Plau to Untergöhren

Sunday, 27 September

We made a smooth exit from our pen in Plau this morning, one advantage of having backed in. In no time at all we were crossing the Plauersee with Judy at the helm, Lorraine with the binoculars and me following the iPad chart. It was a tiny entrance into the next waterway but we found it easily and continued on to Malchow.

This was where the fun and games began. We just missed the bridge. Couldn't quite catch up with the last boat to go through and watched with dismay as it closed just in front of us. This meant an hour until it opened again and, just as when we came through the other way, there was nowhere to tie up and wait. All the parking spots were for ferries so we had to cruise in circles for an hour. While we were doing this other boats started to arrive and as the hour got closer they were jockeying for position and trying to form a queue. When the bridge finally opened there must have been about eight boats coming through from the other side so we had to wait for them without running into any of the other boats in our "queue". Finally it was our turn and we made our way through the tiny gap along with another eleven boats, some of which were definitely queue jumpers. How no one hit anyone is a mystery.

Then began the last leg of our trip, down a sort of estuary, into and across the Fleesensee. There were motor boats, yachts, speedboats and jet skis going in all directions but we cruised through and back to base like pros. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon so we sat up on deck for lunch, did a load of washing and had coffee and cake (surprise, surprise) in the hotel nearby. A final dinner in the harbour restaurant and back to the boat for our last night on the water.

 

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