sailorman
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Your not kidding
the lads on the chariot were as fas from lsw as one could get, 2 strapping rugby players :encouragement:
it was down to initiative, necessity being the mother of invention
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the lads on the chariot were as fas from lsw as one could get, 2 strapping rugby players :encouragement:
it was down to initiative, necessity being the mother of invention
Plum
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I have only been once, and that was only for fuel then immediately out again, so I know the entrance is easy. Next time I will stay longer but I am confused and would appeciate help. There appears to be three marinas but other posters and my charts all seem to call them by different names, refering to them as VVW, VK, Airforce, KYCN, VY. So as a stranger, not sure which is where, which VHF channel number each uses and what name would i call on that channel number. Also, it is not obvious from the maps where the "old town" is that others refer to. Can you help please.
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Dan Tribe
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Are far as I'm aware, there are three marinas on four sites. Going clockwise, the 1st on the left [eastern side] in Portus Novus, is the WSKLuM [Royal Airforce Yacht Club], then, centred on the Pyramid is VY [Vlaamse Yachthaven]. I think the marina on the river side is part of the same organsation. On the right hand side [West] is the KYCN [Royal Yacht Club]. There are large signs on the approach channel giving VHF call signs etc , although I usually find a berth then ask.
The old town, such as it is, is to the South of the bridge behind the tram stops. There are some interesting bits but much of it was flattened by WW1 shelling.
I have not visited Nieuwpoort Bad but if you like seaside things it may be worth a go.
I nearly got caught out this year by a pile in the entrance channel, busy putting sails away etc. spotted it just in time. Keep your eyes out of the boat!
The old town, such as it is, is to the South of the bridge behind the tram stops. There are some interesting bits but much of it was flattened by WW1 shelling.
I have not visited Nieuwpoort Bad but if you like seaside things it may be worth a go.
I nearly got caught out this year by a pile in the entrance channel, busy putting sails away etc. spotted it just in time. Keep your eyes out of the boat!
PetiteFleur
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We last went a few years ago with my two grandchildren, got the tides wrong and got in at 0200 in the morning! So just found the nearest empty berth and crashed out. Woken at 0800 by the local Customs who were friendly and just wanted to see our various papers, passports etc. The grandchildren didn't even wake up! Wonderful phosphorescent though whilst motoring in a dead calm sea.
westhinder
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Dan Tribe is correct.
I’d just add that there are three clubs, each running a marina and providing visitor’s berths. As you enter, the first you encounter, on your starboard side, is KYCN, the Royal Yacht Club Nieuwpoort. Continuing up the channel you will see a lot of boats on your port side. The pontoons along the channel belong to VYN, Vlaamse Yachthaven Nieuwpoort, which used to be called VVW but has recently changed its name. The club house and harbourmaster are in the grey brick building next to the white pyramid which houses the facilities. If you turn left as you reach the first pontoon and the pilings, you proceed into the Portus Novus dock where the majority of the pontoons are. As you enter, the pontoons on your starboard side also belong to VYN/VVW, the ones on your port side and straight ahead are WSKLUM, the Airforce sailing club. The brown brick building on your port side is the WSKLUM clubhouse.
If you ignore all the pontoons and continue up the channel, you pass a left hand bend, after which you will see Nieuwpoort Town on your starboard side with the fish market prominent on the quay. On your port side you will have passed the fuel pontoon and two shipyards. There is another fuel pontoon in KYCN marina.
Motorboats and yachts that can lower their masts can continue under the bridge and enter the inland waterways through the locks. There are two smaller marinas behind the locks.
Work has started in the entrance channel on a storm surge barrier. There are currently four piles that indicate the gap that will be left when the barrier is finished in two years’ time. The barrier will have a gate that lies on the bottom of the channel and will only be closed if the water is predicted to rise above the level that threatens to flood the town and the polders. The construction will affect the speed of the current in the channel significantly, especially on the ebb in periodes of heavy rainfall, when the outflow of the river Ijzer increases.
I’d just add that there are three clubs, each running a marina and providing visitor’s berths. As you enter, the first you encounter, on your starboard side, is KYCN, the Royal Yacht Club Nieuwpoort. Continuing up the channel you will see a lot of boats on your port side. The pontoons along the channel belong to VYN, Vlaamse Yachthaven Nieuwpoort, which used to be called VVW but has recently changed its name. The club house and harbourmaster are in the grey brick building next to the white pyramid which houses the facilities. If you turn left as you reach the first pontoon and the pilings, you proceed into the Portus Novus dock where the majority of the pontoons are. As you enter, the pontoons on your starboard side also belong to VYN/VVW, the ones on your port side and straight ahead are WSKLUM, the Airforce sailing club. The brown brick building on your port side is the WSKLUM clubhouse.
If you ignore all the pontoons and continue up the channel, you pass a left hand bend, after which you will see Nieuwpoort Town on your starboard side with the fish market prominent on the quay. On your port side you will have passed the fuel pontoon and two shipyards. There is another fuel pontoon in KYCN marina.
Motorboats and yachts that can lower their masts can continue under the bridge and enter the inland waterways through the locks. There are two smaller marinas behind the locks.
Work has started in the entrance channel on a storm surge barrier. There are currently four piles that indicate the gap that will be left when the barrier is finished in two years’ time. The barrier will have a gate that lies on the bottom of the channel and will only be closed if the water is predicted to rise above the level that threatens to flood the town and the polders. The construction will affect the speed of the current in the channel significantly, especially on the ebb in periodes of heavy rainfall, when the outflow of the river Ijzer increases.
