cowes yacht haven staff

Cowes Yacht Haven

Cowes Yacht Haven represents the heart of the sailing world in Cowes. Whether you are looking to berth your boat or entertain corporate clients in a unique setting, Cowes Yacht Haven has it all.

Centrally located, visitors have instant access to Cowes town centre, the Parade, with its range of Yacht Clubs, including the historic Royal Yacht Squadron, and beautiful Northwood Park, with its tennis courts, and pleasant walks.

Home to regattas such as Cowes Week, Commodore’s Cup and the Swan Regatta, Cowes Yacht Haven also welcomes visiting yachtsmen for long and short term berthing.

Accredited in July 2023 as a Clean Marina and 5 Gold Anchor accredited marina. 

Cowes Yacht Haven Vectis Yard High Street Cowes PO31 7BD Isle of Wight, England United Kingdom

01983299975 [email protected] http://www.cowesyachthaven.com

Back to results Vote for Marina --> Vote For this Marina

• Competitions
• British Yachting Awards
• Southampton Boat Show
• Print Subscription
• Digital Subscription
• Single Issues
• Advertise with us

Your special offer

Subscribe to Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting today!

Save 32% on the shop price when to subscribe for a year at just £39.95

Subscribe to Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting!

Save 32% on the shop price when you subscribe for a year at just £39.95

Cowes Yacht Haven

Cowes is the most famous keelboat destination in the uk, if not the world. so, in the summer months, it bristles with carbon-fibre speedsters a-yelling and a-hollering. but it also offers cruising sailors one of the south’s best-sheltered marinas..

Cowes allows exceedingly easy access to a whole array of wonderful south-coast cruising. Not to mention fine sightseeing on the island itself – from the jagged Needles in the west to the splendours of Osborne House, golden beaches and tranquil waterside eating, drinking and walking. The Yacht Haven boasts a very efficient staff who endeavour to make space for every visitor, no matter the time of year, or how busy it may be. Rather uniquely in marina terms, though, early booking requires a deposit and it is best to book in advance, but the Haven offers a full refund of this deposit, provided you cancel before midday of your booking.

Gull’s Eye guide – Sailing Today: Cowes Yacht Haven from Classic Yacht TV on Vimeo .

Cowes entrance / The Medina

There is plenty of room in the Medina close to the western side, but beware that the Red Jet, fast cat races along at 20 knots, so consider holding station outside the river if it is approaching

The set-up here could not be more visitor friendly. Early booking requires a deposit and it is best to book in advance, but the Haven offers a full refund of this deposit, provided you cancel before midday of your booking

Regatta central

The odd thing about Cowes is, for all the revelry taking place during the summer months on the High St, walk two roads away and there is barely a soul around

Cruising the Island

There are fantastic cruising grounds on offer throughout the Solent and round the Island itself (see our cruising guide to the Isle of Wight in July 2014's Sailing Today) including the natural surroundings of West Wight, where Alum Bay and the Needles are two iconic spots

During the regatta season a great spot to watch the racing action is from the green to the east of Cowes, where racing yachts skim close to the sure, making the most of the tidal relief by the shore

Stepping ashore

Cowes offers a range of restaurants, pubs and eateries that belies its size. During regattas, the High Street is full of sailors having spilled from the pubs enthusiastically chatting about some recent racing success

info heading

info content

RELATED ARTICLES MORE FROM AUTHOR

Anchorages In Brittany: Guide to Finding Peaceful Anchoring Spots

Marinas in Normandy, France: Portbail Sur Mer

Normandy Marinas: A Guided Tour of Carteret

Offering a wealth of practical advice and a dynamic mix of in-depth boat, gear and equipment news, Sailing Today is written cover to cover by sailors, for sailors. Since its launch in 1997, the magazine has sealed its reputation for essential sailing information and advice.

• Telegraph.co.uk

ADVERTISING

© 2024 Chelsea Magazine Company , part of the Telegraph Media Group . | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy

• Career Advice
• Salary Guide
• Dockwalk Presents
• Digital Dockwalk

Cowes Yacht Haven

Specifications

Berthing facilities.

• Max draught 4 m
• Max length 48 m
• Electricity
• Fresh Water

• Member login

• Privacy Policy
• News & Events

Cowes Yacht Haven

Cowes Yacht Haven is a world-class marina based in the heart of Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Its town centre location allows for easy access to a high street full of pubs, restaurants and shops within seconds.

The Yacht Haven offers 260 fully-serviced berths, free wireless broadband, on-site engineers, electricians and boat repairers, should anything go wrong. The boatyard has a 50-ton hoist, 25-ton boat mover and a 15-ton mobile crane to make easy work of lifting and launching any of the boats in our 3000 sq/m dry sail space. Our friendly team will be on-hand to make your stay special from start to finish – from welcoming you at the pontoons, to helping you explore the Island.

Often regarded as the sailing capital of the world, Cowes plays host to the annual Cowes Week and many other international regattas. Cowes Yacht Haven becomes the hub of these regattas, treating visitors to entertainment, bars and more.

Cowes Yacht Haven is your gateway to the Solent and the Isle of Wight – the perfect destination for any time of year. Known for its amazing beaches and beautiful scenery, this unique Island offers fun for all the family, with festivals and events every month of the year.

With a wealth of berthing space, excellent facilities and a large capacity events centre, Cowes Yacht Haven is the ideal base for any regatta. We have years of experience in holding world-class regattas and on-water events, and our highly experienced events team will work with you to tailor the perfect events package.

• Download Site Map Section
• Download useful information sheet for new arrivals

Related Listing

Emsworth Yacht Harbour

Emsworth Yacht Harbour is a family-owned marina located at the northern end of Chichester Harbour in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a short walk into the village of Emsworth which has a range of independent shops, restaurants read more

Fox’s Marina & Boatyard

Fox’s Marina & Boatyard is a friendly, independently owned marina on one of the UK’s most beautiful rivers, the River Orwell, on the outskirts of Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk.

Located in a sheltered Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Fox’s read more

Poole Quay Boat Haven

Voted TYHA Marina of the Year on three occasions in recent years, Poole Quay Boat Haven & Port of Poole Marina are both perfectly positioned to offer a base with which to explore Poole Harbour and its surrounding areas.  Poole read more

Address: Cowes Yacht Haven Ltd, Vectis Yard, High Street, Cowes Isle of Wight, PO31 7BD

Time: Summer: Sunday-Tuesday 0600hrs-2200hrs / Wednesday-Saturday: 0600hrs-0130hrs

Phone: Tel: +44 (0) 1983 299975 Fax: +44 (0) 1983 200332

Add to Favorites

Send To Friend

Inquiry for cowes yacht haven, sign up for our newsletter.

Enter your email below to receive TransEurope’s newsletter. You can change your mind at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the foot of each newsletter. We treat your information with respect. Please refer to our Privacy Policy or contact us for more details. By clicking below, you agree to our processing your information in accordance with these terms.

TransEurope Marinas

An expanding group of select marinas offering reciprocal berthing arrangements for their berth-holders across Europe.

Discounted berthing for members from Europe’s  most extensive marina network

TransEurope elsewhere

© 2024 TransEurope Marinas - site by rays

• Privacy Overview
• Strictly Necessary Cookies

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

More information about our Privacy Policy

P1 Offshore;

Powerboat P1 is the fastest growing marine motorsport series in the world and has a long term commitment to growing and developing the sport of power boating at all levels. The Powerboat P1 team works closely with the sport’s governing bodies, the UIM, APBA and the IJSBA. P1 has delivered more than 85 world championship events in over twelve different countries for more than a decade.

Cookie Policy

Contact info.

• Address: 2320 Clark Street, Suite A1 Apopka, FL 32703 United States
• Phone: +1 407 985 1938
• Email: [email protected]

Cocoa Beach

Fri 17 - Sun 19, May

Lake of the Ozarks

Thu 30, May - 01, Jun

Fri 09 - Sun 11, Aug

Fri 23 - Sun 25, Aug

Fri 13 - Sun 15, Sep

St. Petersburg

Fri 18 - Sun 20, Oct

Race Schedule Cowes

Fri 23- 25 aug 2024.

Race Crews: Please log in to see the full race schedule here.

Click the button to download a PDF copy of the race Calendar Download PDF

Last updated: Aug 19 2024 14:28 -

• Nation & World

Deep seas and tight spaces impede search for 6 missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Police divers resumed searching Tuesday for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who was celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who had defended him at trial.

The luxury sailboat, off Porticello near Palermo, was about 50 meters (164 feet) underwater — far deeper than most recreational divers are certified for and a depth that requires special precautions. Recovery crews could only stay for 12-minute shifts, a measure that slowed efforts to reach the cramped inside of the wreck.

Divers tag-teamed the shifts and were using a remote-controlled underwater vehicle, or ROV, to help in the search. They hadn’t been able to access the below-deck cabins because they were blocked by furniture that shifted during the violent storm that struck the vessel early Monday. Rescue crews said they assume the missing six are in those cabins because the storm struck when most would be sleeping, but the teams haven’t verified their presence there through portholes.

The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, was moored about a kilometer (a half-mile) offshore when a storm rolled in before 4 a.m. Monday. Civil protection officials said they believed the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly.

• What is known about the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily and those aboard
• Divers resume search for 6 missing when yacht sank off Sicily, including tech magnate Mike Lynch
• Tech tycoon, defense attorney, and Morgan Stanley banker among those missing in freak yacht sinking

Grainy film from closed-circuit cameras from shore, broadcast on the website of the Giornale di Sicilia, showed the majestic, illuminated 75-meter (246-foot) mast of the Bayesian weathering the storm and then disappearing over the course of a minute.

Fifteen of the 22 people aboard survived, including a mother who reported holding her 1-year-old baby over the waves to save her. One body was recovered, identified by officials as the Antiguan-born on-board chef. The rest of the 10-person crew survived, including the captain whom prosecutors reportedly sought to interview.

The survivors were rescued by a nearby sailboat after getting into a lifeboat.

Lynch, who was once hailed as Britain’s king of technology, was cleared in June of fraud and conspiracy charges in a U.S. federal trial related to Hewlett Packard’s $11 billion takeover of his company, Autonomy Corp. His wife, Angela Bacares, survived the sinking. Hannah Lynch, the couple’s 18-year-old daughter, is reportedly unaccounted for.

Also unaccounted for are Christopher Morvillo, one of Lynch’s lawyers, and his wife, Neda; and Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morgan Stanley International and the former head of the Autonomy audit committee who testified in Lynch’s defense, and his wife.

Karsten Borner, the captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, which rescued the survivors, said he was close enough to see the Bayesian as the storm came in.

“A moment later, she was gone,” he said.

“It’s a great, great tragedy,” said Britain’s ambassador to Italy, Edward Llewellyn, who visited Porticello on Tuesday. Britain sent four investigators to the scene, given the disaster involved a British-flagged ship and British citizens were among the missing.

Luca Cari, a spokesman for the rescue teams, said the search was proceeding much more slowly than another big shipwreck in Italy, the 2012 Costa Concordia cruise ship that flipped on its side off Tuscany’s coast, because of the depth of the wreck and the limited space divers have to maneuver.

“That was much simpler. Here everything is more tight,” he said.

The outing was intended at least in part as a celebration of Lynch’s acquittal and a “looking forward to what was coming next,” said Reid Weingarten, a Washington attorney and a member of Lynch’s defense team who was not on the yacht.

“A lot of people went, a lot of people were planning to go and then, of course, this happened,” Weingarten said.

Weingarten worked with Morvillo and said he “was like a brother.”

Aki Hussain, CEO of international insurer Hiscox Group, where Bloomer was chairman, said the company was “deeply shocked and saddened by this tragic event.”

“Our thoughts are with all those affected, in particular our Chair, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife Judy, who are among the missing, and with their family as they await further news from this terrible situation,” he added.

Among the survivors, the Emslie family was released from Palermo’s pediatric hospital on Tuesday. Charlotte Golunski had reported that she momentarily lost hold of her 1-year-old daughter, Sofia, in the water but then managed to hold her up over the waves until they were both pulled to safety, doctors said.

The father, identified by ANSA news agency as James Emslie, also survived.

Most Read Business Stories

• Goodwill to close 2 Seattle stores because of rising crime and costs
• REI plans to close Alderwood mall store, move to new Lynnwood location
• Jim McIntire, WA treasurer during financial crisis, dies at 71
• NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule VIEW
• Edith Macefield’s Ballard ‘Up’ house available for lease

“They don’t talk much, primarily because they consider themselves survivors and they don’t understand why they survived given what they went through,” said Dr. Domenico Cipolla, head of the emergency room at Di Cristina pediatric hospital.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Cipolla said the parents had been in touch with other survivors, who are being housed at a nearby hotel and were waiting for other family members to arrive in Sicily.

The Bayesian, built in 2008 by the Italian firm Perini Navi, is registered to Revtom Ltd., according to online maritime database Equasis. Bacares, Lynch’s wife, is listed as Revtom’s sole owner, according to corporate registration documents from the Isle of Man.

According to online charter companies, it had been available for charter for 195,000 euros (about $215,000) a week and was notable for its massive 75-meter-tall (246-foot-tall) aluminum mast, one of the tallest in the world.

The coast guard said to date there was no trace of fuel leaks from the wreckage.

In an unrelated event, Lynch’s co-defendant in the Autonomy trial who was also cleared, Stephen Chamberlain, was killed Sunday when he was hit by a car while running in Cambridgeshire, England, said Chamberlain’s lawyer, Gary Lincenberg.

Winfield reported from Rome. Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington; and Danica Kirka and Kelvin Chan in London, contributed to this report.

01983 299975

[email protected], category: event, orp blyskawica anniversary celebrations – annually in may.

In May 1942, ORP Błyskawica and her ship’s company heroically defended Cowes and East Cowes from an enemy air attack.  See : https://www.blyskawica-cowes.org.uk/cowes_blitz/  It was quite a coincidence that the […]

Cowes Yacht Haven – More than just a marina

Since 1992, we’ve been known as one of the top berthing spots in the UK, with 260 fully-serviced berths and lift and launch facilities. However, not everyone knows what we […]

© Cowes Yacht Haven - All rights reserved​

Made with ❤ By PC Consultants