Our raft of four boats all dispersed at 10am so it seemed logical for us to make a move aswell, so we went to the fuel berth to fill up with diesel for the first time in Holland. Now of course in Holland you only have white diesel so you know it’s not going to be cheap right! Well we put in just about 200 litres and it cost us 295 euros, that’s about £1.49 a litre.
We motored out of Zierikzee harbour along the canal passing a vast range of boats, from fishing boats to traditional Dutch barges. Zierikzee really is a lively fun place to visit.
Our plan was nice and simple, simply motor across the Roompot (which is what the body of water outside Zierikzee is called) over to Colijnsplaat. A big journey of about 3 miles. Which should be no problem apart from a massive fish farm that I missed on the chart. Hence the dog leg on our track above. This took us even closer to the Zeelandbrug that we had come through on the way to Zierikzee.
The Zeeland Bridge was built between 1963 and 1965. At the time of its completion, it was the longest bridge of Europe. It has a total length of 5,022 metres, and consists of 48 spans of 95 metres, 2 spans of 72.5 metres and a movable bridge with a width of 40 metres. It is quite an awesome sight as you sail along beside it. Sorry I saw this and could not resist a bit of Wikipedia
Colijnsplaat
The town of Colijnsplaat has a big marina which is very modern and well equipped. The town itself is small but it has a few shops, restaurants and a Spar supermarket. Everything is on a tree lined street which leads to the town church.
A thing to note about this “two horse” pretty town is the Chinese Restaurant called “eethuis ‘t slop”. The name doesnt sound too attractive and indeed it does not look anything special from the outside or even within. The food though was deliciousness itself. Most definitely the BEST Chinese meal we’ve had in Holland.
We can highly recommend S1 and S3 from the menu and the prawn crackers (Lucy’s favourite) seem to come by the yard. In Holland prawn crackers are called “Keruplok”, not sure about the spelling.
Cost per night 25€ with free wifi, electric and water. The marina has nice toilets and showers and even has 2 washing machines and tumble driers. There is also a yacht club here but we didn’t go in, but there is a small playground with swings and a slide which Lucy can recommend.
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