tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post6795321539396453256..comments2023-07-25T09:23:16.781+02:00Comments on "Elle" - Exploring the European Inland Waterways: The Netherlands Adventure – Part II: Sneek to Amsterdam with Ian & Sian - June & July 2014Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-64163640292392965312015-03-24T09:38:11.360+01:002015-03-24T09:38:11.360+01:00Wow, more than just an adrenaline rush!Wow, more than just an adrenaline rush!Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-76067540959849359522015-03-24T09:31:04.556+01:002015-03-24T09:31:04.556+01:00Not in our blog, yet, was our traverse through Ams...Not in our blog, yet, was our traverse through Amsterdam on our third day of cruising. We tried to cross in front of a commercial coming up behind us. In the end we just brushed his port side. Boy, was he and his wife pissed off! No need of Dutch, the hand signals were quite expressive!Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160915845902185881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-61074346514765298652015-03-24T09:27:41.518+01:002015-03-24T09:27:41.518+01:00Good idea that - will look into it when we get bac...Good idea that - will look into it when we get back in June. In the meantime I will ask brother-in-law Ian for some tips while we are cruising through Belgium with them.Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-63606995985291067032015-03-24T09:25:38.545+01:002015-03-24T09:25:38.545+01:00The QE was a doddle as she was going pretty slowly...The QE was a doddle as she was going pretty slowly - it's those big, double pusher barges which give me the heebs. 185m of unstoppable mass heading straight toward you is somewhat disconcerting.Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-35345439881650354382015-03-24T06:20:52.199+01:002015-03-24T06:20:52.199+01:00Oh, and I recommend a RYA Diesel course (google it...Oh, and I recommend a RYA Diesel course (google it). They are held all around the world (I did mine in a yacht club in Melbourne) to give you the basic skills and appreciation of the mechanics of this very important bit of gear. We had friends that had a air in the lines, and they spent a day and hundreds of dollars on phone calls around the world to get instructions on how to bleed the air out. The course would have given them enough info to perhaps have allowed them to fix it unaided.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160915845902185881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-22637812365416847112015-03-24T06:17:20.737+01:002015-03-24T06:17:20.737+01:00I think my wife Lisette would have dived overboard...I think my wife Lisette would have dived overboard at the sight of the QE! We'll be following something like your route (at about 10% the pace) this year. It will be good to refer back for some details.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160915845902185881noreply@blogger.com