Safe Harbour Authority
A fun and cool way of coming to SHA is by boat. To enable that we have founded the Safe Harbour Authority. In the harbour we build ships can dock, get power, water and enjoy SHA-2017. You can bring your own domain to enjoy SHA in all your luxury and whilst on the ship you are bound to your own rules as long as you're safe. In the office of the Safe Harbour Authority there is information, a place to learn and speak about tech and ships and the heart of the Vessel Traffice Service we setup.
The goal of the Safe Harbour Authority is to offer an harbour for boats to dock during SHA-2017, be the on water camping ground of boat lovers, a ferry service, learn about technologies related to boating and organizer of fun water related activities. In order to facilitate that in a safe way we will offer harbour safety services that are available 24/7 during the camp in conjunction with Team Safety. We will have offices, good communications and trained volunteers. The Safe Harbour Authority adds to your SHA2017-experience and brings a cool eye candy and learning at experience to the SHA2017-community.
Bringing your boat to SHA
There are limited places to dock available. To facilitate as many ships as possible we dock ships stern to (yes it is a trick, but we'll help you out) as much as possible. If the harbour needs more space we will work on expanding the docking area. We have fixed pricing for stern-to docking for ships up to 15 meters or 49 feet and you can book your place through the ticketshop. Larger ships we will deal with that on a case by case basis. Contact the Harbour Master or Shavenmeester for more information.
There will be only be docking place available when a place is reserved, paid for and confirmed!
There are limits to the boats we can accept:
- Technically ships can be as long as 90 meters in length. That limited is the limit of the largest lock that provide access to the water near SHA;
- The maximum width of ships is 9.9 meters. That lmitation is also due size of the locks give us;
- Boats currently need to be limited to 1 meter in draught at the Safe Harbour Authority due to the depth of the water in the harbour. If your ship runs deeper, please contact us for alternatives harbour. We will provide a ferry service to this harbour.
VHF Radio In the immediate region during operation the Safe Harbour Authority will be reacheable through Martime VHF Channel 88. This channel has been reserved for all harbour operations, traffic communications as well safety updates. We will actively during arrival and departure monitor AIS-systems to prepare for your arrival as well as provide you with safety information. Safety information will also be availble through a phone connection as well as through your SHA2017-badge. In order to service you the best upon reservation we will contact you to obtain your ships deatils, your ATIS and MMSI codes. A Europe number is obviously is not required.
Ferry to hotel and WSV Nulden
Across the water there is Postillion hotel at strand Nulder (Amersfoort, postillion-hotel-amersfoort-veluwemeer). There are rooms at a special price. You can use the code "sha2017" to reserve one of the blocked rooms (currently only through phone reservation). The hotel also offers a nice restaurant to lunch or dine with a beautiful view over the water.
Next to the hotel there is a also the harbour of our friends at WSV Nulden they run a nice, friendly harbour where deeper ships can be placed. They too offer a place to sit, relax and dine. If you want to go there we can help you setup there.
If you want to go to either the hotel, the WSV Nulden you can freely use our shuttle service that runs free of charge. You have to request service at the Safe Harbour Authority which will be really easy to do. The service operates from day 0 to day 4 from 10 am through midnight and on day 5 from 10 am through 2pm. The schedule is depending on volunteers so it may be that closer to the event we offer longer hours.
