SR30 YACHTLINE Experience Report / Netherlands

Our dream

After several weekend trips to the Maas lakes, it was time for our two-week vacation with “Daydream”. With Captain Klaus, Smutje Silvana, two sailors Katinka and Antonia and our boat dog Cookie, we set off on board the SR30 YACHTLINE. We started from our home port in Roermond, Marina Oolderhuuske. Our first stop was in the small town of Hanssum. There we set up our rubber dinghy and towed it to the swimming platform with an electric winch.
The next morning we made a shopping stop in Venlo and in the evening we anchored for the first time in beautiful nature in Leukermeer. Two sailors took Cookie and our rubber dinghy ashore for a walk. On Sunday we drove a little over the Waal (Rhine River in the Netherlands) to Nijmegen and stayed there in the city harbor.
In the evening we were visited by the captain’s sister and her husband. The two saw our flashy boat SR30 YACHTLINE for the first time and were absolutely thrilled. Then we had a good time on our “Daydream” with wine and tapas. On Monday morning we continued on a fast trip to Utrecht via Waal, passing large container ships. We had breakfast in a cozy little marina in Wijk bij Duurstede. We continued via Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal all the way to the city port of Utrecht. To get to this we quickly turned the roof to the lowest position so that we could pass under the last fixed bridge. For dinner we took a rubber boat through the canals of Utrecht.

Amsterdam

On Tuesday morning we left Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal near Breukelen and drove to the nature reserve Nieuwkoopse Plassen. After crossing at 60 km / h on the Waal two days earlier, only a top speed of 6 km / h allowed us to enjoy nature in comfort.
We spent the night in the great outdoors in a meadow with many cows just before Katwijk. On Wednesday morning, we fortified ourselves after a walk with a big kippeling on the Katwijk beach and then set off for Amsterdam.

IJsselmeer

In the second largest port in the Netherlands, we sailed past container ships and the MSC Magnifica. After a stroll through the town, the next highlight of the vacation followed. The journey to Lelystad via IJsselmeer. We mastered the challenging ride with our boat without any problems. The next day started with a visit to a historic sailing ship in the direction of Meppel, where two sailors Katinka and Antonia disembarked and went on a week-long riding vacation.

Retreat in the National Park

For two + boat dog Cookie, this sunny Saturday went as far as Kampen before. The next morning we were sailing at an average speed of 40 km/h on the IJssel, which had the lowest water level since records began. Due to the dry harbor basin, we made a short stop in Arnhem that day to Wijk bij Duurstede, 150 km further back. The next night we had a complete retreat in De Biesbosch National Park. Other stops on the way back to the port of Oolderhuuske were Heusden and Cuijk.

600 km across the Netherlands

A wonderful vacation with the wonderful boat SR30 YACHTLINE came to an end. In total we traveled about 600 km across the Netherlands. With our boat we were able to cross the narrowest canals, under the lowest bridges, over the challenging IJsselmeer and through the busy Waal without any problems.

We are already looking forward to our next vacation with the perfect SR30 YACHTLINE.

Greetings from T.