Berths in Cowes

Marina berths, harbour moorings, fuel and the Cowes Roads anchorage, with the harbour rules for larger yachts.

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Marinas

Berths in Cowes

Where	What it offers	VHF	Phone
Shepards Marina	Deep-water berths for yachts up to 40 m. Walk-ashore pontoons with electric and water.	Channel 80	01983 297821
Cowes Yacht Haven	260 fully serviced berths. 50 ton hoist, 25 ton boat mover and 15 ton mobile crane.	Channel 80	01983 299975
Cowes Harbour moorings	4,300 m of pontoons, 276 swinging moorings and 40 pile moorings. Draught up to 4.5 m depending on location.	Channel 69	01983 293952

Cowes Harbour Commission and Cowes Yacht Haven websites. Cowes Harbour Commission runs Shepards Marina.

Services

Fuel, lifting and the harbour office

Fuel berthAbout 200 m south of the Chain Ferry, with a charted depth of 3.9 m below chart datum. Ultra-low sulphur diesel. Open 7 days: 09:00 to 17:00 July to September and 10:00 to 16:00 October to June, except Christmas and New Year. Phone 01983 200716.

Diesel discount2p a litre at 500 litres and 3p a litre at 1,000 litres.

LiftingKingston Boatyard in East Cowes lifts and stores boats up to 25 m and 40 tonnes gross weight. Phone 01983 299385.

Harbour OfficeTown Quay, Cowes, PO31 7AS. Phone 01983 293952. VHF Channel 69, call sign Cowes Harbour Radio (not 24 hours).

Rules

Larger yachts, landings and arrivals

Larger yachts

Vessels over 61 m, and those over 20 m with more than 12 passengers, must embark a pilot before passing east of the North Sturbridge buoy or west of the Gurnard Ledge buoy. Options are the Cowes Roads anchorage, Trinity Landing, the Trinity House mooring buoy or a marina berth.

Trinity Landing

The fairway side of the pontoons is for pick up and drop off only. The inside face is for berthing. Charges apply. Works run from 9 November 2026 to about 15 January 2027, with about half the pontoon out of use at a time.

Arriving from outside the UK

Call Border Force South on +44 (0)7557 205925 before you disembark. Call the HMRC National Yachtline on +44 (0)300 123 2012. Fly the Q flag from the 12 nautical mile limit. Post form C1331 before you leave the UK.

Long stays

Annual berths and moorings

Waiting lists

Cowes Harbour offers over 650 annual licences, generally for boats up to 20 m depending on draught. The harbour runs a waiting list for most moorings. Shepards Marina runs a waiting list for annual berths. Winter berths at Shepards Marina run as a package from November to March.

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Berths in Cowes

Berths in Cowes

Fuel, lifting and the harbour office

Larger yachts, landings and arrivals

Larger yachts

Trinity Landing

Arriving from outside the UK

Annual berths and moorings

Waiting lists

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