{"id":482,"date":"2019-09-06T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dedrait.convident.website\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:40:40","slug":"do-i-need-a-boating-license","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yachtcharterdedrait.nl\/en\/do-i-need-a-boating-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I need a navigation licence?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To give you the short answer straight away: no, you do not always need a navigation licence to sail in the Netherlands. In fact, none of our boats require a navigation licence.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Depending on the type of boat<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Whether or not a navigation licence is required, firstly depends on the type of boat you will be sailing. A (small) navigation licence is required for boats that can sail faster than 20 kilometres (~ 12 miles) per hour (a jet ski, for example) and\/or boats that are longer than 15 metres (~ 50 feet).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All our boats sail less than 20 kilometers per hour and are smaller than 15 meters. Beginner? Our Doerak is around 8,5 meters (28 feet) and sails calmly: about 6 to 10 kilometers per hour (4 to 6 miles). Even with our other boats, going faster is not necessary: on most waters, you can not go faster than 6,9 or 12 kilometers (4,6 or 7,5 miles) per hour.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Depending on the waters you sail on<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We do ask for a navigation licence and sufficient demonstrable experience if you want to sail particular waters. These large waters have their own unique character and therefore require quite some sailing experience. Examples of these are the <em>Wadden Sea<\/em>, <em>Oosterschelde<\/em> and <em>IJsselmeer<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To prevent you from (accidentally) sailing on a water where a licence if permitted (when you don\u2019t have one) we always give you instructions upon <a href=\"https:\/\/yachtcharterdedrait.nl\/en\/check-in-and-out\/\">check-in<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/yachtcharterdedrait.nl\/en\/routes-in-holland\/\">route advice<\/a> before you start sailing. This instruction is based on your personal sailing experience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skipper training: well prepared on the water<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You do not have a boating license and do you want to gain some more experience before renting a boat? Take a look at our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yachtcharterdedrait.nl\/en\/skipper-training\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">skipper training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can follow a skipper training before departure at our locations in Drachten and Woudsend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A skipper training is an experience-based course of at least one hour. You attend this training prior to your rental period on the rented boat. During this training, you will learn how to sail, the special maneuvers and the traffic rules. You can find more information about the skipper training <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yachtcharterdedrait.nl\/en\/skipper-training\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To give you the short answer straight away: no, you do not always need a navigation licence to sail in the Netherlands. 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