By means of this page we want to assist you in getting into the right mood and smell the atmosphere during the preparations to your trip to the Dutch Shallows. Herewith a summary of books and websites which we can recommend:

• The Shallow Sea Drascombe H. Vandersmissen
• Riddle of the Sands E.Childers
• Crabberliefde (Crabberlove) is fat(a)al CCSK

Websites

• Have a good look at the websites which we have enlisted links . The checklists under downloads on the NKDE-site ( www.drascombe.nl ) are very useful for packing. On this website you can also read the report of Tom Colville of the sailing cruise over the Dutch Wadden on Ascension Day Holiday in 2001. (click: Reisverhalen)
• Zeehondencrèche Pieterburen ( www.zeehondencreche.nl )
• Oerol 2005 on Terschelling van 10 juni t/m 19 juni

 Potter

Herewith information about simple auxiliary instruments on board and which you can make yourself with your children. We think about a log, a fathometer, shrimpnet, fishinginstruments or sea-anchor. We would be obliged if somebody might have a plan or drawing about these and would be happy with any sort of message. (contact) When our children are in for it they ( or we together with them) will make it and we will show the result down here.