We bought Johanne in August 2008, in Amsterdam. She had been a houseboat on the Dijksgracht for the past 15 years so was comfortable inside, but we weren’t sure how sound she was on the outside. Prior to that, she was German owned and working on the Baltic, we think.
One new rudder, some general welding and a lot of nicotine scraping later, we were ready to go. We left Amsterdam towards the end of July 2009, heading for a rally in Tilburg. We learnt a lot about handling the boat on the way and met some great people. After a fun time in Tilburg, we set off towards Belgium with the aim of finding a winter mooring before I had to be back at school on 1st September. Fortunately, we came to Erquelinnes which was perfect for us. Johanne has been there ever since and we are finally ready to start our big adventure!
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