Amsterdam from the water

It took most of Monday morning to get parts and replace the belts. So, we didn’t get going until after 1pm.
We headed west along the Nijkerker-nauw stretch of waterway towards Amsterdam. Conditions and weather were good, lots of traffic, large and small, sail and motor.

We considered going on into the port of Amsterdam, but decided it was a bit late in the evening. So we headed for Weesp, which is a suburb of the city, on the east side.
We found a convenient moorings near the train, which took us into the city, where we picked up our next passenger.
Our daughter Tríona, joined us for an evening in the city of Amsterdam.

Next morning we set off. As we left Weesp, we cut through a small link canal for the Amsterdam–Rijnkanaal to turn north towards the port. There was a boat ahead of us, which went straight across the wide canal to another link canal and as we came out behind him a huge ship suddenly appeared on our left side heading for the city port. Another even larger one was heading the opposite direction. We had to slow down and make a hard right. We’re now out in busy traffic, but it’s fine, plenty of room. We just keep close to the right bank.

It takes about 90mins to get to Amsterdam, trying to figure out the route. Eventually we found a grand spot just across the river from the central train station. Free ferries constantly going back and forth across the channel.
These ferries take mostly foot and cycle passengers, but also motorcycles and tiny cars. All just squeezed together.

We spent 3 nights in Amsterdam, a different mooring each night. The first night was directly up from the mooring. The second night we got into a harbour with power where we charged up out batteries and took on water. On the third night, back at the spot so convenient to the ferries, when out enjoying an evening of music, we got a phone call from Tríona, who was with friends on the boat, that we had to leave that mooring spot. Promptly we did so, mooring up one lock from that spot. The next morning we saw two cruise ships moored at our previous spot.