Haringvlietbrug

We decided to depart Willemstad to avoid any incident with a large ferry's arrival & the need to pass this bridge on the hour. Ronney started to think we wouldn't make it on time & so sail out to speed up. Typical Whisper style zoomed for the bridge so we arrived early! A few others were circling too and it had a feel of a race starting line. Poor Charly went too soon and had to circle back. Ronney got in the spirit and it was full concentration for the off once the 'greens' lit up.
Once through, wind picked up and water got lumpier... Needed yet another layer to cope with the chill factor.
As we headed for Hellevoestsluis (-pronounced hell of a slice) it really picked up wind and we were feeling nervous about taking the narrower middle town marina due to the risk of manoeuvring whilst waiting to pass through the bridge so opted for the westerly marina- HeliushavenRead more