'Het Grevelingenmeer' or short 'De Grevelingen' is a former part of the North Sea. It became a saltwaterlake by building several dams after the flood in Februari 1952. By doing so the idea was to no longer be surprised in a nasty way when high tide and storm are joined together. November and Februari are well-known for heavy weather conditions. So getting saver was an still is the main purpose of the closure of several former sea-arms, south west in the Netherlands. Also known as 'De Deltawerken. Bycoming effect of the dams is the forming of a inland paradise for sailing with the salt-water charistics. But beware, once the wind gets heavy and the watersurface restless, the spirit of the sea is still there. More inland the result of the dams is also the lost of the diversity of live in the water, even of pollution by micro organism.
Decades ago I did it by cano, every now and than for half a day. Starting July this year we sailed on it. Twelve days on a row, our personal record untill now for staying on our small boat. Every minute of it well spent. Lovely small harbours and quiet places on small islands to moor.
