Report anchorages: Here’s how
The ADAC ports database includes around 3,500 ports worldwide. Changes and innovations are checked with the harbormasters every year. In addition, ADAC port inspectors regularly …
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Behavioral recommendations for orca encounters
To date, there has not been a single known case of killer whales (Orcinus orca) attacking humans in the wild anywhere in the world. Nevertheless, …
Life jackets: what affects maintenance intervals.
Automatic life jackets usually require basic maintenance and testing every two years. In most cases, the condition, tightness and function are checked, and the trigger …
Find the right inflatable boat
Probably no other type of boat is as widespread as the inflatable boat. The advantages are obvious: from paddle boats, fishing boats, dinghies to highly …
The five most common types of anchors
Designed in the 1930s by Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Works like a plow in the field, hence the name plowshare anchor Between the shaft and …
Retrieve anchor
Problem: Your anchor is hanging in a different anchor harness. In this case, the maneuvers required to get it clear again are a few facets …
Anchor maneuver
The retraction of the anchor is done in five steps – always nice and slow, so that the flukes can grip and are not pulled …
Find the right life jacket
Whether for anglers, sailors, houseboat or motorboat captains: life jackets are the personal rescue angel in an emergency. But which vest is the right one …
Customs duty & VAT
Relocation from a non-EU to an EU country, including the boat as part of a person’s “household effects”, also constitutes a customs procedure. In this …
What you should know when chartering a boat
Do you have the required boat licences and seamanship credentials (e.g. skipper qualification for inland/coastal waters, or radio licence)? Such requirements should be clarified since …