Marina Flaesheim, Marina on the Wesel-Datteln Canal
Marina Flaesheim is a yacht harbour in the Flaesheim district of Haltern am See, lying in a side arm of the Wesel-Datteln Canal that leads to a gravel-extraction lake. It has 70 permanent berths and 15 guest berths for boats 8 to 15 metres long. There is no slipway on site; the nearest is about two kilometres away at Flaesheim lock.
The marina occupies a side arm of the Wesel-Datteln Canal that leads to a gravel-extraction lake; the lake's sand dredging is still active, which is why most of the water is closed to swimmers and boats. It offers 70 permanent berths and 15 guest berths for boats of 8 to 15 metres. There is no slipway of its own: the nearest is about two kilometres away at the Flaesheim lock, and a ten-tonne crane stands behind the Ahsen lock, ten kilometres off at the Dattelner Meer.
The marina lies in a side arm of the Wesel-Datteln Canal that leads to a gravel pit lake still worked for sand, so the lake itself is closed to swimmers and boats apart from a 4,000-square-metre bathing area with a sandy beach. Next to the harbour is a campsite; together they form the Freizeitpark Flaesheim, and the Haard, part of the Hohe Mark Nature Park, begins just to the south.
The marina has no slipway of its own: the nearest is about two kilometres away at the Flaesheim lock, and a ten-tonne crane stands behind the Ahsen lock, roughly ten kilometres off at the Dattelner Meer. Guest berths take boats from 8 to 15 metres. On-site services cover waste disposal, sewage pump-out, power and water connections, a washing machine and dryer, showers and toilets.
The marina has no slipway of its own: boats are launched about two kilometres away at the Flaesheim lock, and a ten-tonne crane stands behind the Ahsen lock, roughly ten kilometres off at the Dattelner Meer. The harbour itself lies in a side arm of the Wesel-Datteln Canal that leads to a gravel pit lake.
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