Waiting for the Whelans (19/07 – 30/07)

Auxerre – Vincelles – Cravant – Vermenton – Prégilbert – Mailly la Ville – Cravant Cruising Again After the Rally had ended, boats drifted off both upstream and downstream and Catharina Elisabeth was left pretty much alone. We were in no particular rush and had…

Cruising to the DBA Rally (1/06 – 11/07)

Migennes – Joigny – Gurgy – Auxerre Shakedown Cruise Finally, ten weeks after I arrived and five weeks after Lisette joined me, we were more than ready for some cruising. Catharina Elisabeth looked fabulous and marvellously dressed with Lisette’s colourful flowers. The day before leaving,…

1916-1960 Historic Photographs

The Dutch have a strongly developed sense of patrimony, recording details of past events. The town of Alkmaar has an extensive photo archive and when we searched this we found several photos of Catharina Elisabeth. Many of these we identified by the features we recognise…