Kiel Canal

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-	==Kiel Canal==
-	GPS: {{Coord|54|21.5|N|10|9.65|E|}} - [[Baltic]] entry point.
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-	GPS: {{Coord|53|53.2|N|09|7.8|E|}} - [[North Sea]] entry point.
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-	==Background==
-	The Kiel Canal (German: ''Nord-Ostsee-Kanal''), until 1948 known as the ''Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal'', is a 61 miles (98 kilometres) long canal in the German Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein that links the [[North Sea]] at [[Brunsbuttel|Brunsbüttel]] to the [[Baltic|Baltic Sea]] at [[Kiel-Holtenau]]. An average of 280 nautical miles (519 kilometers) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas. It is considered to be the most heavily used artificial seaway in the world; over 43,000 ships passed through in 2007, excluding small craft.
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-	==Charts==
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	==Approach and Navigation==		==Approach and Navigation==
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	====Canal Entry/Exit====		====Canal Entry/Exit====
-	Details?	+	'''Brunsbuttel entrance from the River Elbe:'''
-	====Transit of Kiel Canal====	+	Closely east of the entrance basins you find the "waiting area" for small pleasure crafts, intending to enter the canal. Under certain wind- and tide conditions the waitiung can be quite unpleasant, beware of tidal currents setting in this area.The waiting area is camera surveilled, the lockmaster will see waiting yachts. Please do not wait in the entrance areas or even the entrance basins of the locks - pilot boats are leaving and entering these easterly basins constantly at great speed.
-	Full description here	+	Yachts are allowed to enter the lock, if a single white flashing light is shown on the signalmast. Most times this will happen on the easterly  signal mast, managing the easterly (older and smaller)lock system. Very seldom entrance permission is given for the western (and bigger locks , that are heavily used for the commercial shipping.)All other light combinations do not affect pleasure boats. Please be patient, sometimes it can take some time, until permission to enter is given.
		+	Once in the entrance basin you go straight forward into the open lock - the lock signal mast will also tell you by asingle white flashing light, which lock to enter.
		+	In the lock you tie uo to the rings on the floating pontoons (wooden logs with an anti-skid rubber surface). Do not tie up to the rings in the wall, depending on the tidal situation the water level will rise more or less.
		+	If you choose to stay in [[Brunsbuttel]] (one night stay only - everything else has to be negotiated with the harbour master, just turn to port - the pleasure boat harbour is situated closely west of the new locks.
-	==Ports/Stops==	+	'''Kiel-Holtenau entrance from the Baltic Sea:'''
-	* [[Brunsbuttel]] (Port of entry)	+
-	* [[Kiel (Kieler Hafen)]] (Port of entry)	+
-	* [[Kiel Kanal]]	+
-	* [[Kiel-Holtenau]]	+
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-	===Marinas & Yacht Clubs===	+	Approach is best on the eastern side of the Kiel Fjord, after you have passed the narrows of the Friedrichsort-Lighthouse. But be aware of the small prohibited area closely southwest of the lighthouse - it is clearly marked.  Continue your way into the Fjord towards Kiel until you see the signal masts of the channel entrance on starboard. The waiting area is on the northern side of the locks, just in front of the [[Kiel-Holtenau]] pleasure boat harbour in the entrance area of the (older and smaller) northern locks, which normally manage the pleasure boat traffic. The same entrance procedure as in Brunsbuttel applies: single flashing light show permission to enter the locks. Tie up to the rings on the wooden pontoons.
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-	====Anchorages====	+	'''Payment of the canal fees:'''
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-	==Routes/Passages To/From the Kiel Canal==	+	If travelling the entire canal all fees are paid in the lock master's tower in '''Kiel Holtenau''' - this applies to both directions. You only pay to the lockmaster in Brunsbuttel, if you intend to leave the canal at the Giselau Lock (to continue down the river Eider back to the North Sea) or if you enter the canal here with the destination Brunsbuttel.
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-	==Cruiser's Friends==	+	====Transit of Kiel Canal====
-	Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.	+	Full description here
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-	==Forum Discussions==	+
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-	====External Links====	+
-	* [http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm Canal information for pleasure craft] - .pdf downloads from the Canal website.	+
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Approach and Navigation

Details?

Canal Entry/Exit

Brunsbuttel entrance from the River Elbe:

Closely east of the entrance basins you find the "waiting area" for small pleasure crafts, intending to enter the canal. Under certain wind- and tide conditions the waitiung can be quite unpleasant, beware of tidal currents setting in this area.The waiting area is camera surveilled, the lockmaster will see waiting yachts. Please do not wait in the entrance areas or even the entrance basins of the locks - pilot boats are leaving and entering these easterly basins constantly at great speed. Yachts are allowed to enter the lock, if a single white flashing light is shown on the signalmast. Most times this will happen on the easterly signal mast, managing the easterly (older and smaller)lock system. Very seldom entrance permission is given for the western (and bigger locks , that are heavily used for the commercial shipping.)All other light combinations do not affect pleasure boats. Please be patient, sometimes it can take some time, until permission to enter is given. Once in the entrance basin you go straight forward into the open lock - the lock signal mast will also tell you by asingle white flashing light, which lock to enter. In the lock you tie uo to the rings on the floating pontoons (wooden logs with an anti-skid rubber surface). Do not tie up to the rings in the wall, depending on the tidal situation the water level will rise more or less. If you choose to stay in Brunsbuttel (one night stay only - everything else has to be negotiated with the harbour master, just turn to port - the pleasure boat harbour is situated closely west of the new locks.

Kiel-Holtenau entrance from the Baltic Sea:

Approach is best on the eastern side of the Kiel Fjord, after you have passed the narrows of the Friedrichsort-Lighthouse. But be aware of the small prohibited area closely southwest of the lighthouse - it is clearly marked. Continue your way into the Fjord towards Kiel until you see the signal masts of the channel entrance on starboard. The waiting area is on the northern side of the locks, just in front of the Kiel-Holtenau pleasure boat harbour in the entrance area of the (older and smaller) northern locks, which normally manage the pleasure boat traffic. The same entrance procedure as in Brunsbuttel applies: single flashing light show permission to enter the locks. Tie up to the rings on the wooden pontoons.

Payment of the canal fees:

If travelling the entire canal all fees are paid in the lock master's tower in Kiel Holtenau - this applies to both directions. You only pay to the lockmaster in Brunsbuttel, if you intend to leave the canal at the Giselau Lock (to continue down the river Eider back to the North Sea) or if you enter the canal here with the destination Brunsbuttel.

Transit of Kiel Canal

Full description here