Enkhuizen

We left the lovely marina at Hoorn on a windy rainy Friday morning at 7am, ( 15th June). In view of the fact that this time doesn't exist for them in the real world, Lee and Tina were great, up and doing in fine style.
We headed into the F5 East wind to get around the first headland en route to Enkhuizen. The Isslemeer kicks up a surprisingly vicious sea, perhaps because it is so shallow. Lee felt distinctly average and Tina went from enjoying the pitching and spray to contemplative to being sick when we turned and started rolling.
The pain was not for long though as two hours later we passed through the lock at Enkhuizen and half an hour later were in the Compagnie marina.
The Enkhuizen lock is part of a long wall that effectively divides the huge expanse of the Isselmeer in half.
A small drama coming alongside a windward berth as Lee had not quite mastered the lassoing technique yet, which the Dutch seem to do with such aplomb. No matter, we went alongside near to the office which is supposed to be for two hours only and stayed there all day while we caught up with our horizontal time! We then moved to a box berth which was accomplished in fine style.
We will stay here for 4 days, partly to visit friends and go to the Hague, partly because the weather is going down hill for the weekend. No need to spoil a holiday for the young folk.