Sailing Germany: Terschelling To Helgoland
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Uploaded by jforbe on May 25, 2009
We had a really fun day Thursday, our full day in Helgoland. When we moved to the anchorage after topping off our fuel tanks, we realized that wed forgotten to fill our jerry cans. The price was good without taxes, so it was worth going back—in the dinghy. So after anchoring for the first time since Flores in the Azores last June, we put the dinghy in the water for the first time since August or September in Amsterdam. Wed forgotten a lot, so it was good to review these things in situations without extra pressures.
In Helgoland few people speak English, so I used a few words of German to show that I knew a little, and most people said they understood English, and we went from there. I did have one of the harbormasters there tell me that he knew no English at all, so I said what I could, and he guessed (wrongly) at what I wanted to say next, and I said no, and we worked it out.
After we took the dinghy to fill the jerry cans, John suggested that we go into town for lunch. He was hungry, and we really hadnt explored. We had thought that there was a row of buildings along the harbor, but no more than that, so we were surprised to find several streets full of shops and cafés. We finally settled on a tiny harbor front café where John had fish and chips, German style, and I had the local specialty crab claws. It was a good value and a good choice. Of course, it wasnt Dungeness crab, but it was tasty, something like the Florida stone crabs. All in all, it was a lot of work to get things done, but lots of fun—like cruising again for real.
We had a really nice sail from Terschelling to Helgoland. We estimated 30 hours to make the trip, but we got a late start because I misunderstood the information that was posted in the harbor office about when to leave. Using the motor when there wasnt enough wind or the wind was from the wrong direction, we managed the trip in 26 hours averaging 5.5 knots.
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I thought I'd seen all your videos, but I don't remember this one. I like it.
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