We went to Oud-Beijerland via the Spui canal. It was pretty windy but only strong gusts so we waited for a bit of a lull in the wind and popped out of the box berth with no problems. We had to get through the Haringvliet Bridge which is only 15 mins from Willemstad and opens on the hour at weekends (except when it doesn’t). We made it easily especially as it didn’t open until 10 mins past the hour.
The trip was pretty uneventful and we managed to sail all the way up the Spui canal to Oud-Beijerland during which I managed to get a nasty rope burn on my leg from the jib sheet, ouch!!!
We intended to moor on the outside pontoon at Oud-Beijerland as the harbour is very tight for us but as it turned out the outside pontoon was full so the harbour master told us to come inside and raft on another boat. There was no room to turn the boat around so the following day we had to back out (tight but no problem).
Nice harbour and town with a good supermarket, shops and restaurants. It cost a mere €18 inc elec. There is also a great chandlery here next to the harbour masters office.
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