In 20 Minutes we will leave our mooring in the marina Laboe. It is a beautiful morning with lots of sun and balmy temparatures. It is then about. 1,7 Nautical miles northwest direction until we reach the entrance. Our SUMMER supposed to have tonight for the first time salty North Sea under the keel. The first piece is our dear friend Helmut ride with us. About 7:00 we have arranged to meet for breakfast on board, we want to take before the lock Holtenau. Before the lock we will create and go on hold. If the lock keeper then The light signal “White interrupted” shows means it then free entrance to the old Nordschleuse.
Tomorrow morning we will then report. Muss jetzt schnell noch unter die Dusche 🙂

09:25 Exit lock Holtenau North:-) Helmut takes on the first watch, and the control. We are now running 6 Nodes and are very happy, that we have mastered our first lock together. Nature is truly spectacular in your diversity. We encounter very many geese, Comoranen, Swans and anglers. In Sonar not only a big fish was under the boat between 6 to see and 10m depth. But fishing is not in it for the speed and the ship traffic. This is located on the crossing to UK certainly change but. Cordial greetings to this point in our professional angler Michael from Manching! All in all a very nice canal tour.
12:30 Helmut goes ashore just because not every day is a Saturday for him! Thank you also for your commitment (in every sense!), for the lovely gift and much success in your business appointment!

17:00 In gut 2 Hours we will reach Brunsbuttel. Thank goodness the sun has fallen somewhat, it was very warm under Tags. Katja controls diligently the thick pots and I finally allowed them to doze a little below deck. Auf meine Capitana ist eben Verlass 🙂

19:00 Creation in the Marina Bruhnsbüttel directly in front of the entrance to the lock. In ca. 100m driving the huge ships passing us. This will probably go on all night. At our SUMMER still has a 37 Fuss “Janneau” made up alongside. This is called seamanly “in the pack” lie. On the boat Fabian is an instructor with his 4 Fellow sailors just come back from Helgoland. The joke of the matter, we met in Flensburg in the Marina Sonwik a few days ago!
Katja and I then have quickly turned a lap through the city and nibbled a spaghetti ice. Tomorrow it means to get up early because we want to drive to the Elbe flood in downstream direction Cuxhafen.

22:00 Katja is already asleep and I'm enjoying the new life to the fullest on deck paired with nice phone calls just like with my dear friend Reiner from Minga. Life is wonderful and there is still so much to discover. We look forward, unseren Freunden einmal ein Stück davon live irgendwo auf dieser Welt zu zeigen 🙂 Mit Freunden gemeinsam Schönes zu erleben macht doch doppelt so viel Spass!