A First Trip Out

After a few short practice trips I started to get the hang of maneuvering the boat. Surrounding it with buoys, and going very slowly, made the experience hardly at all scary, so on a sunny day I took off on a longer journey, travelling down Herengracht and confidently turning the corner into Leidsegracht.

On the West [...]

Boat Delivery

After moving to Amsterdam it seemed only natural to get a boat. The fact that I had never driven an outboard motor before seemed only a minor setback, as I arranged for delivery of a second hand 3.7 metre steel boat. A small group of young Dutch people turned up early one Saturday morning opposite [...]