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The Poole Yacht Club has excellent services available to members who own dinghies or yachts.

The Poole Yacht Club Haven has 378 berths and there is also a selection of swinging moorings available each year. There is a large Yard used for cruiser winter storage between October and March and we can offer maintenance work at hugely competitive prices. In the summer months the space is used for dinghy and keelboat storage.

The Club provides a launch service to members to and from these moorings during the sailing season.

Berthing in the Haven is assigned on the basis of seniority of Full membership.

To be added to the waiting list for a berth in the haven, the application form is completed, proof of ownership provided and a deposit placed with the Club. 90 days after the deposit is received, you are then added to the waiting list as at the date of joining the Club .

When a berth space becomes free, the next eligible member on the waiting list, with a boat suitable to fit the berth will be contacted and offered the berthing.

We have swinging moorings for a number of boats for members, renewable on an annual basis.

On the 1st of January the application forms for moorings are released. Moorings are assigned depending on size and availability. Upon successful application, the mooring space is available from the 1st of April to the 30th of September (or the end of October if individual insurance allows).

During daylight hours we run a free shuttle service from the Haven to the Harbour Moorings. This service runs on request and at the discretion of the Staff.

The Poole Yacht Club New Harbour Road West Hamworthy – Poole – Dorset – UK BH15 4AQ Tel: 01202-672687

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SWINGING MOORINGS

Swinging moorings are available for hire each season from 1st April until the end of October. Harbour Dues, Crown Estate charges, and car parking at the Port of Poole Marina are all included, as well as a free water taxi to take you out to your boat (weather & daylight dependent).

With a swinging mooring you can relax in the serene surroundings of Poole Harbour, overlooking Brownsea Island, and watch the sun go down.

Our moorings are competitively priced and can accommodate vessels of up to 20 metres in length. We have 15 moorings in the Wych Channel, close to the shellfish barge just off the northernmost tip of Brownsea Island.

Please see our tariff page for prices. A small tender may be kept at the Port of Poole Marina for ease of access to your mooring, at a small extra charge.

As a swinging mooring customer you have full use of the shower and toilet facilities, and you are welcome to bring your vessel in to use our pump out and top up with drinking water when required.

Tender Storage Available - Please contact us for more information.

Jet Ski & RIB docks Swi

At Poole Quay Boat Haven and the Port of Poole Marina we have a number of jet docks which can accommodate jet skis and RIBs or boats of up to 6 metres in length. Keeping your vessel on a jet dock has the advantage of ‘out of water storage’ but still offers the convenience of marina berthing and reduces the need for antifouling.

Jet docks are available for annual hire. Occasionally we are able to offer short term or even overnight use of our jet dock facilities.

For more information or to discuss your specific needs please contact us.

Please visit our tariff page for information on pricing.

Secure. Sheltered. Serene. Sorted.

Lake yard’s deep water swinging moorings are secure, sheltered and can accommodate boats of varying sizes and keel depth. they are perfectly located for exploring poole harbour and beyond. and of course don’t forget that view.

Just outside the entrance to the Marina, Lake Yard has 99 deep water swinging moorings which we rent for the summer sailing season. The moorings are set either side of the Wareham Channel, in a sheltered area of deepwater between the Arne Peninsula and Lake Yard marina. We have been operating these moorings since the 1970s and we lift, inspect and service every mooring every year to ensure they are in tip top condition.

Our moorings are laid in trots, using heavy ground chain and high quality riser chain. A mooring buoy is attached to the top of the riser chain, with a numbered pick-up buoy attached by rope to the mooring buoy. Simply use a boat hook to grab the pick-up buoy and then attaching lines or strops to the top of the mooring buoy chain. The moorings are graded into ‘blocks’ to help identify them.

Lake Yard Taxi Launch

Lake Yard operates a water taxi to its swinging moorings seven days a week. The launch is operated by our Yard Team Monday to Friday (for a nominal fee) and our experienced Bosun, Noel Lilley, runs the launch weekends and bank holidays.

Visitor berths & moorings are usually available with a launch service to and from the club but always contact the office or Bosun Noel before berthing/mooring. During busy times our moorings/berths may look empty but they are all assigned to customers who require constant access. Unless it’s an absolute emergency, please make contact before securing your vessel.

Launch, Berthing & Mooring Enquiries Office: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm: 01202 674531

Noel can be contacted from 12 noon on Fridays and from 9am to dusk on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays: Mobile: 07791 836524

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All prices include VAT, Facility Charge and Weekend Launch Service. All prices are exclusive of Crown Estates Levy and Poole Harbour Commission Harbour Dues. The company does not issue refunds for part used periods in the Dock or Moorings. No sub-letting allowed.

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Poole Marinas

Please note some marinas have displayed their services/facilities on Blue Pages and Marine Services. If there are no marinas in the area we will show details of the harbour authority and/or moorings.

Address: Sandbanks Yacht Company, 30-32 Panorama road, Sandbanks,Poole, BH13 7RD

Address: Davis Boatyard Marina, Cobbs Quay, Hamworthy, Poole, BH154EJ

Address: Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, BH15 1HJ

Address: Lake Yard Marina, Lake Drive,Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4DT

Address: Shell Bay Marina, Ferry Rd, Studland, Swanage, BH19 3BA

Address: Salterns Way, Lilliput, Poole, BH14 8JR

Address: Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4EL

Address: Port of Poole Marina, Gate House, New Harbour Road, Poole, Dorset, BH154AJ

Address: Parkstone Yacht Club and Marina, Pearce Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 8EH

Address: Parkstone Bay Marina, Turks Lane,Parkstone, Poole, BH14 8EW

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Poole Moorings and Jetties offers a wide range of practical ways to help you keep your boat safe and secure. This includes building, annual jetty maintenance checks, repairing jetties and providing secure moorings

With extensive knowledge of beautiful Poole Harbour, we are happy to offer expert advice and information to facilitate your boating pleasure. You can rely on a friendly service with high quality work at competitive rates.

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Parkstone Yacht Club Haven has 232 deep water berths for members.

Visitor berths are available when Haven berth holders go away. Berthing fees are very reasonable and naturally the Yacht Club provides all the expected facilities of showers, bar & restaurant.

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Storage of boats and equipment.

Boats: Each boat must have her name or the name of the owner on the transom or stern. Boats left covered so that their name is obscured must have their name on the cover.

Equipment: Masts, spars, oars and gear stored on the Club premises must be clearly marked with the name of the boat or owner. This includes boat trailers, trolleys and cradles.

Dinghy Moorings on Pontoons

No dinghy exceeding 4.8m total length (including all overhangs & outboard motor or rudder) may be moored on the Haven pontoons. The maximum length for A Pontoon & L Pontoon is 4.2m. The maximum length for K Pontoon is 4.8m.

When berthed on a pontoon they must be properly secured so as not to cause damage with any protruding gear or fittings removed or brought inboard. If an outboard engine is left in an elevated position it must have the propeller and drive shaft structure covered to avoid causing damage to adjacent or manoeuvring craft.” (Bye Law D10.3)

Moorings are allocated as vacancies occur from the current applications list by seniority of Membership. Mooring licence fees and harbour dues are paid to the Harbour Master. The Club has an agreement with the Harbour Commissioners to pay members’ fees and dues in bulk on commission and these will be charged to Members’ accounts. The mooring licence fee will be charged automatically without written authority.

Yacht Haven Waiting List

The Club operates a waiting list for berths within the Haven. A refundable deposit of £1,000.00 is required. This is only available to Voting Members who fall within the Membership Categories of Rule 6 & Byelaw D3.2.

When a member wishes to bring a boat to the Club, or dispose of his boat, he must inform the General Manager. When the boat is sold to a non-member of the Club, the member selling his boat is liable to the Club for all expenses incurred until the boat is removed from the Club premises. If a boat stored at the Club is sold through a broker, the Club is entitled to a portion of the commission charged by that broker. The practice of buying and selling for profit or business boats kept or repaired on Club premises is prohibited.

The Club insurance policy does not cover members’ boats, gear or property on the Club premises, on pontoons or moorings or on pontoon berths in the Haven. They are entirely at members’ own risk.Members must insure their boats, gear and property against fire and other risks while in store and risk of damage whilst being hauled up, launched, and on moorings and pontoon berths. The General Committee strongly recommends that all boats shall be covered by Insurance against third party liability to a minimum of £3,000,000.

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Liveaboard in Poole harbour

• Thread starter rexel235
• Start date 6 Apr 2021

Hi , I'm intending to live aboard a sailing boat in Poole harbour , my understanding is that most marinas have a strict no liveaboards policy so I looked into mooring in the river Frome (anchoring along the bank ) Information about the legality of anchoring on the bank of the Frome river is scarce but as far as I can tell it is allowed as long you don't block the river. Would also essentially be living off grid on the river so I'll have to modify the boat in some areas e.g. solar panels and a composting toilet along with insulating the interior I'm really just looking for advice about any subject , things I may not have considered etc  

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Welcome to the forum The Frome upstream of the entrance is controlled by Wessex Water and pretty sure you will find that anchoring is prohibited. The trot moorings are also mainly Wessex, although some are Ridge Wharf and Redcliffe Yacht Club. None of those would allow long term liveaboards, although short term may be possible. I lived on a Ridge Wharf mooring for about a month (September) many years ago when I first moved here. Bit like camping with the odd swan or egret for company. You are right about the marinas. Most are owned by clubs and the 2 big commercial ones are not only expensive but discourage liveaboards. From time to time some have lived on swinging moorings in Holes Bay, but a pretty desolate place in the winter as exposed to weather from all sides! There is however little to stop you living on the hook in the harbour, except that none of the anchorages have good all round shelter and access to shoreside problematic. In all my years (over 40!) living, working and sailing around the harbour I have never seen an off grid liveaboard stay for more than a few weeks in the summer. Sorry if it sounds negative, but that is how it is.  

Tranona said: Welcome to the forum The Frome upstream of the entrance is controlled by Wessex Water and pretty sure you will find that anchoring is prohibited. The trot moorings are also mainly Wessex, although some are Ridge Wharf and Redcliffe Yacht Club. None of those would allow long term liveaboards, although short term may be possible. I lived on a Ridge Wharf mooring for about a month (September) many years ago when I first moved here. Bit like camping with the odd swan or egret for company. You are right about the marinas. Most are owned by clubs and the 2 big commercial ones are not only expensive but discourage liveaboards. From time to time some have lived on swinging moorings in Holes Bay, but a pretty desolate place in the winter as exposed to weather from all sides! There is however little to stop you living on the hook in the harbour, except that none of the anchorages have good all round shelter and access to shoreside problematic. In all my years (over 40!) living, working and sailing around the harbour I have never seen an off grid liveaboard stay for more than a few weeks in the summer. Sorry if it sounds negative, but that is how it is. Click to expand...

You could ask Wessex Water. However if you stray outside the channel it dries at low water, in places at quite an angle! (guess how I found that out). In general living aboard a small yacht off grid or part off is a tough life . Apart from the lack of space, keeping warm and dry and basic life sustaining activities it is incompatible with a shoreside working and social life unless you have easy access to shore. Marinas and alongside wharves etc are sort of OK and deep water moorings close to landing places tolerable, but the further you get away from your shore base the more difficult it gets. I lived for a year on a 26', partly afloat on a trot mooring but mostly on shore in a yard with shorepower and loos within walking distance. Met my then needs but would not do again it through choice.  

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There are some people living aboard in marinas in holes bay, but they keep a very low profile. There are also people in the bay itself on moorings but I'm not sure where they come ashore for provisions. It cant be much fun on a swinging mooring in the bay tbh. Actually there are also quite a few on the hard in the marinas (who are never going to go anywhere and are always working up for the big cruise south, which never comes) I think the problem you will find, is finding a spot suitable that is close to shops for provisions. I'm not sure a composting toilet would be a good idea on a boat but will leave that to someone else who's got experience of using one on board. Discharging anything into the harbour is a no no. I'm pretty sure there are some liveaboard's over near jerrys point just south of Shell Bay boat yard on the Studland peninsula but you would be miles from any shops there and quite isolated.  

Oscar24 said: There are some people living aboard in marinas in holes bay, but they keep a very low profile. There are also people in the bay itself on moorings but I'm not sure where they come ashore for provisions. It cant be much fun on a swinging mooring in the bay tbh. Actually there are also quite a few on the hard in the marinas (who are never going to go anywhere and are always working up for the big cruise south, which never comes) I think the problem you will find, is finding a spot suitable that is close to shops for provisions. I'm not sure a composting toilet would be a good idea on a boat but will leave that to someone else who's got experience of using one on board. Discharging anything into the harbour is a no no. I'm pretty sure there are some liveaboard's over near jerry's point just south of Shell Bay boat yard on the Studland peninsula but you would be miles from any shops there and quite isolated. Click to expand...

rexel235 said: I'll look into a marina berth in holes bay , the idea was to live off the hook in the summer anyway Click to expand...

Oscar24 said: I think all the marina berths in holes bay are taken for 2021, seems like covid has made everyone want to get a boat this year. You could try asking PHC to see if they have any spare moorings. Click to expand...

rexel235 said: Poole harbour commissioners ? Click to expand...

Short answer. Yes, it's possible. I wouldn't do it in winter it's almost impossible to keep a boat at anchor or on a mooring warm enough. Budget in a winter berth in a marina in Poole or somewhere nearby e.g. Solent If you have a job where you have to go ashore every day it's probably very difficult and an annual berth in a marina is the best option. Most marinas will not actively kick out liveaboards unless you cause trouble. I'd avoid MDL and research on forums for specific marinas you're interested in. Like anything, always do a test. Go and stay in the marina for a week or so and see if you like it, have a look around and see if you see any other liveaboards. Poole actually offers pretty good shelter, while not from the wind there's no chance of big rolling waves. There have been plenty of occasions usually in high winds where I wouldn't want to be in a dinghy of any size and wouldn't leave the boat on its own at anchor in case it decided to go for a trip without me. To do it comfortably ideally you'll have a boat that can store plenty of water ±500 litres or more, a good anchor e.g. Rocna or similar, a decent diesel heater, lithium house battery and a lot of surface area for solar panels.  

Echo what has been said above and would re-emphasise that you never, ever mention living aboard within earshot of anyone who might provide you with a berth or a mooring. Honestly & realistically what you're proposing would be very difficult, at times utterly miserable, at times downright dangerous potentially in the UK. However I do think it worth giving a go on the basis of 6 months at anchor most of the time and a 6 month "winter" marina contract - the winter contracts are usually around 1/3 of the cost of an annual contract and living in a marina is easy, even in winter in the UK, unless you're on a too small boat. I'd say go for a 32 footer as a compromise in terms of space/cost to berth for one or two if you get on well enough. I've been FT in UK in a marina for over 10 years now & still happy...  

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The liveaboards near me in Poole are always slightly surprised when I actually go sailing. It's doable, in a few ways. I would really wait until the pandmic stuff is over, I got very lucky rocking up last June.. I am a lightweight and would not want to live off grid in winter or late autumn, that' s tricky enough on a narrowboat where you have huge great storage space and can just step off.. There are a few on trot moorings all year here, but sod that personally. I think you also need to be prepared to move at short notice if things go bad, commitment to a commute makes liveaboard life a lot harder. I think you could anchor in Poole with a nappy pin on a bit of string. There are also a lot of trot buoys on the way up to wareham, and the boatyard there might be pikey compatible.  

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