With a robust sloop along the Frisian Eleven Towns
WOLVEGA (NL) – Following the footsteps of world famous Eleven Towns ice skaters and experience Friesland as a water land with its romantic cities and villages? Sailing during the day – and stamping! – and in the evening lodging and dining in the cosiest hotels of Friesland. These are the main ingredients of this Eleven Cities sloop vacation of the bureau for tourism Friesland Holland.
A sloop is a classic styled, handy and stable luxury open motorboat, with a convertible bonnet, after the model of the authentic rescue vessel. Everyone is able to sail with a sloop as no license is required, just like a motor- and sail yachts that go until 15 metres and cannot go any faster than 20 kilometres per hour. And 20 kilometres per hour is pretty fast! The average – and often offered – vessel speed of a sloop is between 7 and 9 kilometres per hour. It is a real pleasure boat, with the emphasis on pleasure!
The sloop
The Eleven Towns sloop is a luxury open sloop with steering stand, convertible bonnet over the front seats with storage space. Suitcases are not convenient on board of the sloop; it is rather recommended to take bags with you. They fit much easier in the storage space you have. A sloop has a minimum length of 5 metres and a maximum of 7,25 metres. The width lies between 2,30 and 2,66 metres. The draft of the boat lies between 50 to 70 centimetres and the clearance is 90 to a maximum of 165 centimetres. The sloop has pillows and is foreseen of a thruster, so sailing will go easily. The sloop has an inside steering control with hydraulic steering. Fender around.
Number of persons aboard
In most sloops there is place for 4 to 8 persons, depending on the length, which varies between 5,40 and 7,25 metres.
The width lies between 2,10 and 2,65 metres.
Clearance
Most sloops have a clearance between 90 to 165 centimetres and are able to go underneath fixed and movable bridges. The Eleven Towns Route has a lot of fixed bridges with a clearance of 2,50 metres and some Watergates, like in Sloten and Sneek. With the sloop you are able to go to all the Eleven Cities.
Draft
The sloops are not that deep under water: around 60 centimetres. You can sail almost all nature areas like National Park De Alde Feanen and De Weerribben and lots of other low-boat-routes. There are also special sailing routes for electro sloops, paths in nature areas which cannot be done by diesel sloop.
Luggage service
Travel organisation Friesland Holland can bring your luggage from accommodation to accommodation, if you prefer not to have your suitcases on board. With the Eleven Towns cycling package the luggage service is mainly included in the price; with the sloop package it is optional. Sloops do have storage room, but mainly for smaller bags. Therefore suitcases are not so convenient on a sloop.
Common type electro sloop: Rivercruise sloop
Starting day
Any day
Starting place
Heeg.
The start location is related to availability of the yacht charters and the hotels.
Finish place
The same as the starting place
Route
Heeg - Sloten - Stavoren - Koudum - Hindeloopen - Workum - Bolsward - Harlingen - Franeker - Burdaard - Dokkum - Leeuwarden - Sneek - IJlst - Heeg
Price information
Inclusive
• Reservation fees
• The rental of a 6-persons sloop for 7 days
• 6 overnight stays with breakfast and dinner in hotels
• Life jackets
• Cleaning costst
• ANWB water map Friesland B
NEW:
• Free Friesland Holiday Passport (unique five-language information book of Friesland worth € 4.95)
• Free Fries Voordeelpas worth € 25, - for hundreds of euro's discount on attractions and products
Exclusive
• Bridge and port charges (1 week around €150,-)
• Gasoline (1 week around €75,-)
• Security deposit; the entire amount will be given back if the boat is free of damage
• Insurances (Aqua Polis)
• Luggage transport (Extra charges for luggage transport €75,- per person)
By 2 persons in the sloop:
€931,93 per person (double room)
By 3 persons in the sloop:
€878,68 per person (double room + single room)
By 4 persons in the sloop:
€745,52 per person (2 double rooms)
By 5 persons in the sloop:
€713,56 per person (2 double rooms + single room)
By 6 persons in the sloop:
€686,96 per person (3 double rooms)
By 7 persons in the sloop:
€697,58 per person (3 double rooms + single room)
By 8 persons in the sloop:
€655,- per person (4 double rooms)