Imray | Barcode: 9781786790538

Cruising Guide to the Netherlands and Belgium

Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation

Author:	Kieran Flatt and Hilary Keatinge
Published:	2025
Size:	210 × 197 mm

£37⁵⁰

Tax included

Product variants

Delivery Information

We aim to dispatch all orders by the next business day, but we're a small business and sometimes when it's busy it may take a little bit longer. If there's going to be any delays we'll get in touch and keep you up-to-date.

Shipping is free for all orders of £50 or more!

We work with Royal Mail, DPD and DHL to offer the most convenient delivery options to our customers.

Friendly Advice

Chris is a Master Mariner and knows a thing or two about seafaring. If you need any help then don't be shy - send us an email or get in touch using the WhatsApp icon.

Easy Returns

Not what you were looking for? No problem. We can accept returns of items in as-sold condition for up to 30 days (maybe a bit longer but don't tell anyone).

Just let us know and we'll sort everything out, including the shipping cost back to us.

Unfortunately this doesn't apply to Print on Demand charts as they are correct at the time of printing.

Of course if there's any faults or damage then let us know and we'll make it right!

Pilotage from Nieuwpoort to the Waddenzee

A new RCC cruising guide to the Netherlands and Belgium. Includes mast-up routes, inland waterways and coastal pilotage, with chartlets and local detail.

Cruising Guide to the Netherlands and Belgium is a new first edition from the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation, building on Brian Navin’s popular guide which was regarded as the authoritative companion for anyone cruising the Netherlands using fixed mast routes.

The new guide provides a comprehensive overview and pilotage of the coastal ports and the mast-up routes through the heart of the Netherlands. Coverage stretches from Nieuwpoort in Belgium via the Rhine-Maas-Schelde Delta, up the coast of Holland and into the stunning cruising grounds of the Waddenzee to the border with Germany. Additionally, an edited selection of inland routes for yachts covers the rivers and canals of north and south Holland, Friesland and Groningen. The marinas, ports, and waterways of the IJsselmeer, Markermeer and Randmeren complete the volume.

The authors Kieran Flatt and Hilary Keatinge look in extensive detail at the practicalities, culture, and history of the countries, and have illustrated the guide with excellent photographs. Familiar Imray chartlets provide useful guidance. A must for anyone exploring these countries for the first time, or for frequent visitors.

About the Authors

Kieran Flatt
Kieran is a writer, editor and journalist whose main focus is on boats and sailing. He owns a 28ft Holman Twister, Cleaver II, which is currently based near Amsterdam. In the last 20 years he has cruised extensively in most sea areas between the Baltic and Biscay.

Hilary Keatinge
Hilary ‘grew up’ in Dun Laoghaire harbour and has been living and sailing ever since. Hilary began sailing in a clinker-built pram dinghy and progressed to a Heron; she sailed and team-raced in university Fireflies, then a Flying 15, a GP in Nigeria, an Enterprise in Zimbabwe. She and her husband Bill bought their first cruising boat in Jamaica in 1970 – a Tartan 27. From there they raced and cruised in various craft in Australia and for 11 years in Dutch waters. Their last boat, a much beloved Aphrodite 42, was summer home to them in many parts of the Mediterranean.

A teacher, journalist, author of Ijsselmeer Harbours (1989); The Flavour of Holland (1994); also compiler of a history of the Irish Cruising Club 1979–2004; and now co-author of Atlantic Islands.