kalessin of orwell 2011 baltic 1
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How we took our Westerly Storm from Suffolk to the Baltic. Part 1: Preparation, Netherlands and the Kiel CanalTRANSCRIPT
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Kalessin of
Orwell
To the Baltic
with Ben
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Our inspiration
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Why the Baltic?
• A new sailing territory to explore
• Beautiful scenery, historic towns
• Sheltered, non-tidal waters
• Wonderful facilities
• Not too crowded
• Good weather in summer
• Not very far away
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This is the Baltic...
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...and this is Ben
arriving in the Baltic via the Kiel Canal
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This is Kalessin of Orwell © Yachting Monthly
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About Kalessin
• Westerly Storm 33 – 170 built
• Built 1988, bought by us 2004
• Length 33ft/10.1m
• Beam 11ft 7in/3.5m
• Draft 5ft 6in/1.68m (fin keel)
• Engine 18hp Volvo
• Fast, spacious, elegant, solid
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Kalessin’s layout
L-shaped galley
Big cockpit
locker
(with holding
tank beneath)
Spacious
heads
Aft cabin
(Ben's room) Forepeak cabin
Sam & Camilla
Conventional
saloon layout
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A
quick
reminder
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About us • Sam, 71 – partly retired since 2007
• Camilla, 56 – works as a contractor in internal comms
• Benedict (Ben), 18 – had just finished A-levels
• Guy, 21 – working in Greece for Sailing Holidays
• Sam & Camilla RYA coastal skipper qualified
• Owned dinghies & trailer-sailers 1986 onwards
• Flotillas and charters
• Magewind 2002, sailed E Coast & Netherlands
• Kalessin 2004, sailed E Coast, France, Netherlands, and in 2006-8 round the outside & back up the middle
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Ben & Sam Camilla Guy
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Our plan
• Get across North Sea in May 2011 & leave the boat in the Netherlands
• Return to the UK for Ben’s A-levels
• Sam & Camilla returned to head to the Kiel Canal
• Ben joined us to sail into the Baltic
• East along the coast of Germany, north to Copenhagen and west to overwinter in Augustenborg
• Meet up with other HPYC members... sometime
• Sweden in 2012
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preparation
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You can't buy Marmite in Denmark
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Preparation – equipment
old & new
• Liferaft, dinghy & inflatable kayak
• 2 identical autopilots
• Delta, Fortress & CQR anchors
• New feathering Darglow Featherstream prop
• 4 batteries (engine, 2x domestic, fridge)
• 1 fixed and two flexible solar panels
• New CD/radio with iPod attachment
• Lavac & holding tank
• Lots of warps (+ two more from Enkhuizen)
• New foresail
• Spinnaker & cruising chute
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Preparation – navigation
• New combined chart plotter/radar/AIS (Garmin 750S)
• Imray coastal paper charts up to the Kiel canal
• Dutch chart packs & Standing Mast Route atlas
• Electronic charts: UK, Netherlands, Germany; Nordics (including Spitzbergen & Iceland )
• 4 packs of German Baltic charts including CD and harbour manuals
• iPhone +Navionics charts for UK & Netherlands (£15), all of Europe (£6) and Denmark (£30!)
• Pilot books: 2 x Netherlands, Brian Navin’s Germany & Denmark, The Baltic Sea
• Navtex
• Membership of CA – Baltic section
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Keeping in
touch
• The blog: April 2006 – January 2012. Now posting by email & readable on a mobile
• 2 laptops on board
• Wi-fi when available
• 2 iPhones
• Vodafone Data Traveller on 1 phone - £10/month for 25MB a day (in July used £155-worth)
• ....and two Kindles
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To the Netherlands To the Netherlands
Without Ben
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Map of North Sea crossing & standing mast route
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Up the Noordzeekanaal from Ijmuiden to Amsterdam
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Amsterdam from the Westerkerk
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Leaving the boat in Enkhuizen – handy for the station
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BRIDGE
BRIAN NAVIN
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Beautiful downtown Leeuwarden
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A typical day on the standing mast route
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GALLERY
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Unexpectedly parked in central Groningen
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GALLERY
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Farewell to the Netherlands – the bumpy Ems
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Map of Frisian islands & NOK
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Into Germany with Ben, thanks to
Ryanair
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Cuxhaven marina
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Our first Hanseatic city - Stade
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Shopping & eating
• Germany was the cheapest of the countries we visited for both shopping & eating out
• Stock up on German booze before crossing the border to Denmark
• Food & drink prices in Denmark – similar toUK
• Supermarkets are much like supermarkets anywhere (Spar, Lidl, Rewe etc)
• We hear Poland & Baltic states can be more tricky
• Camping Gaz – easy in Germany, ok in Denmark, challenging elsewhere
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Bremen, second Hanseatic city, and hello to Ben
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Waiting area
Small vessel lock
Harbour
Elbe
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Brunsbüttel lock with its horrible floating pontoon
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Nord-Ostsee-Kanal and the harbour at Brunsbüttel
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The ships in the Kiel canal are really quite small
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Traffic lights
Traffic light system
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Holtenau: Our first view of the Baltic