Category: Barging

Let’s start at the very beginning…

Let’s start at the very beginning – it’s a very good place to start No, this page is not about “The Sound of Music”, although we did spend some time in Salzburg while on Catharina Elisabeth – on a one week side trip – and…
—  By Helm and Crew

The Best $50 we ever spent

TANSTAAFL When we first noticed/became entranced with ‘Neo Vita’, we hit upon the idea of asking Michel and Rebecca, the owners of ‘t Majeur who had so kindly hosted us for a week of cruising during the year, to take a trip in the middle…
—  By Helm and Crew

Plans in Jelly

Cruising in 2015 Planning for cruising in a barge can be essential – but should be worthless. As a fellow bargee recently quipped “just keep your plans set in jelly and you’ll be fine”. It’s often necessary to have some idea of where you are going,…
—  By Helm and Crew

Big brother is watching you

StreetView Past readers may recall that early on, when we were first looking at Neo Vita, we found that she could be seen at her mooring in Medemblik in the Netherlands using StreetView. By the time it came for us to ‘find’ her for the…