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Ships displace huge amounts of water, and it doesn’t come back immediately when they are gone!

May 29, 2019

Last weekend, while wave watching at one of my favourite spots, I observed something curious. Look at the movie below, this is what the turbulent wake of a ship usually…

Windy days at Holtenau locks: Now THAT’s a turbulent wake!

April 16, 2019

Now that the weather is nice and sunny again, here is what it looked like only last Saturday. It wasn’t even really stormy, but windy enough so that the ships…

Wave watching at Kiel Holtenau locks

April 10, 2019

On Sunday, I set out to see a large cruise liner go through the locks at Kiel Holtenau. What happened, though, was that a ship with a smiley painted on…

Interesting pilot ship #wavewatching at Kiel canal

April 8, 2019

Some throwback Friday evening wave watching (at the locks at Kiel Holtenau with my friend Sara for a nice and relaxing end of the week) to start the new week.…

Wave watching at the locks in Kiel Holtenau

February 28, 2019

Yes, we are back to wake watching! Today I went to a new-to-me wave watching spot: The bridge across Kiel canal close to the Holtenau locks, which you see in…

More wave watching, this time in Kiel

January 15, 2019

Beautiful morning arriving back in Kiel… Looking downwind, the weather might seem pleasant (especially when focussing on the sunrise). But looking upwind however, the wind rows on the water as…

Wave watching at the Kiel Holtenau locks

September 12, 2018

So many people are surprised when I speak of wave watching as of a “real activity”. But to me it is! So I am going to talk you through a…

Locks at Kiel Canal

June 13, 2017

The locks at Kiel canal always make for interesting weekend strolls. I love watching ships! Especially armed with my favourite app, VesselFinder (similar to marine traffic described here), because it…

Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal

August 15, 2014

My friend Astrid recently went to see the Panama Canal and I so wish I had been there, too! But luckily Astrid made tons of movies of how a ship…

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Ships displace huge amounts of water, and it doesn’t come back immediately when they are gone!

Windy days at Holtenau locks: Now THAT’s a turbulent wake!

Wave watching at Kiel Holtenau locks

Interesting pilot ship #wavewatching at Kiel canal

Wave watching at the locks in Kiel Holtenau

More wave watching, this time in Kiel

Wave watching at the Kiel Holtenau locks

Locks at Kiel Canal

Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal

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