Sailing Hatseflats
A 15ft Pram for Dinghy Cruising
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Burgum to Dokkum on Sunday 10 September

After I left Burgum I crossed the Prinses Margrietkanaal for the last time and got onto the Kuikhornster Vaart towards Kuikhorne, Zwaagwesteinde and Westergeest. It was hard going with the wind on the nose and lots of motorboats plowing the waters, so sailing was not on the cards. I therefore stuck with rowing at 2.5 knots.
Just before Westergeest I turned the corner to the Strobosser Trekwei, the old canal dug in the seventeenth century to cement the position of Dokkum as a trading hub. Instead of bringing riches to Dokkum, the construction nearly bankrupted the city and made it dependent of the rich farmers of nearby Aalsum.
I had hoped to follow the Strobosser Trekwei all the way into the city center of Dokkum but it was dammed at several places. After the Dinserbrug I rowed into into a small canal and then onto the Dokkumer Grutdjip into the city.
It was very busy in town with the Dokkumer Admiraliteitsdagen festival about to finish. I rowed on and finally landed at my own back yard at 1915 hours (3 hours to Burgum and 6 hours to my house).