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  • Boats out of the water: how winter begins at the Bovenhaven

    Boats out of the water: how winter begins at the Bovenhaven

    In autumn the punters at WSV Bovenhaven in Kampen come out of the water together: coffee at half past eight, then winter storage and a quiet harbour.

  • Lending a hand in the harbour

    Lending a hand in the harbour

    Much of what keeps the WSV Bovenhaven harbour looking good is done by the members themselves: the duty to help, the working mornings and the jobs where your…

  • New website

    New website

    This website is new. Everything you need as a member or as a visitor is now on it, in Dutch, German and English. The old site was due…

  • Frits de Vries joins the harbour master team

    Frits de Vries joins the harbour master team

    Frits de Vries is the new harbour master at WSV Bovenhaven in Kampen. He has been a member for over forty years. There is still a place open…

  • The clubhouse is open again

    The clubhouse is open again

    The clubhouse at WSV Bovenhaven in Kampen is open again: Roy Rooyakers has taken on running it and put together a menu.

  • Wanted: harbour masters and a bookkeeper

    Wanted: harbour masters and a bookkeeper

    WSV Bovenhaven urgently needs harbour masters for the season and someone for the bookkeeping. The general meeting is on 15 April.

  • Wider berths and repairs to the floating pontoon

    Wider berths and repairs to the floating pontoon

    At WSV Bovenhaven in Kampen, berths are being widened to 2.5 metres and the approach to the floating pontoon repaired, in February and March.

  • No increase in the membership fee for 2026

    No increase in the membership fee for 2026

    The WSV Bovenhaven membership fee will not go up for 2026. The punters come out of the water on 8 November and the clubhouse closes until 1 April.

  • Sixty-eight people waiting for a berth

    Sixty-eight people waiting for a berth

    Sixty-eight people are on the waiting list for a berth at WSV Bovenhaven in Kampen; forty of them for a berth of five to six metres.

  • A new board, and a full harbour

    A new board, and a full harbour

    At the WSV Bovenhaven general meeting the club said goodbye to three board members. Jan van Dijk is the new chair, and the harbour is full.

Contact

Call or message the harbour master

Questions about a berth, a visitor mooring or the harbour? The harbour master can be reached by phone and WhatsApp. For anything that can wait, email is easiest.