Today we are sharing our vacational video from may 2022 with you. This was our first huge tour with our steel cabin boat and we have made a little travel documentation for you.
Cause we did not found a lot of content about traveling with cabin boats in the area of the river elbe, we thought about sharing this with you. maybe to inspire, giving needful tips, or even just for entertaining and beeing with us on tour.
This video does not claim to be a perfect documentation. Due to harsh conditions we even did not have filmed material of every part of our journey. Here our safety came first.
Our Boat - "Schnackel" is a round 50 years oul steel displacer cabin boat, build in netherlands with a 4 cylinder 62hp Ford Supermajor "tractor" motor.
27foot by 10foot and 3 foot of depth. Our little ship displaces water of 5.5 metric tons empty.
Our Route :
Day 1 - Wedel (near Hamburg) on the river of elbe to Brunsbuettel, through the lock into "Kiel-Kanal" (NOK) to Rendsburg. (1 lock this day )
Day 2 - Rendsburg marina Schreiber via "Kiel Kanal" to Kiel Holtenau (end of Kiel-Kanal) and through the lock and the bay of Kiel to "Baltic bay marina" in Laboe ( 1 lock this day )
Day 3 - From "baltic bay marina Laboe to the open baltic sea. With avoidence of the military restricted areas of "Bay of Hohwacht" through "Fehmarn Sund bridge" to Burgstaaken on the Island of Fehmarn.
Day 4 - From "Marina Burgstaaken" down the coast, over Grossenbrode and Kellenhusen, crossing the bay of Lubeck, round the shalllow spot "Lieps" to "Boltenhagen".
Day 4-6 - Holidays in Boltenhagen, short trips into the bay, swimming, snorcheling, fishing and sunbathing. Just enjoying our time.
Day 7 - From "Marina Boltenhagen" round the shallows of Lieps along the coast to "Travemuende" and through river Trave to Lubeck.
Day 8 - From Lubeck on the Trave to the first lock of "Elbe Lubeck Kanal" to Lauenburg (Elbe) ( 7 locks )
Day 9 - From Lauenburg on the River Elbe to Geesthacht, through the lock back into our tidal river Elbe, via Southern Elbe and the main River Elbe back to Wedel near Hamburg to our "Yacht Marina Hamburg".
Equipment - Gopro Hero 8, Hohem Gimbal Isteady Pro 3, Mavic Mini 2 Drone