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Voyage Statistics

It has been a while since we returned from the Netherlands but here are some stats from our trip.

Distances

Farndon to Torksey 16
Torksey to Grimsby 58
Grimsby to Ijmuiden 185
Ijmuiden to Amsterdam 14.6
Amsterdam to Lelystad 23.2
Lelystad to Lemmer 25.9
Lemmer to Amsterdam 43.7
Amsterdam to Ijmuiden 15.2
Ijmuiden out to sea 52
Imuiden to Grimsby 185
Grimsby to Farndon 73
Total Distance 695.2 NM

Now comes the shocking bit, especially when fuel is over a £1 per/litre in the UK and over 1.50 Euro per/litre in the Netherlands!

Fuel

1st July 300 Newark
3rd July 500 Grimsby
11th July 800 Ijmuiden
19th July 450 Ijmuiden
28th July 290 Ijmuiden
20th July 800 Grimsby
Total Fuel 3140 Litres

Some information on the marinas that we berthed in, total cost shown per night is based on a boat length of 13m.

Sixhaven Marina (Amsterdam)
Website: http://www.sixhaven.nl/en
Cost per night: 22 Euros

Aeolus Marina (Amsterdam)
Web: http://marinas.com/view/marina/10554_WV_Aeolus_Marina_Amsterdam_North_Holland
Cost per night: 16 Euros

Seaport Marina (Ijmuiden)
Website: http://www.marinaseaport.nl/en/
Cost per night: 30 Euros

Lelystad
Website: http://www.lelystadhaven.nl/
Cost per night: 22 Euros

Gemeentelijke Binnenjachthaven (Lemmer)
Website: n/a
Cost per night: 18 Euros

If you haven’t already read my account of our voyage then it can be found here:

Netherlands 2011

If you would like to know more then please drop me an email!