Diksmuide, Belgium - 24th April to 1st May 2025

Staying in Portus Dixmuda, Harbour 2. Harbour 2 is closer to the center of town. Last year we stayed in Harbour 3 which is an extra 500 meters to walk to get into town but there is less traffic noise.

Marina Facilites:

Berth: for a 10-meter boat for 7 days (week) was 72,00 Euros
Electricity: 1 or 2 Euros not sure what that gives you I will look into it before we leave, hopefully (1EUR = 3.143 kwh)

Water: 1 Euro gets you 150 liters

Shower: 1 Euro for 3 minutes of hot water

Washing machine: 1 Euro for every 30 minutes, if the cycle you choose goes for an hour you will need to add 2 Euros 

Drier: 1 Euro for every 30 minutes

Key to get into the Showers and Laundry is a 20 Euros deposit which you will get back once you return the key.

We arrived in Diksmuide on the 24th of April 2025 just after 12:00 noon, after a 13-hour flight from Singapore and 2 trains. We walked to our hotel, Hotel Pax, to drop off the bags to find they were going to let us check in early. So nice when that happens. After a shower and lunch in town, we walked to 'Recreatie in de Westhoek' to check on the boat. 

We found the antifoul we had done the year before was not the best work.

On Friday, 25th April 2025 Sun Chi is safe in the water again.

Sun Chi on hard stand

Moving Sun Chi under the lift

Sun Chi heading to the water

Sun Chi in Portus Dixmuda, Harbour 2 for the next week

First Week - Cleaning and preparing for the season

After cleaning the deck

Before cleaning deck

Plenty of leftover magnet and steel
strips to neaten up the
original flyscreens that were using Velcro

The flyscreen installed on the front hatch

Kit used to make the flyscreens

Every morning, we walked to the Market square for a croissant and coffee. 

Walking to the Market square every morning we saw the Golden statue 't Manneke uit de Mane, which symbolizes West Flemish humor. It is a statue of a little man holding up a book in front of the moon. That booklet is the Flemish almanac 't Manneke uit de Mane that has been published since 1881 and is full of funny stories. There is also an association with 'knights' attached to it that receives the latest edition every year. In the background is the town hall and behind that is the Church's bell tower.