For details click in the outlined regions above.

For tidal information of the Netherlands coast, click here and choose your port of call.

General Remarks:

Regulations and Qualifications:  Regulations in the Netherlands and Belgium are identical.
All craft longer than 15 m. or faster than 20 kn. must be skippered by the holder of a Skipper's certificate.
Otherwise:
ICC (Int.Certif.of Competence): no
ICP (Int.Certif. for Pleasure Craft) - Ownership: yes
Int. Insurance Certif.: yes
VAT evidence: yes
Crewlist: no

Bordercontrols: Anyone on board of a boat, sailing or lying in a port along the North Sea coast, the Wadden Sea, or the Westerschelde, can be asked by the dutch customs for their identification such as a valid passport or official identity card . A driving license is not valid since it is not a proof of nationality.

Map scales?  The bigger the scale, the smaller the surface of the area.
1:1.000.000 is a small scale. 1:7.500 is a large scale. At a scale of 1:50,000, 1 cm on the chart is 50.000 cm = 500 meters in reality.

Pigeons: Ever had a lost or tired pigeon on board ? The Pigeons Organization recommends: "Give it some water and cooked rice. It will fly away after a short rest."

 Which flares are required on board?

Weather forecasts in english for
- Dutch coastal waters from Netherlands Coastguard,
- and daily at 08.05 am, 01.05 - 07.05 - 11.05 pm on VHF 23 or 83
- Dutch Coastguard for Continental Shelf