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15 yachts available in North Sea. Departing from 3 marinas. Prices from €2,220 per week.

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    Marinas & bases

Practical info

Chartering from North Sea: the basics

Charter week
Saturday to Saturday

77% of the bookings in our calendar start on a Saturday.

Departure marinas
3

Bases you can start the week from.

Licence needed?
Not always

1 boats here can be booked with a professional skipper, so no licence is required.

On the water

Sailing conditions in North Sea

Four waters, one label
And only two of them are tidal

24 boats on the tideless IJsselmeer, 15 in tidal Zeeland, 12 on the open Belgian coast, 13 in Norwegian fjords. Decide which before anything else.

A sailing basin
61 monohulls of 71

Averaging 12.4 m and 3.1 cabins with a 2014 build year. Ten motor cruisers and no catamarans worth mentioning.

Tide: all or nothing
Zero on the IJsselmeer, serious in Zeeland

The IJsselmeer is enclosed fresh water. The Zeeland channels and the Belgian coast have large ranges and real streams. Same region label, opposite disciplines.

Changeover day
28 of 71 on a Friday

Against 39 on Saturday and 4 on Monday — the highest weekday share of any saltwater basin we list. Short breaks are genuinely available.

Price floor
From €876

Low for northern Europe. The top of the range is one unusually large boat rather than a market level.

Season
April – October

The shoulder months are cold rather than closed. July and August are the reliable window.

Worth the detour

Where to drop anchor in North Sea

  • 1

    The IJsselmeer

    24 boats at Lemmer on a lake the size of a small sea, with no tide and the old Zuiderzee ports — Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Medemblik, Urk — a few hours apart. Real waves, no tidal planning.

  • 2

    Lemmer and the Frisian link

    The lock at Lemmer is the boundary between the IJsselmeer and the Frisian canal network, so a week here can be half open water and half canal if you want it to be.

  • 3

    The Zeeland delta

    15 boats at Yerseke, among the islands of the Oosterschelde and Veerse Meer. Tidal, with oyster and mussel beds, and the storm-surge barrier that defines modern Dutch engineering.

  • 4

    Veerse Meer

    A closed-off arm of the delta — sheltered salt water with small islands to anchor beside and no tide behind the dams. The gentlest water in Zeeland.

  • 5

    Nieuwpoort

    12 boats and one of the largest marinas in northern Europe, on the Belgian coast. Open sea outside, with Ostend and Dunkirk within a day and the tide governing when you leave.

  • 6

    The Hardangerfjord

    From Hjellestad below Bergen: 55 nautical miles south through island channels to a fjord running inland under orchards and waterfalls.

  • 7

    Bekkjarvik and the Norwegian archipelago

    Sheltered guest harbours between Bergen and the open coast. Norway's shoreline is an archipelago for most of its length, which is why the sailing is calmer than the latitude suggests.

  • 8

    The Wadden Sea

    North of the IJsselmeer: a UNESCO tidal area where boats dry out on the sand at low water. Properly tidal, demanding, and only for experienced crews with the right boat.

Suggested routes

A week out of North Sea

How a North Sea week is shaped

7 days

Rather than one route — four waters in three countries — this is the shape each takes. The country pages carry the specifics.

  1. 1

    Handover and the first short leg

    On tidal water the first question is the tide, not the distance. On the IJsselmeer it is simply the wind.

  2. 2

    A harbour three or four hours on

    Northern European harbours are close together and well equipped. Distances are modest by design.

  3. 3

    The first real passage

    Across the IJsselmeer, out through a Zeeland channel, or along the coast from Nieuwpoort — each with its own constraint.

  4. 4

    The far point

    Usually mid-week, and usually less far than you planned. Wind and tide here are both capable of taking a day off you.

  5. 5

    A sheltered night

    Behind a dam, inside an archipelago or in a lock-protected basin. Every one of these waters has somewhere genuinely calm.

  6. 6

    Working back

    With the tide where there is one; with the forecast where there is not.

  7. 7

    Base

    Saturday on 39 boats, Friday on 28.

Find a boat for this route

Before you book

Local rules and paperwork in North Sea

Licence requirements differ by country
And by which water. The Netherlands exempts boats under 15 m and under 20 km/h but requires a Klein Vaarbewijs II for the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea. Belgium and Norway have their own rules. Read the country page for the water you are booking.
Tide, where there is one
Zeeland and the Belgian coast. Real ranges and real streams through the delta channels, plus harbour entrances that are better taken on a rising tide. The IJsselmeer has none of this.
Locks and barriers
They set the Dutch day. The Lemmer lock, the Zeeland barriers and the delta works all have operating hours. Plan around openings rather than distance.
The Wadden Sea is a different proposition
Drying banks and a bigger licence. A UNESCO tidal area where boats sit on the sand at low water. Many charter agreements exclude it; the ones that do not expect genuine tidal experience.
Cold is the real limit
Not wind. April and October sail perfectly well with the right clothing, and that is the honest constraint on the shoulder season here rather than the weather itself.
Short breaks
28 Friday changeovers. The highest weekday share of any saltwater basin we list. Ask about three- and four-night bookings rather than assuming a full week.

Checked October 2026. Rules change — confirm the detail that matters for your trip when you book.

What is here

The North Sea fleet at a glance

The fleet in North Sea is made up of 10 sailing yachts and 5 motor yachts.

Most boats here are sailing yachts, averaging 12.6 metres.

Weekly prices start in the €1,500 – €3,000 range, where 6 boats are listed.

Boats sleep between 6 and 10 guests, with cabins up to 4.

The most common size band is 10 – 13 m, with 10 boats.

1 boats can be chartered with a skipper; 14 are available bareboat.

The fullest month on the calendar right now is Jul 2027: 67% of the fleet already has at least one booking, while 5 boats are still completely open.

10
Sailing yachts
from €2.865
5
Motor yachts
from €2.220

Budget

Charter prices in North Sea

Weekly rate, set by the operator. No booking fee.

Space on board

Boat sizes

Sleeping 6–10 guests

  • under 10 m 1
  • 10 – 13 m 10
  • 13 – 16 m 4

Availability

How full is the calendar in North Sea?

Share of the North Sea fleet that already holds at least one reservation, for each of the next twelve months. Taken from the operators' own calendars and refreshed daily — a boat with one week booked can still be chartered in the others.

Months further out look emptier simply because they are further away — most charters are booked a few months ahead, not a year.

Most booked month

Jul 2027

67% of the fleet already booked

Most still open

Sep 2027

13 boats with no booking yet

Pick a month to see what is still open that week.

  • Quiet
  • Picking up
  • Busy
  • Peak
20%
Nov
’26
12 open
20%
Dec
’26
12 open
20%
Jan
’27
12 open
20%
Feb
’27
12 open
20%
Mar
’27
12 open
20%
Apr
’27
12 open
40%
May
’27
9 open
60%
Jun
’27
6 open
67%
Jul
’27
5 open
33%
Aug
’27
10 open
13%
Sep
’27
13 open
40%
Oct
’27
9 open

Most common models in North Sea

Counted from our live catalogue.

Greenline Boats / Hibrid Greenline 39
4 available · from €2.747
Beneteau Oceanis 37
2 available · from €3.392
Bavaria Yachtbau Bavaria 44 Vision
2 available · from €4.076

Yachts in North Sea

Helgeroa 2021

Helgeroa

Posgrunn

11.99 m 2 cabins 6 guests
From €392 / day €2.747 / week
Kviteseid 2021

Kviteseid

Posgrunn

11.99 m 2 cabins 6 guests
From €392 / day €2.747 / week
Perlen 2018

Perlen

Hjellestad

13.85 m 4 cabins 10 guests
From €736 / day €5.150 / week
Petrine II 2013

Petrine II

Mauseidvåg

13.34 m 4 cabins 8 guests
From €690 / day €4.832 / week
ZikkZakk 2012

ZikkZakk

Hjellestad

12.34 m 3 cabins 6 guests
From €726 / day €5.083 / week

About the destination

Why charter from North Sea

This label covers four quite different bodies of water, and the difference matters more here than almost anywhere else in the catalogue, because it decides whether you need to think about tide at all.

Twenty-four of the 71 boats are at Lemmer on the Dutch IJsselmeer — a large enclosed freshwater lake with no tide whatsoever, where you sail by wind alone and the former Zuiderzee ports are a few hours apart. Fifteen are at Yerseke in the Zeeland delta, which is the opposite: tidal, with real streams through the channels between the islands and the Oosterschelde barrier controlling the water. Twelve are at Nieuwpoort on the Belgian coast, which is open North Sea with a large tidal range and a harbour entrance that needs respecting. The last thirteen are Norwegian, at Hjellestad near Bergen and Porsgrunn, and those are sheltered fjord and archipelago sailing with a modest tide.

So the first question is not where you want to go but which of those four you are booking. Lemmer suits a crew that wants wind without tidal planning. Zeeland and Nieuwpoort are proper tidal sailing and the better choice if that is the skill you want. Norway is scenery.

The fleet is strongly sail-led — 61 monohulls of 71, averaging 12.4 metres — and the price floor is €876, which is low for northern Europe. The outlier at the top of the range is a single large boat and not representative.

One scheduling note worth having: 28 of the 71 boats hand over on a Friday against 39 on a Saturday, the highest weekday share of any saltwater basin we list. Short breaks are available.

Season runs roughly April to October, with the shoulder months cold rather than impossible.

Charter bases

Marinas in North Sea

Hjellestad Marina

9 yachts

Sondre Hjellestad 317

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Porsgrunn guest harbour

5 yachts

Posgrunn

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Mauseidvåg Båtforening

1 yachts

Mausavågvegen 16-32

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10 available

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Our North Sea listings include 10 sailing yachts, 5 motor yachts.
Weekly rates here fall mostly in the €1,500 – €3,000 range. Prices are set by the charter operator; we add no booking fee.
In Jul, 67% of boats here already hold at least one reservation, with 5 still completely open.

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