marina's in northern Europe???

[slowboattochina]

Hello all, I am working on my preliminary Europe trip plans.
Any recomendations on Marina's in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Sweden that are friendly and offer more than just a place to tie up. As in haul out and repair capabilities?
Also fairly priced.
I have looked on marina map dot com I think not enough info is provided to help me decide. I have to stop in Hamburg for a Month, so def need a nice place there.

[Giulietta]

From Portugal to the upper Eastern coast of France, I only knowt that far, you will find hundreds of marinas, and most of them are very friendly and offer several yard services and companies. From France upwards I can't help.

Some come to mind, my marina in Cascais, Portugal, very very nice,

then going North along the Portuguese coast you have:

Figueira da Foz
Porto
Viana do Castelo (that's the marina shown in my son's racing thread 1 week ago)

Vigo in Spain
and then from there on, every 2o miles or so, you'll find marinas..

Hope I helped.

[willyd]

There are several marinas in Emden, Germany that might meet your needs. Picturesque town, too.

[Giulietta]

Ahh, I forgot to give this link..CLICK HERE

they have all the marinas, just google the places you want to visit..on earth google, then go to the site I gave you, look at the marina and get their contacts. most marinas in Europe now have web pages.

Example:

VIGO

CASCAIS

then google the names of the marinas...easy as 1 2 3

For marinas in the specific countires you want, just type the name of the country in the search bar on the at marinas dot com...and take a pick...

[slowboattochina]

good feedback here, I have been doing some searching power of the web is helping many thanks.
Looks like Emden is a bit far from Hamburg any experiences sailing up the Elbe?
The Emder yacht service is the most reasonable priced for haul out that I have found so far.

[LynW]

You don't mention Holland but that is worth considering. The better marinas in Spain, France and Belgium (also UK) are quite expensive.

Holland, away from the coast (eg on the old estuaries in Zeeland), is much more reasonable and there is a good selection of first-class marinas and repair facilities. I have had good work done at Delta Marina on the Veersemeer and at Hellevoetsluis on the Haringvliet, for example. English is spoken everywhere in Holland, if that is a consideration, and travel is easy in such a small country.

[slowboattochina]

Lyn are you referring to this facility
marinas com view/marina/9104
?

I think do to time I may have to go right to Hamburg once I leave France, I may not hit the UK.
Here is a small problem I am encountering most of the facilities\harbor\marinas I find listed on marinas and marinemap on the Elbe do not have contact info listed. Even a google.de search come back empty. Any suggestions where to look?

[LynW]

For Holland, this site has a comprehensive directory of marinas.

Other than the internet, the 'bible' for people cruising north-west Europe is Reeds Nautical Almanac, pub annually by Nautical Data Ltd. Much more comprehensive than its North American cousins, this contains current information on all ports and marinas.

I've not visited Hamburg, but the main marinas listed are Hamburger Yachthafen and Hamburg City Sporthafen. It looks like comprehensive facilities are available. Friends who have been that way have told me that the English-speaking British Kiel Yacht Club have been helpful in providing information about German yachting facilities. Although in a military base, visiting yachts are welcome.

[willyd]

For leads to some yacht clubs in the area, try googling "Marina City Sporthafen Hamburg" Most of the links are in German, but seem to have clickable contact information.

We motored out of the Elbe on a falling tide into a headwind on an Amel 52. The set was 3-4 knots, I think. There was a lot of shipping coming and going, so we stayed just outside the shipping lanes.

[slowboattochina]

so far planning has been pretty ok, until I got to the Hamburg part, but I am making heady way. I found a few phone numbers to call for "marinas" in Hamburg area. They sure don't like email over there

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