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Can anyone suggest a website in which to search for available mooring/berth in the Chichester/ Langstone/ Portsmouth areas. I am thinking of moving from Brighton Marina, perhaps Mid River pontoon or swinging mooring, whatever offers better sailing area and affordable fees.

I have a Dehler 34 with 1.75 Draft.

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The deep water moorings in Langstone are reasonably priced but the tides run strong and at high water there can be a fetch of several miles making it quite rough. I had a boat there and wouldn't recommend it as a place to be if you enjoy just pottering on your mooring. You'll also need an outboard on the dinghy to beat the tide getting to the mooring so I found it all a bit of a faff.
 
There are berths available at the yard where I keep Evadne, Hayling Yacht Company in Chichester harbour: http://www.haylingyacht.co.uk/ half tide pontoon, half tide and deep water swinging moorings (not sure if there are many of the latter). Swinging mooring access is half tide, from the boat yard, regardless.
 
josephmoore said:
http://www.conservancy.co.uk/page/harbour-dues-charges/319/#moorings

Actually, I had a brief exchange of emails with the moorings guy for Chichester earlier this year. He was a very helpful chap.
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Yes, the moorings officer Adrian Rowe is extremenly helpful. When I moved from Girte Rythe to Emsworth Pool at the beginning of they year I was offered a choice of three different vacant moorings.

From the website it seems that there are still moorings at various price points available, but only for boats up to 9 Metres:

http://www.conservancy.co.uk/page/moorings/322/
 
As mentioned, for somewhere really pleasant it's Chichester Conservancy, but also try Hayling Yacht Co.

for Portsmouth it's either Wicor Marine or Gosport Boatyard who are pretty good.

Personally I wouldn't bother with langstone Harbour, it's grim !

Wherever you go, ask if there's somewhere secure ashore to keep a tender, and what the tidal access by tender is; a lot of deep water moorings have the cruiser bobbing afloat happily but you can't launch or recover the tender much more than 3 hours either side of HW...

Also check car parking.
 
Seajet said:
As mentioned, for somewhere really pleasant it's Chichester Conservancy, but also try Hayling Yacht Co.

for Portsmouth it's either Wicor Marine or Gosport Boatyard who are pretty good.

Personally I wouldn't bother with langstone Harbour, it's grim !

Wherever you go, ask if there's somewhere secure ashore to keep a tender, and what the tidal access by tender is; a lot of deep water moorings have the cruiser bobbing afloat happily but you can't launch or recover the tender much more than 3 hours either side of HW...

Also check car parking.
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Langstone can be bleak.
But it can also be cheap, and it has good clubs, perhaps easier access by car, so I wouldn't totally discount it. Joining ECA or Tudor and getting a mooring from the HM might suit some people.
Also consider the clubs around Portsmouth Harbour. If you joined Hardway and got a GBY mooring while on their waiting list that might work? Likewise some of the other clubs are worth joining for dinghy storage and shore facilities perhaps?
Wicor is nice, but it's @&^^ miles from the ocean....
 
The thing about Langstone Harbour is, on a rough day or short on time, unlike Chichester or even Portsmouth there's nowhere to go within the harbour.

Of the clubs there, Langstone SC would be good but only have half tide moorings of their own - the harbourmaster can supply deep water ones though.

ECA is good too, I hear.

As for Portsmouth, I always thought the waiting list for a Hardway SC mooring was about 1000 years unless something has changed !

I had a deep water mooring via Gosport Boatyard, it was a long way out in Spider lake requiring use of their very good ferry service - I've read lately they now have moorings close to Hardway.

In Chichester I've had deep moorings at HISC ( exposed and rough ) Bosham Channel ( OK, speak to the bloke in the Anchor Bleu ! ) and Hayling Yacht Co - fine, but dinghy access was tidally restricted.

I'd think a Chichester Conservancy mooring a good bet, with the proviso's re dinghy access & storage + car parking.
 
I believe Wyche Marine (Dell Quay) has some drying moorings available ::D access appx. 2.5 hrs either side of high water.Price around £545 for season( Proprietor helpful and very knowledgeable) A lovely part of Chichester Harbour only disadvantage perhaps for some would be longish distance to harbour entrance through some fairly dense moorings. Can however be entertaining to observe the vastly wide disparity of boat types particularly having observed them over a longish period of some years , some of them become familiar sights ,almost old friends.
 
andrewbartlett said:
I believe Wyche Marine (Dell Quay) has some drying moorings available ::D access appx. 2.5 hrs either side of high water.Price around £545 for season( Proprietor helpful and very knowledgeable) A lovely part of Chichester Harbour only disadvantage perhaps for some would be longish distance to harbour entrance through some fairly dense moorings. Can however be entertaining to observe the vastly wide disparity of boat types particularly having observed them over a longish period of some years , some of them become familiar sights ,almost old friends.
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And that the OP has a 1.75m fin keel boat which would need some exceptionally soft mud (or a regularly used mud-hole) to dry out.

These harbours are full of places to keep little mud-squatting bilge keelers for a reasonable fee but all-tide moorings are at a premium. I think I'd aim for Chichester rather than Portsmouth given that it's maybe 30 minutes drive closer to Hove and an arguably prettier place to be if the weather's horrid, or indeed lovely and only good for sitting back and watching the world go by.
 
Not sure you'll find what you're looking on one website, but recommend Portsmouth Marine Engineering at Fareham or Deacons or The Elephant Boatyards on the Hamble.
 
Hi there, I have a swinging mooring in Chichester Harbour that I would like to let out. It would be suitable for your boat as it can take up to 11m LOA and you will be afloat at all states of the tide. Get in touch via this forum if you are interested.

Rgds

Colin
 
I would second wicormarine, biased as a long term customer but has good facilities, mid stream pontoon moorings with space, car park, dinghy and OB storage, ability to come alongside at HW +_ 2hrs, a fairly quiet park of Portsmouth, well placed to go either east or west from Portsmouth whereas Chi you are always likely to be going west. Wicormarine is minutes from J11 of the M27 so good for folk coming from out of area. Portsmouth is an interesting place to sail from with plenty to see from the RN and ferries and places you can stop off for lunch etc
 
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