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Only think of any use so far is there a lot of floating weed which we managed to get on our prop a few times now .
Now in Gouda , bit tight to get in we actually ended up coming in astern ,
€17 a night inc ele and water .
Is that in the town or at the club? Don't forget to buy some cheese. Although sold everywhere, there are a couple of specialist shops with a wider choice. They will vacuum wrap the cheese if you wish, and it will keep until you get home.
 

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It sounds like you are in the WSV Gouda, that is very tight. Friendly club but the entrance is a bit shallow for us at 1.8m, scrape the bottom in places and a bit industrial.The town [Kattensingel] is quieter and closer to shops etc., but involves more bridges and a lock. The museum is excellent and if you coincide with the cheese market, it's touristy, tacky but great fun. The epitome of "cheesey".
The next stretch towards Haarlem has some boring stretches but consider a detour to Leiden. Brassemermeer has plenty of marinas or just anchor. A favourite of ours is de Hem at entrance to the lake. More like a campsite than a marina.
 
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It sounds like you are in the WSV Gouda, that is very tight. Friendly club but the entrance is a bit shallow for us at 1.8m, scrape the bottom in places and a bit industrial.The town [Kattensingel] is quieter and closer to shops etc., but involves more bridges and a lock. The museum is excellent and if you coincide with the cheese market, it's touristy, tacky but great fun. The epitome of "cheesey".
The next stretch towards Haarlem has some boring stretches but consider a detour to Leiden. Brassemermeer has plenty of marinas or just anchor. A favourite of ours is de Hem at entrance to the lake. More like a campsite than a marina.
We have often used the Brassemermeer as a stop for the night, usually at the small marina at the north end. On the last occasion, about four years ago we were presented with a bottle of local gherkins by the HM, and also shown his certificate for winning the ‘best harbourmaster’ competition the previous year. We have also spent the night by the shops at the northern exit as one of three British boats, sporting red, blue, and white ensigns, one being our companions.
 

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It sounds like you are in the WSV Gouda, that is very tight. Friendly club but the entrance is a bit shallow for us at 1.8m, scrape the bottom in places and a bit industrial.The town [Kattensingel] is quieter and closer to shops etc., but involves more bridges and a lock. The museum is excellent and if you coincide with the cheese market, it's touristy, tacky but great fun. The epitome of "cheesey".
The next stretch towards Haarlem has some boring stretches but consider a detour to Leiden. Brassemermeer has plenty of marinas or just anchor. A favourite of ours is de Hem at entrance to the lake. More like a campsite than a marina.
Yes we are in WSV and as you said it is shallow although we did have .4 under are 1.6 keel,, the HM did say he had a lot deeper boats and the bottom is very soft mud .
The HM is a Very friendly guy couldn't do enough for us .

Fuel here is €2.10 a lt .

Other then the Groteburg Road bridge that keeps us waiting 1 hour and 30 mins , time advertise on there site and any info we could find was all incorrect,
All the other bridges and lock where very straight forward.
 

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Well we not got far in the last few day, ended up anchored in Brassemermeer ,
Thanks for the suggestion of the marina John but we do prefer our hook when we can,
Although there was many here during the day, only a few stayed the night,
Last night with a F7 forecaster we was the only boat on this large lake.
To day we off again , not far tho , a few miles to Kaag.
 

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It maybe some help to tho doing this route , there An App called water map live , sorry to say its in Dutch but not to difficult to work it out .
If give times route and even when bridges are close for repairs and delays too .
 

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It maybe some help to tho doing this route , there An App called water map live , sorry to say its in Dutch but not to difficult to work it out .
If give times route and even when bridges are close for repairs and delays too .
That's a handy app. Fairly similiar to the Vaarkaart Nederland one I mentioned earlier, but with a few extras. Thanks.
 

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A bit more info , Leiden harbour , payment, harbour fee ,power , water it's all done throught an app , so smart phone be ready .
I guess if you don't have one there some other way to pay.
 

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A bit more info , Leiden harbour , payment, harbour fee ,power , water it's all done throught an app , so smart phone be ready .
I guess if you don't have one there some other way to pay.
That's new.
We were directed to the rampart moorings, quieter than central marina but overhanging trees were a hazard. Loved the floating bar, museums of antiquities, ethnology and botanic gardens. There was also a small museum dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers who started from Leiden, not Plymouth.
 

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Moving on.
Haarlem not sure if this is new or not butyou have to pay to get through Haarlem.
You can do this in two way pay at the last Bridge or down load an app called ( ann uit) this was the same app used to pay the mooring fees power and water in Leidon .
The 18 miles and 18 bridge took 7 hours although to be fair we had to wait at a railway bridge for three hours .
Here for a few days now .
 

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There’s quite a lot to see in Haarlem. The Teylor’s museum is a fascinating look at what museums used to be like, and all the better for it. Frank Hals’ house is lovely, especially if one of my all-time favourite paintings is there, which it wasn’t last time I went - the Regentesses of the almshouse, painted when I think he was about eighty. There is a fine market, and Mozart played the superb organ in the Great Church, though I don’t think he plays there any more.
 

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Just to inform anyone heading this way this year,
The Markermoor has quite a lot of weed so best to keep in the channel to your way out.
We also found a nice anchorages in the Harbour just by the marina in Enkhuizen ,
Read somewhere someone was charged €10 a night,
but we been here now for three night and no one bothered us.
Only down side fir us was a Dutch boat drag into us the first night about 2 am , wind was only 16 kts and with the muddies bottom god know how he drag , I can only imagine he not got enough scope being so shallow probably tho 3x was enough .
Lucky for us he ended up on our chain so it protected him from hitting our top side .
 

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Just to inform anyone heading this way this year,
The Markermoor has quite a lot of weed so best to keep in the channel to your way out.
We also found a nice anchorages in the Harbour just by the marina in Enkhuizen ,
Read somewhere someone was charged €10 a night,
but we been here now for three night and no one bothered us.
Only down side fir us was a Dutch boat drag into us the first night about 2 am , wind was only 16 kts and with the muddies bottom god know how he drag , I can only imagine he not got enough scope being so shallow probably tho 3x was enough .
Lucky for us he ended up on our chain so it protected him from hitting our top side .
We had a problem with weed going from Edam to Hoorn, had to keep reversing. Some boats needed the lifeboat.
If you are going into Friesland (recommended) you can buy a Marrekrite pennant which allows you to use the staging and moorings free. I stayed for several days before I realised I should have one, nobody commented.
 

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We had a problem with weed going from Edam to Hoorn, had to keep reversing. Some boats needed the lifeboat.
If you are going into Friesland (recommended) you can buy a Marrekrite pennant which allows you to use the staging and moorings free. I stayed for several days before I realised I should have one, nobody commented.
Where did you buy it from ?
Maybe move on to N of Oosterhaven , look like possibly bein able to anchor there near where the ferry goes , with strong SW forecaster should be fine .
Bit of a beat tho .
 

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Where did you buy it from ?
Maybe move on to N of Oosterhaven , look like possibly bein able to anchor there near where the ferry goes , with strong SW forecaster should be fine .
Bit of a beat tho .
The Marrekrite organisation provides a system of staging berths, moorings and walking / cycling routes. You can buy a pennant at most chandlers, fuel berths or marinas, they will also supply a map showing the locations. Expensive if only staying a day or so but excellent value for more than about 3 days. As far as I know it only operates within Friesland but could be wider. We usually enter via Lemmer or Stavoren.
The mooring places are usually fairly basic, just a river bank or staging and sometimes a rubbish bin or occasionally a chemical loo. Usually in remote locations and very peaceful.
 

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We bought our Marrekrite pennant from the VVV (tourist information office) in Heeg. Indeed they are pretty widely available in Friesland. (Most of) the mooring places are marked on the Navionics app on my phone, if you zoom in close enough of course.

Going back to the subject of weed in the Markermeer, you can get an overview of the scale of the problem here: Waterplanten.nu

It is updated, including with areas where they have "mown".
 
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