Friday 11 May 2012

Krabbenkreek - Prologue: Heading South

Last summer Mekicevica explored the waters North of her base in Bruinisse, reaching as far as Stavoren in Friesland.
This year she's heading South to explore the Oosterschelde, the Veerse Meer, maybe even the Westerschelde and the North Sea. That means some tidal waters, sometimes with strong tidal currents, and BIIIIIG ships.
Our plan is to build-it up gradually, and as the first tour of this series we're heading for the Krabbenkreek.

This is an arm of water that used to separate the islands of Sint-Philipsland and Tholen. In the 1970s, a canal connecting the Schelde and the Rijn was built and a dam closed off the East end of the Krabbenkreek. This is our aim for the weekend.