with a map showing all the berths! the all showing map a with Buy a pennant Large ships foot or bike Are you in The management and maintenance of Marrekrite berths In recent years, Marrekrite has been using a simple boat, By costs quite a lot. A large portion of the maintenance method to expand some berths for large ships. This budget is funded by our members, the Frisian municipa- involves installing a large pile mooring ten metres out in need of lities and the Province of Friesland. Another key portion the water, and in line with the jetties. This means large is covered by water sport enthusiasts who purchase a ships do not take up so much space at jetties, leaving Marrekrite pennant. more room for other vessels. A large ship can be moored assistance? to the pile mooring, which only takes up a small part of When you buy a pennant or become a donor, you make a the jetty. This ensures there are more berths available at direct contribution to keeping up free berths in the mid- a lower price. dle of nature. Your contribution goes directly to berth maintenance. Visit our website for a list of all locations Once a year, we announce the fundraising totals from the with pile moorings for large ships. Remain calm pennant campaign on our website and over social media. marrekrite fietsen Call 1-1-2 MarBoei: fixed and free Recreation on land A MarBoei is a plastic buoy with a large eye on top. Just We have long been known for our basic amenities on Tell them you are in like our other mooring spots, these special Marrekrite and around the water. But we are quite active on land moorings are nestled in the most breath-taking scenery in as well. We manage and maintain the signs for the Friesland Friesland. cycle and walk junction networks in the province of Friesland, as well as the signs for the National Bike Mooring is quick and easy. You can attach your vessel Routes (‘LF-routes’). The province, municipalities or with a single line. The wind will automatically keep the landowners are responsible for maintaining bike paths vessel away from the buoy. The vessel floats behind the and hiking trails. Tell them the jetty buoy with its nose to the wind. This means it is always or buoy number or ready to set off. Just untie the mooring line, cast off, and Friesland has twice been named best biking region you’re under way. in the Netherlands, based on the Biking Region Quality GPS coordinates A MarBoei is more than a Marrekrite berth. For those Monitor of the Dutch Cycling Platform Institute interested, a MarBoei can also be an idyllic anchorage. (‘Stichting Landelijk Fietsplatform’). In both 2015 and Visit www.marboei.frl to view all of the poems associated 2017, Friesland earned the full five stars. To defend our marrekrite with a MarBoei group. This project is brought to you in title, we are making ample investments in the Frisian partnership with de Moanne. cycle and walk junction networks. In recent years, we Pennants are available at various outlets in have made significant strides in modernising the biking recreatieschap Friesland, as well as online at www.marrekrite.frl. network, and in extending the hiking network throughout For a current list of ‘MarBoeien’, This site also shows a list of pennant sales outlets the province. We are also working to set up more tourist please visit www.marboei.frl and where you can also become a donor. transfer points (so called ‘TOP’s’). These are specially designated points that are excellent for setting off by foot, bike and/or boat. marrekrite varen How? Key figures Collection of recreational Marrekrite’s mission in We inspect the junction networks once a year, but repair reported damage all year round. What if you notice a sign waste Friesland is to is missing or broken? We will be happy to fix it as soon If you need help or witness a crime, call the as possible. Our website makes it quick and easy to report emergency number 112, even when out on Frisian As an added service, we collect recreational waste from a damage to hub signs or LF-route signs. waters. On land, tell them the street name. On the large number of Marrekrite berths. We are happy to do this – • manage and maintain free berths in the water, tell them the name of the body of water or 3500 to do our part for a cleaner Friesland. middle of nature waterway and perhaps also your GPS coordinates. free moorings at marrekrite The unique Marrekrite numbers are even more 285 locations We use a special ‘environment boat’ to collect recreational • develop new mooring facilities Volunteers fietsen helpful. These are posted on the Marrekrite signs and waste. This waste collection boat features a large com- sometimes on jetties as well. ‘MarBoeien’ (lake buoys) pressor into which the skipper empties the containers. • ensure uniform bridge and lock operation The Marrekrite recreation association can’t run without are also scattered throughout Friesland. Emergency 36 km The environment boat typically makes the rounds once volunteers. Our volunteers are mostly supervisors and/or services are also aware of these numbers. Have a look of jetties and a week between 1 April and 1 November to empty every • keep berths accessible with dredging pennant sellers. The Friends of Marrekrite (‘De Vrienden and take note of the number when mooring. sheetpile walls container. The containers remain in place throughout the projects van De Marrekrite’) launched the pennant campaign some year, but are locked up on 1 November. After this, they are years ago. The first pennant was sold in 1987 to raise In cases of incidents on the water, you can • manage and landscape greenspaces no longer available for use until they are unlocked on 1 April. extra funds for Marrekrite. To this day, volunteers are still make a difference while waiting for emergency 100 services to arrive. Contact the person in danger, MarBoei-Buoys • collect recreational waste highly involved in selling the pennants. Distribution and administer first aid if required, and let 112 know The containers are only intended for recreational waste, administrative processing are handled ‘in the office’. marrekrite i.e. not for small chemical waste or bulky waste. Many whether the situation is under control. This 120 • develop, manage and maintain networks varen Marrekrite berths feature one or more containers, for a total of land routes will avoid unnecessary deployment of large waste containers emergency response teams. of 120 spread across some 60 locations. Please let us know at 60 locations if a container is unexpectedly full. You can do this quickly and easily on the Marrekrite website. 400 donors 840 112 can help save lives bike hubs Tell them the jetty number! Sewage stations marrekrite wandelen To keep Friesland’s lakes clean, a dumping ban came 2800 km cycle junction network into force in 2009. Despite this ban, sewage is still being dumped into surface waters. Three sewage stations are now available in Frisian waters under the moniker ‘It 2000 Húske’. ‘It Húske’ is a floating sewage station where hiking hubs you can empty your holding tank for free. A toilet is also Emmakade 87a available. The stations treat the sewage onsite and dump 8921 AH Leeuwarden the treated water into the surface water. 3800 km (058) 212 85 81 walk junction network The system is solar powered, making it self-sufficient and sustainable. www.marrekrite.frl [email protected] 5 tourist transfer points Please note: ‘It Húske’ cannot accept bilge water. 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