
The next morning, on the Wesel Datteln canal (WDK).
Heavy barges.
Always fun with ship name.
On the eastern side of the Rhine is a small sound to a cove, good to anchor in.
Yes, I do that! (Res is travel in Swedish)
A lot of traffic on the Rhine.
And co-current.
Time to keep to port into the Waal Canal and now I’m in Holland.
Trevliga bilder Peter. Man blir lite sugen på att hänga med .-)