LATEST NEWS
We will try to make frequent progress reports. These progress reports come in the form of voice-mail sound files that are hosted on a special
expedition page of
WetDawg, your headquarters for adventure watersports.
With a low-speed connection, the sound may falter every now and then. After the first play-back, the sound file will be stored in the local 'cache' and can be replayed. The sound file can also be stored locally directly through 'right-mouseclick' and 'Save Source' or equivalent actions for saving a remote file.
If you want to know what wind and weather we experience along the North Sea coast, than have a look at the
Inshore or the
Shipping forecast of the Dutch meteorological office
(KNMI). The forecast text pages might require a 'refresh' (F5 in Windows) for the most recent forecast.
Tuesday 9 September 2003 | |
Expedition details are now available in a | |
Sunday 7 September 2003 | |
Yesterday at 13:00 we were back at Den Helder where we started out on Sunday August 10th; around the Netherlands by sea kayak: 1241 kilometers in 28 days. We would like to thank Nigel Dennis Kayaks, Lendal, Kōkatat, ICOM, Aquapac and Datema Amsterdam for their generous support and WetDawg for hosting the voice-mail sound files. A special thanks to my brother Arne for maintaining the voice-mail system to make the progress reports possible in the first place. And finally... Thanks to all the paddlers at Anglesey that inspired us to look for a challenge of our own. What we found was a great adventure right at our doorstep. | |
Friday 5 September 2003 | (20030905.WAV) |
Texel - Noorderhaaks (35,2 km) (Waddenzee) | |
Thursday 4 September 2003 | (20030904.WAV) |
West Terschelling - Texel (31,6 km) (Waddenzee) | |
Wednesday 3 September 2003 | (20030903.WAV) |
West Ameland - West Terschelling (31,1 km) (Waddenzee) | |
Tuesday 2 September 2003 | (20030902.WAV) |
Schiermonnikoog - West Ameland (38,7 km) (Waddenzee) | |
Monday 1 September 2003 | (20030901.WAV) |
Simonszand - Schiermonnikoog (35,4 km) (Waddenzee) | |
Sunday 31 Augustus 2003 | (20030831.WAV) |
Borkum - Simonszand (35,7 km) (Waddenzee) | |
Saturday 30 Augustus 2003 | (20030830.WAV) |
Nieuwe Statenzijl - Borkum (53,2 km) (Dollard / Waddenzee) | |
Friday 29 Augustus 2003 | (20030829.WAV) |
Zuidveld - Nieuwe Statenzijl (39,5 km) (Ruiten Aa kanaal / B.L. Tijdenskanaal / Westerwoldse Aa) | |
Thursday 28 Augustus 2003 | (20030828.WAV) |
Klazienaveen - Zuidveld (38,5 km) (Verlengde Hoogeveensche vaart / Verlengde Oosterdiep / Ruiten-Aa kanaal) | |
Wednesday 27 Augustus 2003 | (20030827.WAV) |
Almelo - Klazienaveen (61,5 km) (Kanaal Almelo-de Haandrik / Stieltjeskanaal / Verlengde Hoogeveensche vaart / van Echtenskanaal) | |
Tuesday 26 Augustus 2003 | (20030826.WAV) |
Zutphen - Almelo (50,0 km) (Twentekanaal) | |
Monday 25 Augustus 2003 | (20030825.WAV) |
Gendt - Zutphen (61,0 km) (Waal / Pannerdens Kanaal / IJssel) | |
Sunday 24 Augustus 2003 | (20030824.WAV) |
Blitterswijck - Gendt (52,8 km) (Maas / Maas-Waal Kanaal / Waal) | |
Saturday 23 Augustus 2003 | (20030823.WAV) |
Herten - Blitterswijck (58,8 km) (Maas) | |
Friday 22 Augustus 2003 | (20030822.WAV) |
Meers - Herten (39,0 km) (Grensmaas / Maas) | |
Thursday 21 Augustus 2003 | (20030821.WAV) |
Kanne - Meers (39,1 km) (Albertkanaal / Sluis Visé / Grensmaas) | |
Wednesday 20 Augustus 2003 | (20030820.WAV) |
Weert - Kanne (55,0 km) (Zuid-Willemsvaart / Verbindingsvaart / Albertkanaal) | |
Tuesday 19 Augustus 2003 | (20030819.WAV) |
Aarle Rixtel - Weert (41,4 km) (Zuid-Willemsvaart) | |
Monday 18 Augustus 2003 | (20030818.WAV) |
Dongen - Aarle Rixtel (52,3 km) (Wilhelminakanaal) | |
Sunday 17 Augustus 2003 | (20030817.WAV) |
Stampersgat - Dongen (42,0 km) (Dintel / Mark / Markkanaal / Wilhelminakanaal) | |
Saturday 16 Augustus 2003 | (20030816.WAV) |
Yerseke - Stampersgat (50,3 km) (Oosterschelde / Steenbergsche Vliet / Roosendaalse Vliet / Mark-Vliet Kanaal / Dintel) | |
Friday 15 Augustus 2003 | (20030815.WAV) |
Zoutelande - Yerseke (65,7 km) (Westerschelde / Kanaal door Zuid-Beveland / Oosterschelde) | |
Thursday 14 Augustus 2003 | (20030814.WAV) |
Westhoofd Ouddorp - Zoutelande (51,3 km) (Noordzee / Westerschelde) | |
Wednesday 13 Augustus 2003 | (20030813.WAV) |
Kijkduin - Westhoofd Ouddorp (42,2 km) (Noordzee) | |
Tuesday 12 Augustus 2003 | (20030812.WAV) |
IJmuiden - Kijkduin (48,2 km) (Noordzee) | |
Monday 11 Augustus 2003 | (20030811.WAV) |
Noorderhaaks - IJmuiden (64,2 km) (Noordzee) | |
Sunday 10 Augustus 2003 | |
Den Helder - Noorderhaaks (6,1 km) (Noordzee) | |
Tuesday 22 July 2003 | |
We are very grateful for the support from WetDawg to host the voice-mail messages in which we will keep you updated on our progress. Their website is the main gateway to all adventure watersports. | |
Saturday 12 April 2003 | |
With Nigel Dennis Kayaks' presence at the annual open-air kayak show on 12/13 April our expedition kayaks, an Explorer and a GreenlanderPro, are now in the Netherlands awaiting their final tests before the expedition starts. | |
Friday 4 April 2003 | |
Visit of Datema Amsterdam for the hand-out of Nautical charts and publications needed for the expedition. | |
Friday 4 April 2003 | |
Visiting AMCOM for the hand-out of the just now introduced ICOM IC-M87 waterproof VHF radio and Aquapac® waterproof cases. For size comparision the referenced photograph shows the IC-M87 next to the IC-M15. | |
Friday 21 February 2003 | (20030221.WAV) |
Above link is an example of how you can follow our progress during the expedition. | |
Wednesday 1 January 2003 | (Rijswijk & Wageningen) |
Website activation. |