Lunch break upstream a lock (Canal latéral à la Loire)
The beautiful belgian «Vlinder»
Together with «Weltevreden» in Beaulon s/Loire
The anchor winch of «Weltevreden»
Bow of «Weltevreden»
Anchor of «Weltevreden»
«Ventjager» from Rotterdam, ex authority boat
«Risico» means risk – she really is one…
Captain’s power nap
Cours-les-Barres (Canal latéral à la Loire)
Le Guétin
Harbor of Marseille-les-Aubigny
Together with «Linquenda» in Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre
Beaulieu (Canal latéral à la Loire)
Henry Goerdten’s first day as helmsman trainee
Lena Goerdten throws the lasso
Étang de la Gazonne – (for us) the most beautiful spot on French waters
Rogny-les-sept-Écluses
Downstream lock #25 Lépinoy (Canal de Briare)
Water lillies near lock #25 (Canal de Briare)
Montbouy
Towpath biking
Out in the green
Out in the green
empty péniche
The very same péniche loaded
Cepoy (Canal du Loing)
Nemours (Canal du Loing)
Saint-Mammès (Seine)
Morning rush hour upstream lock Coudray (Seine)
Paris Arsenal (next to Jerry and Suzanne Litner’s «La Lavande»)
Tunnel in Paris (Canal Saint-Martin)
Canal Saint-Martin in Paris
Swiss hire boaters in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
Frits and Nell van Geijtenbeek’s «Shell V»
Helm of a Dutch tjalk
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
DBA meeting in «Bassin de Villette» in Paris
Nell and Frits van Geijtenbeek
Frits van Geijtenbeek («Shell V»)
Arthur Large («Siet op u selven»)
Gerline Schmid («Siet op u selven»)
Paris upstream of Notre Dame
Paris water police
Rueil-Malmaison (Seine)
L’Oise upstream of Conflans-Ste-Honorine
L’Oise upstream of Conflans-Ste-Honorine
L’Isle Adam (Oise)
The Bellerive lock (Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise)
In the lock
Port public de Noyon (Canal du Nord)
Saint-Christ-Briost (Canal du Nord)
Canal du Nord crossing the Somme river
Péronne (Canal du Nord)
Entrance of the Canal du Nord tunnel
In the Canal du Nord tunnel
Sains-les-Marquion (Canal du Nord)
Arleux (Canal de la Sensée)
Algae on «La Deûle»
Garage à bateaux PK 1.5 (La Deûle)
Algae on «La Deûle»
Peter Voegtlin – a friend of ours
Mooring in Lille
Péniche or submarine?
La Lys downstream Lille
A hidden treasure – the Canal de Bergues
A hidden treasure – the Canal de Bergues
Mooring in Bergues – it’s July, high season and we are alone!
Who said we Swiss have no army?
Veurne in Belgium (Canal de Furnes)
Lo-Reninge in Belgium (river Ijzer)
River Ijzer
River Ijzer good for canoeing – but for us???
«Trenches of Death» WW I battlefields (river Ijzer)
Nieuwpoort (Belgium) Westhoek harbor
Looking for Portus Ganda in Gent
Portus Ganda in Bruges
Portus Ganda in Gent by night
Lock Merelbeke (Gent)
Waiting upstream lock Merelbeke in Gent
Sunset at lock Merelbeke in Gent
High tide on the Schelde
River Schelde (tidal)
Antwerp
New maritime museum inn Antwerp
Sunrise in the harbor of Antwerp
In the harbor of Antwerp
In the harbor of Antwerp
In the harbor of Antwerp
In the harbor of Antwerp
The nature reserve of «Biesbosch» (The Netherlands)
Anchoring Dutch barge in the nature reserve «Biesbosch»
Swiss bargees Joseph and Madeleine Niederberger with their tjalk «Wietske»
Entrance to Jochum Smid’s shipyard in Boven-Hardinxveld
On the slip
Kinette «before»
Kinette «after» (with anchor conform to TRIWV)
Kinette’s gorgeous new bell
Cleaning the hull with high pressure
Cleaning the hull with high pressure
Gerrit, the singing Dutchman
Yard manager Jochum Smid
EFM expert Peter Voerman measures hull thickness
Prop is removed for repair
Repaired prop
New paint, old anchor
Ton and Dicky Wilhelm («Vrouwe Dirkje») hosted us while Kinette was on the slip
Kinette on the slip
Back into water
Back into water
New paint, old anchor
Morning mist in Meerkerk (Merwedekanaal bezuiden de Lek)
Morning mist in Meerkerk (Merwedekanaal bezuiden de Lek)
Morning mist in Meerkerk (Merwedekanaal bezuiden de Lek)
Traditional Dutch Tjalk (Merwedekanaal)
Sale fair in Gorinchem
Sale fair in Gorinchem
River Linge
«Mussled» bike
Windmill in Gorinchem
Waterway transport of a huge drain tube
Santa Claus arrives in Gorinchem
Kinette’s new antenna bar
Gorinchem harbor
Winter mooring in the center of the town
Winter mooring in the center of the town
Ain’t she a beauty?
Children waiting for Santa Claus
The guns of Navarrone – no, Gorinchem
Santa Claus left his bag
Winter mooring in the center of the town
Swiss tanker on the Rhine near Gorinchem
Sunset over the Rhine near Gorinchem
Winter mooring in the center of the town
Ein Gedanke zu „Best of 2009“
Herzliche Grüsse aus dem winterlichen Toggenburg und weiterhin viel Freude auf der grossen Fahrt wünscht euch Ueli Wenger
PS. Die Filme finde ich gut gemacht und mit stimmungsvoller Musik hinterlegt.
Herzliche Grüsse aus dem winterlichen Toggenburg und weiterhin viel Freude auf der grossen Fahrt wünscht euch Ueli Wenger
PS. Die Filme finde ich gut gemacht und mit stimmungsvoller Musik hinterlegt.