Wergea

14 June 2015

This morning the wind had eased considerably so we slipped the mooring at 0915 and headed N towards Sâltpoel just S of Terherne to see our friends on 'Harmonie'.   After coffee with them we continued our trip through the E side of Terherne - pausing to photograph 'Rompslomp' owned by other Dutch friends of ours.

Taking the scenic route, we went through Akkrum, via Grou to our overnight mooring at the small town of Wergea.   We were told about a location on the W side of the town, owned by the local farmer, where there are some alongside moorings but without any facilities.   No problem; we thought this would be fine for us, and it was.   Very simple, but a great place.   Reminded me of the upper Thames - that is, the Thames above Oxford, for some reason.

The farmer duly arrived to collect his mooring fee which should have been €0.50/m (€7 for us) but he charged us €5 "because the weather is so bad…"   How about that?   We also received a 'goody bag' presumably supplied by the town's tourist office which contained two cookies from the local baker, a notepad, coloured pencils and a picture to colour in for the crew children, plus other items, all in a small blue shopping bag.   Brilliant!

By 20.00hrs it was cold, wet and windy so we decided to forget a BBQ and cook on board.   Started the generator but after a couple of minutes the engine shut down automatically (fortunately…).   I wasn't sure why this had occurred so re-started the engine.   Auto shut down again almost immediately.   This time I was watching the control board and noticed that the 'over temperature' alarm light came on briefly.   From that it was a quick and easy diagnosis of a failed raw water impeller, but it took me the best part of an hour to replace it.

Old and new impeller:

So, a somewhat delayed dinner that evening but we did have a spectacular sunset.

/Rich