GOING DUTCH

Let’s do something different,” said my husband David. “Let’s ask our bosses if we can go and work abroad for three months. And let’s spend it cruising around Holland in our boat.” It sounded like a fun adventure, so I agreed.

That was back in 2015. At the time, Juneau, our 34ft Dutch steel cruiser built by Jetten, was still based on the non-tidal Thames so we shipped her over to Holland on a transporter and relocated her to Jachthaven Stenhuis in Aalsmeer, just south of Amsterdam. Stenhuis is a lovely, family run marina, and they took great care of Juneau for us throughout our big Dutch adventure.

Fast forward a few years and we decided to undertake another extended Dutch cruise. The idea started with a plan to visit Maastricht in the far south and rapidly developed