Through the Netherlands via the Standing Mast Routes

The Staande Mast Routes (Dutch for Standing Mast Routes) enable yachts with their masts up to transit nearly 1,000 kms of inland waterways in the Netherlands leading from Vlissingen close to the Belgian border as far as Delfzijl near the border with Germany. Several hundred yachts (both sail and motor) use the Routes each year to cruise the considerable attractions of the Netherlands or as an alternative to braving the exposed west and north coasts, where ports of refuge are not plentiful. This guide to the Routes is produced and edited by the European Inland Waterways Section (EIWS) of the Cruising Association (CA) and includes newly created maps and detailed navigational information on 14 different routes by which masted yachts can cruise or transit the country. Updated annually, it relies on regular updates from EIWS members cruising the Routes each year. It also includes a 15 per cent discount offer on first year's CA membership to purchasers joining online during the year. Members get free access to the digital editions of this and 24 other inland waterways guides and also to the CA's proprietary CAptain's Mate app, enabling them to access the most up-to-date information on routes and mooring locations.