This morning we left Amersfoort, we were going along the Eemmeer following the channel when we looked at the chart and thought the water is deep enough so we will just cut across. Well, it didn't take long for the boat to start vibrating. When we backed off on the power the vibration stopped but she wasn't feeling the same. It didn't take long to realise that the weeds had got tangled it the propeller. Tried a couple of things to shake it off but nothing worked.
We decided to go to the closest yacht haven with a lift that might get us out of the water to clear the propeller. The place we went in to didn't have anything large enough to lift Ardella out but they rang another haven who could do it the next day at 8.30 and they were close by. We found a spot for the night which is what I have marked on the location map.
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| Not the best photo but if you look near the top right of the photo you can just make out something on the surface, what you don't see is all the plants just below the surface. What we didn't know at the time was in this area they had trouble with blue algae at one point. Someone had this bright idea to use a plant to help fight the algae problem, now they have another problem, the plant loves the conditions and has become a weed. They have to cut the weed but they only do it in the marked channel. We now know: if the locals are staying in the channel then so are we. |
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| The next morning, the boat felt better but we decided to still get it pulled out and get it checked. It was nice to see some weeds still there so it wasn't a total waste of time and money. |
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