Someone completely messed up
Welcome back aboard Lady Liselotte for part two of our journey along the Seine, traveling from Honfleur towards Rouen! It turns out to be another eventful stretch on this impressive French river. Footage: 2025-09-14, s6, e12.
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It is actually afternoon this time, but that doesn't mean we are skipping our classic 'Coffee Time' ritual! Welcome back aboard Lady Liselotte for part two of our journey over the Seine, from Honfleur to Rouen.
Grab a drink, sit back, and enjoy this fateful moment with me. Why fateful? Well... I completely messed up.
In this episode, you’ll see that despite having three different almanacs, guidebooks, and PDFs, I managed to create total confusion about the mandatory VHF radio channel on the Seine. Is it 10 or 73? I called and called, but nobody answered... and with Shaggy's voice in my head saying "It wasn't me", I have my own theory on why they ignored me.
But that's not all. Apparently, "somebody" (and I’m not saying it was me, but it was my 32-ton boat...) made a total mess of calculating the tidal current. We expected to zoom up the river, but instead, I found myself virtually standing still while watching a giant container ship approach me—without a blue sign to be found.
As we get closer to the massive port of Rouen, my AIS alarm starts screaming because two river cruise ships are entering my safety zone. Was I prepared? Let’s just say my chartplotter had some very... 'creative' views of the river.
It's a journey filled with autumn colors, lovely French pastry, complete radio silence, and some questionable navigational decisions.
I hope you like this honest look at life on the water. If you do, please give this video a Thumbs Up 👍 and Subscribe to the channel to see how I try to fix my mess in the next video! Your support means the world! ❤️
Video Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Afternoon 'Coffee Time' ☕️🍰
0:23 - The Seine Part 2: Chaos on the Radio (VHF Confusion)
2:10 - No Response: They're all ignoring me!
5:39 - Autumn Colors & Questionable Wind
6:08 - Massive Container Ship & No Blue Sign 🚢
7:02 - Stood Still: The "Somebody Else" Tidal Calculation Error 💨
10:46 - AIS Alarm: Close Encounters with Cruise Ships 🔊
11:56 - Entering the Endless Port of Rouen
13:19 - Outro & Shaggy vibes. Bye-bye!
#LadyLiselotte #Seine #Rouen #Honfleur #CruisingFrance #VHFConfusion #AISAlarm #Shaggy #ItWasntMe #MotorboatVlog
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Someone completely messed up
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Dr. Henk-Jan van Essen balanced a PhD defense with single-handed trawler voyaging on 'Lady Liselot'. Follow his 2026 mission to London and Paris in this feature.
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Welcome back aboard Lady Liselotte for part two of our journey along the Seine, traveling from Honfleur towards Rouen! It turns out to be another eventful stretch on this impressive French river. Footage: 2025-09-14, s6, e12.
EASIEST WAY TO SUPPORT ME?
1. Subscribe to the channel!
2. Help me build a fund to pay the loan I took to get my engines rebuild. Please donate via https://www.gofundme.com/f/mvladyliselot
It is actually afternoon this time, but that doesn’t mean we are skipping our classic ‘Coffee Time’ ritual! Welcome back aboard Lady Liselotte for part two of our journey over the Seine, from Honfleur to Rouen.
Grab a drink, sit back, and enjoy this fateful moment with me. Why fateful? Well… I completely messed up.
In this episode, you’ll see that despite having three different almanacs, guidebooks, and PDFs, I managed to create total confusion about the mandatory VHF radio channel on the Seine. Is it 10 or 73? I called and called, but nobody answered… and with Shaggy’s voice in my head saying “It wasn’t me”, I have my own theory on why they ignored me.
But that’s not all. Apparently, “somebody” (and I’m not saying it was me, but it was my 32-ton boat…) made a total mess of calculating the tidal current. We expected to zoom up the river, but instead, I found myself virtually standing still while watching a giant container ship approach me—without a blue sign to be found.
As we get closer to the massive port of Rouen, my AIS alarm starts screaming because two river cruise ships are entering my safety zone. Was I prepared? Let’s just say my chartplotter had some very… ‘creative’ views of the river.
It’s a journey filled with autumn colors, lovely French pastry, complete radio silence, and some questionable navigational decisions.
I hope you like this honest look at life on the water. If you do, please give this video a Thumbs Up 👍 and Subscribe to the channel to see how I try to fix my mess in the next video! Your support means the world! ❤️
Video Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro & Afternoon ‘Coffee Time’ ☕️🍰
0:23 – The Seine Part 2: Chaos on the Radio (VHF Confusion)
2:10 – No Response: They’re all ignoring me!
5:39 – Autumn Colors & Questionable Wind
6:08 – Massive Container Ship & No Blue Sign 🚢
7:02 – Stood Still: The “Somebody Else” Tidal Calculation Error 💨
10:46 – AIS Alarm: Close Encounters with Cruise Ships 🔊
11:56 – Entering the Endless Port of Rouen
13:19 – Outro & Shaggy vibes. Bye-bye!
#LadyLiselotte #Seine #Rouen #Honfleur #CruisingFrance #VHFConfusion #AISAlarm #Shaggy #ItWasntMe #MotorboatVlog
Thanks for coming along! Please leave any questions or comments below.
Someone completely messed up
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