{"id":1362,"date":"2016-05-13T19:17:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2016-05-14T06:27:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T06:27:24","slug":"may-13-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1362","title":{"rendered":"May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE: I have changed the location finder on the menu underneath the main picture. Click here and you will find out where I am and where I’ve been.<\/p>\n

I spent 2 nights in Willemstad, because I was awaiting delivery of the new electronic maps for my plotter. This allows me to both know where I\u00a0 am, and where I’m going. Really helpful when trying to avoid the large commercial vessels, other small boat people like me, and still get where I think I want to be going.<\/p>\n

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clean, tidy and … Dutch!<\/p><\/div>\n

Willemstad is an historic, preserved, little town, inside a star-shaped fortification. This has been altered many times over the years, most recently during WW2, but the center remains undamaged and quaint.\"DSCN4242\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was also entertained by the carillon that played briefly each hour. I am such a sucker for bells!\"DSCN4244\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I then departed early this morning to help avoid the chop that builds with the afternoon breeze: I had to cruise up the Hollands Diep, which is a wide channel leading to a separate channel of the Rhine. I hadn’t realized this, but the current I faced certainly informed me of the amount of water flowing! On to Dordrecht, then another cross-connection of the Rhine (Maas, here), towards the Nieuw Maas the flows through Rotterdam. And what did I see? The certainly have lots of big ships here in Holland, but I am just not sure what this one might be. Any thoughts? (hint: just moored alongside the river (a VERY wide river) and look closely at the prow!)<\/p>\n

\"DSCN4247\"<\/a>I’m in the marina in Rotterdam, and will head north towards Delft, next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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