We left Rendsburg at 9 o'clock today ( July 3rd) and motored the last 15 miles to the Holtenau locks at Kiel. After jilling about for an hour the lights changed to green and we entered the 1/2 mile long lock together with about 30 other boats. After tying up alongside Wandering Star we paid our canal dues of €18, the gates closed the lock filled about a metre and the other gates opened to the Kiel Bucht, ( bay).
Almost directly across the sound is the marina at Moltenort/Heickendorf which extends a warm welcome to Cruising Association members. Pete managed to choose a box that would easily fit a 60ft yacht and of course we ran out of stern line before the bows were close to the jetty. Fortunately Peter Wilde, ( CA helper to the local representative) was on hand to hold our bow line while we juggled longer stern lines. He then took us into the local yacht club which is in an old wooden lightship moored in the marina. There we met a number of members, we're given coffee laced with ice cream and shown around the historic wooden vessel. What a nice welcome! The weather continues sunny and warm - long may it last
Hi Pete and Keren hope all is going well and the weather has improved. It is still terrible here.Keren when you return on the eve of 24th if Lee cant pick you up let me know and i will thats of course if its Newquay ha ha not Gatwick ! take care Jennifer
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