 Plymouth : Profile
This huge natural harbour, known as Plymouth Sound, owes a significant part of its present day protection to the mile long breakwater, completed in 1841 after taking 29 years to build.
The Sound is easy to enter round either end of it, but the western entrance, marked with a lighthouse, is the main entrance for commercial vessels and is easier for strangers to identify at night. Just be aware that at high spring tides, the whole breakwater can be awash and hardly visible.
Position 50°20'N, 04°10'W.
Customs tel: +44 (0)345 231110
Plymouth is a naval port and is controlled by The Queen's Harbour Master. When naval ships are entering or leaving the port, other boats are ushered away from the main channels by the Harbour Master's launch.
There are several anchorages in the Sound, but apart from well up the rivers which feed into it, none offer complete protection from all directions. There are no charges for anchoring here. The most useful being Cawsands Bay, Jennycliff Bay and Barn Pool.
There are no official visitors' buoys, but the yellow buoys north of Drake's Island, opposite Millbay, can sometimes be used if permission is obtained from The Longroom (QHM's office). Of the 4 main marinas, Sutton Harbour is the closest to the city centre. Queen Anne's Battery (QAB) and Plymouth Yacht Haven both have frequent water taxi services to the Mayflower Steps at the Barbican.
Last updated November 2009.
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Mayflower Sailing Club
Plymouth
Tel:+44(0)1752 662526
Plym Yacht Club
Langs House , Oreston, , The Quay,, Plymouth, PL9 7NE
Tel:+44(0)1752 404991
PYC@plymyachtclub.org.uk
RNSA(Plymouth)
Plymouth
Tel:+44(0)1752 55123/83
Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club
Madeira Road, Plymouth PL1 2NY
Tel:+44(0)1752 664327 , Fax:+44(0)1752 256140
http://www.rpcyc.demon.co.uk/, admin@rpcyc.com
Royal Western Yacht Club
Queen Anne's Battery, Plymouth PL4 0TW
Tel:+44(0)1752 660077
http://www.rwyc.org/, admin@rwyc.org
Saltash Sailing Club
Tamar Street, Saltash, PL12 4EL
Tel:+44(0)1752 845988
enquiries@saltashsailingclub.co.uk
Tamar River SC
883 Wolseley Road,, St. Budeaux,, Plymouth
Tel:+44(0)1752 362741
Torpoint Mosquito SC
Plymouth
Tel:+44(0)1752 812508
Yealm Yacht Club
Riverside Road East , Plymouth,, PL8 1AE
Tel:+44(0)1752 872291
info@YealmYachtClub.co.uk
The club welcomes visiting yachtsmen all year round. Facilities include a landing slip, dinghy parking, showers, a first class bistro, bar snacks and a licensed bar.
The River Yealm, lying about 5 miles South East of Plymouth, offers a safe and sheltered harbour for yachts.
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