Port Owen : Profile

Clearance

Yachts can enter the harbour at any stage of the tide and proceed to the "holding jetty" which is on the port side shore and clearly marked. For visiting yachts wanting to proceed further up-river and into the Marina it is advisable to contact the Marina office and or to wait for high tide. Yachts doing this trip must just follow the line of centre channel marker buoys to the Marina entrance.

The Port Owen Yacht Club welcomes visiting and cruising yachts and Port Owen is probably the best spot on the South African coast to spend the winter months and makes an ideal departure port from SA.

Docking

Port Owen Marina
VHF Channel 71 , 16. Call sign is "Port Owen Marina" or "Port Owen Rescue"
Full facilities. 10 ton crane. Haul-out also can be arranged. Fuel dock close by. The marina is situated on a loop on the Great Berg River with direct access to St.Helena Bay. Although not a port of entry, the marina staff can arrange transport to Saldanha for clearance.

Port Owen Yacht Club
Laaiplek Harbour, PO Box 114, Velddrif, 7365
Tel:022-783 1144
stuyck@mweb.co.za
There are several moorings available foreign craft are offered 1 week’s of free mooring. Water, power, toilets and showers. Banks, supermarkets, cafe's, hardware stores are within 1 km, in the villages of Velddrif and Laaiplek. Clubhouse open Friday and Saturday evenings.

Yacht Clubs

Port Owen Yacht Club [see above]

Related Reports

USA, Florida to Cape Town, South Africa (22 May 2008)

Winter crossing of the South Atlantic (22 May 2008)

South Africa, Cape Town to Rio de La Plata, Argentina (22 May 2008)

South Africa, Cape Town to Thailand (15 May 2008)

Malaysia - Cape Town - Uruguay (15 May 2008)

Customs Problems In Suldanha Bay? (14 Feb 2008)

Richards Bay: Not piracy but an invasion of our privacy (29 Jan 2008)

Comments on Zululand Yacht Club (08 Jan 2008)

Advice On West African Route (14 Feb 2006)

South Atlantic Circuit (10 Feb 2006)

South African Radio Nets (26 Jan 2006)

Website for Cape of Good Hope cruising route (31 Dec 2001)

Update East London by MIZ MAE (03 Dec 2001)

The Latest on Durban Formalities (03 Dec 2001)

Durban October 2001 (03 Dec 2001)

Related News

Governors' Cup From Capetown To St Helena (26 Mar 2008)

New Cruising Guide to Durban Available on the Internet (11 Dec 2004)

South Africa Departure Point for Several New Races (11 Nov 2004)

South Atlantic Race & Rally To Start Early 2006 (15 Aug 2004)

World Cruising Club Announces Details of Round the World Race (09 Jun 2003)