Adventuress Sailing: Detour to Den Helder

In 2014 Adventuress sailed to Europe. She made landfall in Muxia Spain; then England. After cruising the English South Coast, and the Channel Islands, she wintered at Woodbridge, England. The next three summers we cruised England, Holland, Norway, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. For the foreseeable future Adventuress will sail in Europe. UPDATE: it's October 2021 and we are sailing her back to the USA: Transat passage will be Nov/Dec: expect to be in Florida end of January.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Detour to Den Helder

After sailing at seven knots for fifteen hours the wind died and we turned on the engine. After an hour we discovered that we had air in the diesel fuel and a minute later we decided to turn ninety degrees to Den Helder Holland to make repairs. In light winds we sailed literally to the entrance to the marina, turned on the engine and within a minute we tied up at the dock.

Thirty hours later, after repairs, we are back sailing to Helgoland, but we are close to shore in case we need to go into port again.

Best

John and Nancy