Although pretty uneventful it was a beautiful sail through lovely countryside where huge windmills prevail over the landscape. It was simply too hot to go into a harbour so we decided to anchor for the night just outside the channel to the east of the krammer lock.
The Krammer Lock (Krammersluizen)
The Krammer Lock is something to note: if your mast height is 18M or more you cannot use the yacht lock. You have to go through the main commercial lock using the North lock. Simply call them up on channel 22, they speak perfect English and are very helpful.
This is where you go from salt water to freshwater again, only this time the lock sucks out (filters) all the salt water and replaces it with freshwater so as not to contaminate the freshwater lakes with salt. It takes quite a while so when you start thinking why is this taking so long, well now you know!
Although there was little or no wind during the day, we were treated to a colossal thunder and lightning show in the evening with sheet lightning going on for a few hours. Wind increased for a while which was great as the wind generator topped up our batteries.
Cost 0 euros – BONUS!
Note: Although it’s a nice anchor spot it is a bit rocky rolly as this is a busy thoroughfare for barges so the wash from them can be a bit annoying. It does go on through the night to a much lesser degree.
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