Crossing the North Sea from the Netherlands to the UK - Oct 6 - Oct 8, 2013
October 8th 2013 Sometimes you just get lucky. Today’s plan (October 6) was to cross the North Sea from the Netherlands to the UK. We got up at 6AM for a 7AM departure. As is always the rule we started the engine to let it run for about a half hour before we left. Everything was, set, we were just about to cast off the lines when the engine stops. No strange sounds, just silence. We tried to restart, no luck. Fi
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