Navigation documents
- The BSH small and recreational craft chart 3015 "Ostfriesische Inseln" (€64.50) will be replaced from 2018 by the A1 charts 1110, 1120, 1160, 1170, 1180 and 1230 at €15.00 each.
- Nautical charts "Atlas Ostfriesland: DE13", NV-Verlag, 49.90 euros.
- Delius-Klasing sports boat charts "Set 22 - German North Sea Coast 2", digital only, 19.90 euros.
- "Tide Calendar", BSH, 2.80 euros.
- Jan Werner: "North Sea Coast 1 - Cuxhaven to Den Helder", Delius Klasing, 29.90 euros.
- "North Sea Harbour Handbook", DSV-Verlag, 45 euros.
- "Revierkalender Deutsche Bucht", annually updated by Axel Weidemann in tide calendar format.
tide calendar format. Free PDF download at www.revierkalender.de.
- "Funkdienst für die Klein- und Sportschifffahrt", BSH, 20 euros.
Non-fiction books on tidal navigation
- Tips for falling dry in YACHT 16/2017 (to order a copy of the magazine/article, call 0251/55 99 11).
- Marianne van der Linden: "Handboek varen op de Waddenzee: getij en stroming,
tochtplannen, navigatie, wantij passeren, droogvallen", Gottmer Uitgevers Groep B.V. 2016,
35.50 euros. Only in Dutch, but currently the best book on Wadden Sea sailing.
- Wilfried Krusekopf: "Sailing in tidal waters. Theory and practice of tidal navigation",
YACHT-Bücherei, Volume 143, Delius Klasing 2017, 16.90 euros.
- Detlef Hinz: "Sailing in the mudflats. As a tidal flat sailor of the 21st century. A guide for
Cruising in the East Frisian Wadden Sea", Isensee Verlag Oldenburg 2014, 18.80 euros.
- Michael Steenbuck: "Seemannschaft im Tidenrevier", Palstek Verlag 2013, 14.80 euros.
- Wolfgang Glebe: "Ebb and flow. The natural phenomenon of the tides explained simply", Delius
Klasing 2010, antiquarian.
To get in the mood
Is and remains THE classic: Erskine Childers' "The Riddle of the Sandbank", Diogenes Verlag, 1975 in paperback. The hardback edition from 1991 is only available in antiquarian bookshops.
Wadden sailors on the Internet
- Soltwaters Wattseglervereinigung e.V., www.soltwaters.de.
- Interessengemeinschaft Runde- und Plattbodenschiffe (IGRPS), www.wattenschipper.de.
- Vereniging Wadvaarders, www.wadvaarders.nl.
Charter tips: Without your own yacht to the mudflats and the East Frisian Islands
- Seminar cruise organised by Bremen sailing school bootsausbildung.com on the subject of navigation in tidal waters. From Friday, 29 April to Friday, 3 May 2018, from/to Bremerhaven on the clipper "Verandering", built in 1898. Two instructors will show participants the beauty of the islands and teach them about route planning, falling dry and the fascinating Wadden Sea habitat. www.bootsausbildung.com.
- Trips to the Wadden Sea and the islands from Norddeich or Harlesiel are offered in July and August on the Bremen Weser barge replica "Franzius". Bremer Weserkahn "Franzius" e.V., Thomas Hinzen, www.franzius-weserkahn.de.
- Berth charter for weekend and week trips on the Hornet 29 "Forvitinn" from Summit Sailing from/to Hooksiel. Summit Sailing, www.summit-sailing.de.
- The Harlesail sailing school in Harlesiel offers trips lasting several hours, for example to Wangerooge, on a Neptun 26. www.harlesail.de.
- Nordsee Charter has two yachts suitable for the Wadden Sea (Feeling 326 DI and Feeling 39 DI) on offer from Bremerhaven. www.nordsee-charter.de.
- Cornish Crabber, Drascombe or Cape Cutter for purists can be chartered from Waddeninzicht from Anjum on the Dutch Lauwersmeer. www.waddeninzicht.com.
- Flat-bottomed boat charters from Zoutkamp, south-east of the Dutch Lauwersmeer: Zeegrundel, Lemsteraak or Schokker. www.waddenschip.nl.
