Today is our first day of our 2025 Season, first week and a bit was not counted, it was all about cleaning and preparing.
We set off to Ypres (Ieper) about 20 kilometers from Diksmuide. Like the saying goes "Best laid plans". About 5 kilometers into the trip, Martin noticed the electric engine was starting to heat up. Keeping an eye on it, the decision was to turn around and wait for the part in Diksmuide.
(We had noticed as soon as we went into the water that the water pump for the electric motor wasn't working correctly. On Wednesday we had worked out the bit that needed replacing and were waiting for it to arrive. To be fair, the manual says we don't need to run the electrical system cooling when we are running on diesel. Not so!)
We stopped on the way to Ieper because the electric motor was getting to 40 degrees. The stop was a new dock in front of De Fot'oeil a Farm/Cafe/Museum. Have been told it has a beautiful and very large collection of photographic equipment.
Free with no facilities, also found out it's a very new dock and they were having an opening celebration on the 4th May and the dock was built for the kayaks. The cafe was booked for a private function, so we didn't get to see the museum. The function turned out to be for the opening of the dock we were on. A councilman came and talked to us, he explained the money for the dock, ferry dock and walking track in the center of Diksmuide was raised from different areas. The dock was designed for kayaks and small electric hire boats. He asked if the dock was strong enough for our boat, which it was. He then explained they are doing signs for the dock and will think about letting larger boats on the dock. Sun Chi was the first and maybe the only boat to stay here for a night.
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