First Days On Saturday June 20th after crossing the Channel (Dover to Calais) on the 19th we arrived at Wallhausen very hot and tired in the late afternoon. There was the Hotel and the quay and the ramp. A cold glass of beer on the Hotel terrace was needed at once. The equanimity restored I spotted two men leaving a pontoon of the haven and walking off. I left the terrace to port to intercept them. They came onto the terrace to starboard. We met and they told me that Mr Blum was the Harbour Master and I could find him in his office on the quayside. No one in office. A large man was leaving another pontoon. I asked his help in my abysmal German. He was Mr Blum. He spoke no English. He was very friendly, happy for Jacona (1131) to be launched down the ramp but it was impossible to ask about the berth - neither could progress that far. Our room was excellent with a balcony overlooking the water. I could relax. All seemed well. We would be able to sail. The day was losing its heat - yachts were coming into the Yacht Haven for the night. The little later afternoon wind was fading. The sky was blue. There was some high cirrus but the weather looked settled. Swifts screamed as they flew on high, a blackbird sand from a housetop across the road and the kites were starting to circle over the lake looking for fish now that the yachts were no longer a nuisance.

Sunday June 21st   Hot. Wind force O-l.   Time 0800 hrs.

Rigged Jacana in the hotel car park and then trolleyed her across the road, down the ramp and tied her up in a berth alongside the quay. Tidied up. Had lunch on grass alongside jetty and were away at 13:46. Paddled out between two lines of berthed yachts (bow or stern to pontoon and other end attached by warps to pilings).