Gill and Peter overnighted at Borkum ‘Henry’ Marina basin pictured, which proved quite shallow
said there was ‘no problem going along the Borkumer Wattfahrwasser’. He also kindly told us that two Dutch yachts were leaving in the morning and, as they drew considerably more than we did, if we followed them, we would be OK. Sure enough, at exactly the time the Harbour Master said, we left the harbour following the two Dutch yachts and crossed the Wattfahrwasser with no problems. We did however need to be very cautious, as at times we saw less than 2 feet below our keel on our depth sounder. Timing is crucial for travelling along
this inland route and, as the next island we wished to visit was Norderney, it would have meant doing the inland channel on a falling tide due to its distance from Borkum. So we decided to turn inland down the Osterems channel to Greetsiel, which is a quaint fishing-holiday village on the mainland. To get to Greetsiel you have to traverse the huge sea lock, Greetsiel Schleuse Leysiel. Operating on VHF channel 17, Berth for €21 euros. Yacht Club Greetsiel offered solid pontoons, electric, water and showers
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