Germany - Yachting Essentials
Electricity:
- Voltage: 220 V
- Frequency: 50 Hz
Most harbor yacht berths have both water and electricity.
Fuel:
All diesel fuel from both fuel berths and shore-based fuel stations contain 7% biodiesel.
A few marinas have pump-out facilities.
Very few fuel stations in marinas offer diesel without bio ingredients. To avoid growth of bacteria add an additive. The Baltic Sea Cruising Network give recommendations and advice on additives here.
Petrol is available from most alongside fuelling points.
LPG:
Both propane and camping gas bottles are widely available.
Flag Etiquette:
Pleasure crafts fly their national flag. The tradition of raising and lowering flags morning and evening is not strictly enforced except in naval circles.
Navigation:
See Restrictions for details on prohibited areas and other navigation warnings.
Marinas and Anchoring:
There are no mooring buoys allowed in coastal waters in Germany. The net of harbours is so dense that there is no need for mooring buoys. Anchoring could be an alternative, however, anchoring in fairways, military exercise areas, offshore windparks and marine protection areas is prohibited. Anywhere else it is generally permitted.
It is necessary to raft out in some harbours i.e. boats lie alongside each other.
It is courteous to ask permission before tying alongside but this should never be refused unless the maximum number of boats permitted to raft out in a particular harbour has been reached.
Numerous marinas, boatyards and boat clubs offer winter storage ashore. All harbours offer services of sailmakers, shipyards, engine service or electricians. The best and easiest way is to ask the local harbour master or to search online.
Stations for sewage pump out exist in a few harbours. For more information see here, or ask the local harbour master.
The most extensive repair facilities are concentrated around the main sailing centres at Hamburg, Kiel and Bremen.
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The measure of closing all harbours in Schleswig-Holstein is prolonged until 24-4 (notice to mariners 85/20 27-3-2020). This includes Helgoland and the west-coast between Brunsbuttel and the Danish border. The measures making it impossible to use the Kiel canal for transit.
Gas Cylinders can be refilled in Northern Germany http://www.faerbergas.de/ I was able to have a US fibreglass 5kg cylinder and a UK calor gas 6kg refilled in Flensburg, there are also other locations listed on their website
Hello, I am looking for a wintering out of the water for my sailboat (Feeling 1090) in the Kiel area. Any good feedback will be appreciated.
Regards,
Gérard
Hi Gerard, we had a similar enquiry last year and the cruiser in question sent the following feedback:
We left the boat in Greifswald, a small, quaint and old Hanse town south of the island Rügen.
Situated there is the Hanse Yachts Wharf that offers full-service winter storage at a competitive price (some 20% less than most of the marinas we contacted in the area). The place is very protected weather-wise, as the town itself and the wharf are situated some 3-4 km inland, along a narrow river.
Access point is Greifswald Wieck, where the old bridge opens every hour at the hour (from 9 am to 8 pm, if memory serves) to allow boats and ships to pass.
Hanse Yacht Werf itself offers a full spectrum of services, from winter storage (as in our case, we will not be present when our boat will be lifted up), rigging services, sail makers, motor service and repairs, hull repair, painting etc and a well equipped marine store. A big yacht rental company operates in the compound, and all normal marina services are provided (toilets, showers, laundry, electricity, water etc).
There is quite a lot of talk about the water depth on entrances between the islands called seegats. The sandbanks are moving and the channels may be silted with reduced depths.
We found the German Wattenschipper service (http://www.wattenschipper.de/Aktuelles.htm) extremely useful. They provide LW water depth soundings on all seegats together with tips on entrance channel usage.
Andrus.
S/Y Suwena – http://www.suwena.net/en