The Boats Are Coming!

The Navy is in Town

The Navy is in Town

The Fender Man

The Fender Man

The Mövenpick Dilemma

I wonder if the Mövenpick Hotel is ready for this guest!?

The Mövenpick Dilemma

 

The Lookout

The Lookout

The Wake Turbulence

The Wake Turbulence

The Passengers

The Passengers

The Desperado

The Desperado

The Girls’ Boats

The Girls’ Boats

The Cross Channel Ferry

The Cross Channel Ferry

The Boat Cleaner

The Boat Cleaner

The Amsterdam Boat Trip

What better way to spend a lazy afternoon in Amsterdam…

The Amsterdam Boat Trip

The Visit to Antwerp

Our floating home, Lucie, in Antwerp.

The Visit to Antwerp

The Boat Sale

We have decided that we are ready for a new adventure and our home, Dutch barge Lucie, officially goes on sale today.  We’ve enjoyed four fabulous years on Lucie and we will miss her.  You can look inside Lucie by clicking here.  We purchased Lucie brand spanking new from Piper Boats.

The Boat Sale

The Ladies Who Row

The Ladies Who Row

The Dock

The Dock

The Brown Boat

Eagle-eyed readers will spot something strange here…

The Brown Boat

The Passengers

The Passengers

The Canoe Chap

The Canoe Chap

The Searcher

The Searcher

The Boat

The Boat

The Water Taxi

The Water Taxi

The Welder (4)

The Welder (4)

The Welder (3)

The Welder (3)

The Boat Builders

Our boat (home) when it was just a few bits of steel on the factory floor.

The Boat Builders

The Ship’s Chandlery

The Ship’s Chandlery

The Boat Builder

Our boat, Lucie, being built.

The Boat Builder

The Helmswoman (2)

Sue pilots Barge Lucie (our home) down the river….

The Helmswoman (2)

The Helmswoman (1)

Sue steers 30 tonnes of barge (our home) along the river…

The Helmswoman (1)

The Sinking Feeling

The Sinking Feeling

The Canoe

Lake Victoria, Uganda

The Canoe

The Wharf

The Wharf

The Fishing Boat Called Nancy

The Fishing Boat Called Nancy

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Boat Called Micky

The Boat Called Micky

The Canal Boat (2)

The Canal Boat (2)

The Narrow Boat

The Narrow Boat

The Lovers Boat

The Lovers Boat

The Cruel Sea

Crossing the North Sea between the UK and Holland on the daily car ferry.  A little windy.

The Cruel Sea

The Tourist Boat

The Tourist Boat

The Sneaky Heron

A heron sits on a boat’s rudder waiting for a passing fish!

The Sneaky Heron

The Stoker

The Stoker

The Deckhand

The Deckhand

The Boy Pusher

Grandson William tries to push 30 tonnes of steel out of the way….

The Boy Pusher

The Gangplank

The Gangplank

The Empty Harbour

Here is a very rare site in Holland, a marina without any boats.

The reason is the marina here at Hemmeland (Monnickendam) is being dredged to make the water deeper for the boats that are normally here.  All the boats that are normally parked here have been moved out of the way so the dredger can do its work.

The Empty Harbour

The Gears (even more cogs!)

Just can’t get enough gears these days…

The Cogs

The Winter Mooring

Here’s our home at our winter berth.  We’re tucked away in a warm corner of the marina and nicely out of the wind.

The Winter Mooring

The Rolling Stone

The Rolling Stone

Amsterdam Sail

Here’s a flashback to 2015 – Amsterdam Sail.  The next Amsterdam Sail will be in 2020.

WARNING.  Some brief (very brief) nudity!

Sail Amsterdam 2015 – by Richard Broom from Richard Broom on Vimeo.

The Place We Call Home

The Good Ship Lucie. Our home.

The Place We Call Home

The Boats in a Row

The Boats in a Row

The Welder

The Welder

The Grinder

The Grinder

The Lock Gates

The Lock Gates

 

The Poo Sucker

We live on a boat and people often ask us what happens to the human waste.  Here’s the answer. The waste is sucked out of the boat’s holding tank and is taken away to be disposed of correctly (and legally).  Devices such as these are known as [delightfully] ‘poo suckers.’  The poo sucking process is quick, easy and hygienic. The human waste in the holding tanks is often known as ‘black water’.  Water from the shower and sinks is known as ‘grey water’.

The Poo Sucker

The Flag Man

The Flag Man

The Dunkirk Small Boat

The Dunkirk Small Boat

The Flying Boat

The Flying Boat

The Old Boat on the Mud

The Old Boat on the Mud

The Bridge

The Bridge

The Binnacle

People seem to have lost their way today.  This will get you home.  Steady as she goes!

The Binnacle

The Wrapped Up Boat

It’s that time of year here at the marina when people wrap up their boats for the winter.

The Wrapped Up Boat

The North Sea Channel

The North Sea Channel

The Boat Belonging to Louis

The Boat Belonging to Louis

The Autumn Evenings at the Marina

The Autumn Evening

The Boat Lift

It is the time of the year in our marina when the boats are lifted out of the water for the winter.

The Boat Lift

The Narrow Boat

Narrow boats – usually only found in the United Kingdom

The Narrow Boat

The Tug

The Tug

The Strange Boat

The Strange Boat

The Lock Gate Fixers

The Lock Gate Fixers

The Ferry

The Ferry

The Cruise

The Cruise

The Boat For Lovers

The Lover’s Boat

The Dutch Tug Tromp

The Dutch tug Tromp spotted in the Hemmeland Marina today.  Built in the 1920s and still going strong…

The Dutch Tug Tromp
The Dutch Tug Tromp

The Happy Traveller

The Happy Traveller

The Backpackers

The Backpackers

The Back of the Boat

The Back of the Boat

The Guard Dog

This is Katy, a Friese Stabij, who guards our boat…..

The Guard Dog

The Boat Cleaner

The Boat Cleaner

The Ropes

The Ropes!

The Man Aloft

The Man Aloft

The Sign

The Sign

The best way to travel

The Best Way to Travel

The Bar

The Bar

The Sailors

The Sailors

The Flag Man

The Flag Man

The Crew Member

The Crew Member

The Dunkirk Small Boat

The Dunkirk Small Boat

The Man in a Boat

The Man in a Boat

The Sinking Boat

The Sinking Boat

The Bargee

The Bargee

The Tug

The Tug

The Boats

The Boats

The Belgian Bikini

The Belgian Bikini

The Marken Express

The Marken Express

The Boats

The Boats

The Swamp Boat

The Swamp Boat by The Photo Nomad
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