Sailing through Dutch Windfarms

[TLouth7]

I vaguely recall someone here mentioning that it is now acceptable to sail through certain Dutch windfarms, but cannot find any details. Could anyone point me in the direction of a definitive list/document?

I am specifically interested in the one off Ijmuiden.

 

[Old Bumbulum]

Is it unacceptable to sail through windfarms if they haven't created a prohibited zone around them?
And how many of those are there? I don't see prohibited areas on my charts?

 

[tillergirl]

As a general rule in Belgium and Holland the wind farms are prohibited zones. But the Dutch created some exemptions. There was a thread on the Forum courtesy of a Dutch member (was it westhinder?) who provided a link to the named wind farms. I recall they were the Ijmuiden wind farms that were exempted.

 

[mcetap]

They are described here:
https://www.noordzeeloket.nl/en/functions-and-use/offshore-wind-energy/wind-farms-open/

From the website:
As of May 1, 2018 three wind farms off the coast of the Netherlands are open for ships with a length up to 24 meters. These are the wind farms: Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ), Prinses Amalia Windpark (PAWP) just offshore IJmuiden and Luchterduinen (LUD) 12NM west of the coastal town of Noordwijk.

 

[tillergirl]

Thank you.

 

[TLouth7]

Thanks all, that is just the information I needed.

For others who don't wish to read the code of conduct document from the linked webpage: the windfarms are only accessible during daylight, you must have a class B AIS transponder as well as monitoring channel 16. Maintain 50m clearance to turbines and 500m to substations. No anchoring.

Sadly that means I will have to go round as I don't have an active AIS transponder.

 

[Tradewinds]

Doesn't sound like it would be very relaxing anyway.

Thanks all, that is just the information I needed.

For others who don't wish to read the code of conduct document from the linked webpage: the windfarms are only accessible during daylight, you must have a class B AIS transponder as well as monitoring channel 16. Maintain 50m clearance to turbines and 500m to substations. No anchoring.

Sadly that means I will have to go round as I don't have an active AIS transponder.

 

[johnalison]

Doesn't sound like it would be very relaxing anyway.

Possibly not but I have been through a few and the spacing is much larger than it appears from a distance. Some have designated passages, and I believe that the one between here and the Roompot has a specified route. For some reason the wind seems to drop in their vicinity.