2018 Yachting Guide to Harbour and its Rivers

THIS MAP IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.

FREE OF CHARGE NOT FOR RESALE 06' Larkman’s Boatyard 35 SNAPE HAZEL WOOD MELTON BOATYARD MARSHES Harwich Haven Authority Melton Boatyard Ltd 37 40 NOTE: High water at MBY is 39 as Harwich +35 minutes 38 Robertson’s Boatyard 42 ALDE ALDEBURGH SUTTON The minimum depth in the 37 Yachting Guide Key BEWARE When MUD FLATS HOO Main Channel adjacent 36 The Woodbridge Boatyard 43 moving up river RF Upson & Sons Ltd 41 Melton Boatyard at MHWN is at night, ensure 2 metres (based on 3 metre 35 34 you locate Red Woodbridge Cruising Club 30 No24 prediction at Harwich) 33 number 37 Aldeburgh Boatyard 31 Be alert. Be visible... R Yachts planning to arrive at 32 when passing Martello R R No22 MBY at HW (MBY) should Green 36 to Tower Deben Rowing Club 03 No20 avoid entering Slaughden Sailing Club 15 R 50 Tidemill Yacht Harbour pass buoy No.24 1 hour 31 05' Large ships often have restricted visibility No18 before HW (MBY) these salt flats. No16 30 Aldeburgh Yacht Club 01 Deben Yacht Club 04 R There is no sill at MBY 29 SALTINGS RIVER 28 ALDE No13 27 LINE OF SIGHT Deben Watersports Centre 22 Water G ski area KYSON HILL No11 30 Woodbridge Cruising Club HAVERGATE G RIVERS ALDE AND ORE ISLAND WARNING OR DANGER No9 ORFORDNESS BUOYED No14 50 Tidemill Yacht Harbour 1/2 MILE G R No12A Orford Sailing Club 10 SPEED LIMIT: R BUTLEY 8 knots except in personal CREEK No7 RIVER 8 KNOTS watercraft area. G Orford Town Trust 38 If you can’t see the ship’s bridge, then the captain can’t see you! MOORINGS 24 River Ore BOYTON CLUBS Martlesham Orford Castle Keep a safe lookout. Be aware of closing speeds. Be aware of any 36 MARSHES Creek Boatyard METHERSGATE QUAY 04' 01 Aldeburgh Yacht Club 11 Orwell Yacht Club lack of forward visibility. No12 ORFORD DOVEYS R BUTLEY Orford 01728 452562 | www.aldeburghyc.org.uk www.orwellyachtclub.org RIVER VHF CH 08 Lighthouse YB ORFORDNESS No5 02 Bawdsey Haven Yacht Club G Personal 01394 410258 nnnnnn No10 water craft RIVER area. R BOYTON ORE No8 MARSHES R nnnnnn Waldringfield Boatyard 44 nn No3 Haven Marina G 47 03 Deben Rowing Club 12 Sailing Club and Neptune Marina Waldringfield Sailing Club 18 MOORINGS STONNER RIVER 07899 778995 | www.debenrowingclub.co.uk 01473 780271 | www.pmsc.org.uk POINT ORE Debbage Yachting 32 No1A SIMPSON 03' 25 Hamilton Sailing G SALTINGS nnnnn Within the entrance to NEW CUT is a Water No1 nnnn MOORINGS Velocity Control Structure which is raised when G RIVER ORE SPEED LIMIT: required from the river bed. When raised the top 8 knots except in personal 04 Deben Yacht Club 13 Royal Harwich Yacht Club No6 8 R watercraft area of the structure may be just below the water R KNOTS Visiting yachts can lay on outer pontoons. level. 3 vertical red lights, when lit, warn vessels G No4 www.debenyachtclub.co.uk that they MUST NOT PROCEED. R 07742 145994 | www.royalharwichyachtclub.co.uk 05 Ferry Sailing Club RoRo 01394 283785 | www.ffsc.co.uk 14 Sailing Club Orwell Yacht Club Weir Buoy 11 No2A (seasonal April-Oct) 01473 787500 500 ft R RIVER ORE ENTRANCE: Extreme caution No2 must be exercised in the entrance due to 15 Slaughden Sailing Club Fox’s Marina Yacht Club 06 R R G No12 continually shifting shoals. nnnnnnn THE 01728 454335 | www.slaughdensailingclub.co.uk Hearth Point PRETTYMAN’S 02' ROCKS SHINGLE Oxley Buoy R G POINT 06 Fox’s Marina Yacht Club STREET R (seasonal April-Oct) 16 Stoke Sailing Club W Power 01473 684111 | www.fmyc.org.uk East Fen www.stokesailingclub.uk Fox’s Marina & Boatyard 46 R G Martello Orford Haven Sewer Tower RW G R Air draught beneath 40 Quay nnnnnnn Orwell Bridge is 43.07 W Bridge n E Bridge metres minus the height R G Martello of tide at Ipswich Tower 17 Stour Sailing Club Pond Ooze MOORINGS nnnnnn Redgate G 01206 393924 | www.stoursailingclub.co.uk R No9 07 Harwich & Dovercourt Sailing Club Hill 18 Sailing Club R 07507 344375 | www.hdsc.org.uk Bridgewood 01728 638785 | www.waldringfieldsc.com Freston Priory 01' R PRIORY PARK Martello Stoke Sailing Club 16 MOORINGS SPEED LIMIT: 6 knots except in personal watercraft Tower No8 G area. A patrol service operates and small crafts will be monitored for R 6 nnnn Mulberry KNOTS excessive speed and general behaviour. Contravention of any by-laws SPEED LIMIT: 8 knots above nnnn G or general direction may result in prosecution. Sailors should be aware 8 and 10 knots below the personal watercraft 10 08 Harwich Town Sailing Club Downham that vessels using the main navigation channel may cause turbulence KNOTS area (May - Sept). For navigation advice KNOTS 19 Walton & Frinton Yacht Club Deer Park G No7 and small craft users should wear a lifejacket at all times. contact: John White, the Woodbridge 01255 503200 | www.htsc.co.uk R Cathouse Haven Pilot, on OddTimes Ch 08 or call 01255 678161 | www.wfyc.co.uk 01394 270106, 07803 476621 or Marina G G 09 Haven Ports Yacht Club R G QUAY 07860 191768. ww.debenestuarypilot.co.uk Martello Park Bight Personal watercraft area. Anti-social Tower 01473 659651 | www.hpyc.com No6 behaviour is monitored. Use of personal R 49 Suffolk Yacht Harbour watercraft outside of this area is nnnnnnnn Neptune Sailing 26 HALL extremely hazardous and causes RIVER 10 Orford Sailing Club POINT disturbance to river users and residents. DEBEN 01394 450 997 | www.orfordsail.org.uk 20 Woodbridge Cruising Club Grog 23 East Anglian Sea School Marina 53 MOORINGS 52˚00' G LEVINGTON R.Y.A. recognised training courses. No5 60' CREEK G Foxes G Don’t 01394 386737 | www.woodbridgecruisingclub.org Bottom LEVINGTON 09 Haven Ports Yacht Club MOORINGS Royal Harwich Yacht Club 13 MOORINGS Butt Bay R MOORINGS LAGOON R take the risk… R 24 East Anglian Sailing Trust MOORINGS Shearwater Sailing School 28 No4 02 Bawdsey Haven Yacht Club MOORINGS MOORINGS nn POWERED CRAFT RECREATIONAL ZONE: This is the only Pin Mill Sailing Club 12 MOORINGS No3 area in the River Orwell where speeds over 6 knots (6.8mph) RADIO MAST ALWAYS WEAR G Waterski area north may be used by recreational craft. All craft should (with the BAWDSEY RIVER ORWELL exception of emergencies) avoid anchoring in the zone. MANOR A LIFEJACKET Harry King & Sons/Pin Mill Moorings 34 Stratton Collimer G LOOMPIT LAKE FELIXSTOWE Danger may arise TRAINING Pin Mill Cruising 27 R FERRY Deben COLLIMER R unexpectedly from the wash POINT Martello 21 Sports Centre 26 Neptune Sailing Waterski area south Tower Extreme caution must be exercised in the caused by passing vessels. Pin Mill Hard 39 Sailing Club 05 entrance due to continually shifting shoals. For dinghy and sail boards. Powered boats are not R.Y.A. recognised training courses. No2 Trimley 59' TRIMLEY Max spring tidal flow 3-4 knots. We recommend you wear R G RETREAT permitted. R.Y.A. recognised training courses. 07707 056158 | www.neptunesailing.org.uk Webb Boatyard 45 your lifejacket (with crotch BIRD SANCTUARY straps secured) at all times. 01473 328408 | www.altonwater.co.uk 27 Pin Mill Cruising Habitat creation by H.H.A. CUTLER Martello SAND Tower R.Y.A. recognised training courses. Outbound yachts crossing the channel, making for the Mid Knolls 01473 780510 | www.pinmillcruising.co.uk G nnnnnn yacht track should do so early to ensure they are 16 Alton Water Sports Centre aware of any inbound commercial vessels. Knoll Spit Cutler 28 Shearwater Sailing School R G 22 Deben Watersports Centre R.Y.A. recognised training courses. West Knoll R.Y.A. recognised training courses. Container terminal: Yachts should ensure that they keep R 07702 259568 | www.shearwatersailingschool.co.uk No1 well clear of these manoeuvring vessels and at all times www.dwsc.org.uk G avoid passing between the ship and the berth. Orwell Woodbridge Haven 23 East Anglian Sea School R RW R.Y.A. recognised training courses. nnnnnnn TRIMLEY 58' Fagbury MARSHES 01473 659992 | www.eastanglianseaschool.com VHF Ch 68 G 7 Berth RIVER STOUR SPEED LIMIT: 8 knots, Babergh 24 East Anglian Sailing Trust nnnnnnn personal watercraft strictly prohibited. VHF Ch 71 6 8 Limit of Ipswich R Trinity Container Terminal Sailing for people with disabilities. KNOTS Yachts may anchor off Wrabness. Pepys 29 TS Rebel Visiting yachts are advised to navigate Limit of HarwichShotley Marina 48 R R.Y.A. recognised training centre. close to buoyed channel used by 5 PORT OF FELIXSTOWE SPIRE Cobbolds Pt R.Y.A. recognised training centre and cadet SHOTLEY G (April-Oct) 0333 088 3278 | www.east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk commercial vessels sailing to Mistley. 4 Martello training school. GATE College Port of Felixstowe. Tower HARKSTEAD POINT Shotley Sailing Club 14 R 3 No facilities for yachts. Bawdsey 25 Hamilton Sailing 07768 232574 | www.tsrebel.org FELIXSTOWE Anchorage STUTTON ERWARTON OBSTNS 2 PIER R.Y.A. recognised training courses. NESS Leisure vessels should avoid anchoring within or near the (Ships) 30 Woodbridge Cruising Club NESS Y 1 navigational channels and commercial anchorages. 07990 777129 | www.hamiltonsailing.com OBSTNS Shotley HOLBROOK MOORINGS MOORINGS Shotley Spit RoRo HARBOUR SPEED LIMIT: Where necessary to do so, they MUST comply with the S Bawdsey R.Y.A. recognised training courses. Horse Cork Anchorage YB 4&3 8 knots, personal watercraft requirements of Collision Regulations Rule 30 and Ships Parkeston (April-Oct) 8 (Ships) YB 01394 386737 | www.woodbridgecruisingclub.org Ganges strictly prohibited. exercise heightened navigational awareness. No1 Guard KNOTS G Bristol G 57' No6 No5 No2 Ramsey G R nnnnn G 5 knots Lee RIVER STOUR G Bathside 8 Martello Tower ‘P’ No4 R Grisle CHURCH R OIL JETTY: Stena Line, MOORINGS R OBSTNS Keep clear SPIRE BYB Harwich Approach nnnnn MOORINGS OBSTNS Cruise Terminals Harwich Shelf 9 WRABNESS POINT Ha’penny Pier 33 HARWICH RW HARWICH VTS (March-Nov) LANDGUARD OAK FIELD WOOD INTERNATIONAL Harwich & Dovercourt 07 Shallow YACHT TRACK: PORT Washington Sailing Club waters N Shelf Main channel WRABNESS G R crossing point FACILITIES Harwich Town Sailing Club 08 MOORINGS Wave Rider COPPERAS WOOD LANDGUARD G 5 Felixstowe Ledge Harwich Deep Water Channel 31 Aldeburgh Boatyard 38 Orford Town Trust FORT 0 Cross Fort G BLACKMANS S Shelf G FI(4)G.15s Y 01728 452019 | www.aldeburghboatyard.co.uk Visitor moorings and private launching slip available HEAD Wadgate Ledge No1 Racon (T) R VHF Ch 08 (April-Oct) R RADIO TOWER No3 Y 56' No5 Y 07528 092635 | http://bit.ly/2EAoMiO Y Y No2 n NW Beach LANDGUARD Y (April-Oct) G G POINT WAYPOINT No7 Harwich Deep Water Channel No4 51˚ 55.83N Y 32 Debbage Yachting (April-Oct)Y No6 Y DOVERCOURT Cliff Foot nnn 01˚ 20-29E 01473 601169 | 07774 694226 | www.debyacht.co.uk No8 Y BAY R Beach End Platters (April-Oct) Y RECREATION AREA YB Y 39 Pin Mill Hard G Rolling Ground Y FOR POWERED CRAFT Barge blocks & scrubbing posts. MANNINGTREE Waterskiing, Jetskiing strictly prohibited (April-Oct) G Access via launching Landguard Deane Cork Sand Bn nnnnnn Y ramp at Dovercourt Bay. Pitching Ground 07714 260568 | www.pinmillhard.info BY Inner Ridge R STUTTON Prior approval required WAYPOINT R R R NESS from Tendring District 51˚ 55.23N WAYPOINT 17 Stour Sailing Club Council 01255 686868 BY 01˚ 18-39E 51˚ 55.33N nnnn www.tendringdc.gov.uk Cork Sand Yacht Bn WAYPOINT BY nnnnnnn RIVER STOUR 01˚ 26-00E Harbour tugs may be 51˚ 55.23N Rough 33 Ha’penny Pier No.11 No.9 No.7 Pye End Platters 55' No.6 Y encountered close to the 01˚ 20-39E Anchorage 40 Ramsholt Quay (April-Oct) RW buoy line whilst they See overleaf HOGMARSH No.13 G 8 R (Ships) George Collins, Mooring Master G KNOTS G assist container vessels. Outer Ridge No.15 BY 34 Harry King & Sons/Pin Mill Moorings G R R R 07930 304061 G No.12 No.10 No.8 WALTON BACKWATERS SPEED LIMIT: 8 knots in seaward Recommended Yacht Crossing Points. 01473 780258 | 07714 260568 41 RF Upson & Sons Ltd MISTLEY MISTLEY MARINE 8 approaches and Hamford Water, 6 knots in all creeks and Yachts and leisure craft should cross the main www.kingsboatyard.co.uk KNOTS channels, 4 knots or less in congested boating areas. channels in the areas indicated and as nearly as Commercial Quay Visitors’ moorings available, No2 01728 453047 can dry out practicable at right angles to the main traffic flow. R Cork Ledge Keep well clear of commercial vessels and avoid 42 Robertson’s Boatyard Y Racing Mark Reduce speed to limit effects of boat wash and No3 Crab Knoll (April - Oct) crossing close ahead. Note that the recommended nnnnnnn 01394 382305 | www.robertsons-boatyard.co.uk keep to the right hand side of the channel or OBSTNS G track for yachts is not exclusive and small power fairways. Give other craft time and room to No5 driven commercial vessels may use this track. 35 Larkman’s Boatyard manoeuvre and do not anchor in busy fairways. G 01394 382943 | www.larkmansboatyard.co.uk nnnnnn HARWICH NAVYARD HARBOUR No4 High Hill 54' 36 Martlesham Creek Boatyard 43 The Woodbridge Boatyard RNLI Harwich Town R Experimental Buoys 01394 384727 | 07850 754726 08 No4A Y CORK SAND 01394 385786 | www.eversonboats.co.uk Sailing Club R MEDUSA CHANNEL Fox’s No7 Racing Mark www.martleshamcreekboatyard.co.uk Ha’penny G YBY 33 No6 (April-Oct) 44 Waldringfield Boatyard Pier Yacht R 01473 736260 | www.waldringfieldboatyard.co.uk Moorings BYB 6 ROUGHS TOWER Harwich KNOTS No8 BYB nnnnnnnn Shallow waters Shelf R No10 (Mar-Nov) Y 37 Melton Boatyard Ltd R No12 nnnnnnn Pennyhole ISLAND R No14 OBSTNS Buoyage above Woodbridge managed by Melton BY (April-Oct) POINT R Harwich & Dovercourt OAKLEY No9 Caution must be Stone Banks Boatyard. Caution: the river dies out. 45 Webb Boatyard 07 Sailing Club CREEK Exchem G exercised at the R 01394 386327 | www.meltonboatyard.co.uk 01473 780291 G No16 entrance 4 HAMFORD WATER R A120 HARWICH KNOTS No11 53' G nnn No13 nnnnn LANDERMERE G Y Navigational Warnings Felixstowe Coastwatch CREEK WALTON Armada Racing Mark BACKWATERS (April-Oct) Unlit Moorings Radio checks, weather reports and local sea state SEDIMENT SKIPPER’S KIRBY WALTON Extensive unlit yacht moorings will be encountered conditions (stationed at Martello Tr ‘P’) 01394 670808 PLACEMENT TRACKS CHANNEL MARINAS (see overleaf) ISLAND CREEK HORSEY ISLAND throughout the Rivers Deben, Orwell, Stour and JOHN WESTON G 26 March to 28 October: NATURE Walton Backwaters. When moored in rivers where FELIXSTOWE HEDGE END Friday - Monday 0900 - 1700 46 Fox’s Marina & Boatyard 50 Tidemill Yacht Harbour ERWARTON SHOTLEY RESERVE large commercial vessels navigate, yachtsmen are NESS ISLAND 47 Ipswich Haven Marina and Neptune Marina 51 Titchmarsh Marina MOORINGS advised, when staying overnight, to light their craft. Tuesday - Thursday 1300 - 1700 48 Shotley Marina 52 Walton Yacht Basin Lobster Pots Outside of the above dates: 4 NAZE TOWER Some lobster pots are unmarked and there Friday - Monday 0900 - 1630 52' 49 Yacht Harbour 53 Woolverstone Marina HARWICH Titchmarsh Marina 51 KNOTS Open to public is a risk of fouling. Great care is required in the Tuesday - Thursday 1230 - 1630 PUBLIC identified areas - especially at night time. Dredgers may alter course without warning LANDING Channel 65 Callsign “Felixstowe NCI” PUBLIC TS Rebel 29 FOUNDRY LANDING REACH BUOYED Walton & Frinton Yacht Club 19 S Cork YB 08' 09' 10' 11' 12' 13' 14' 15' 16' 17' 18' 19' I°20' Medusa 21' 22' 23' 24' 25' 26' 27' 28' 29' 30' 31' 33' 34' Walton Yacht Basin 52 G G PUBLIC All details correct at time of printing. Copies of the yachting guide can be obtained at local marinas, LANDING CABLES 10 5 0 1 2 Sea Miles 51' marine-related outlets and the Harwich Haven Authority offices. TOWER OPS 026/27 THIS MAP IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Feet 1000 0 5000 10000 15000 feet About Harwich Haven Authority

As a trust port with statutory responsibilities for conservancy and safety of navigation we ensure that commercial and leisure users co-exist safely in the Haven. We do this by providing free services for recreational users, including navigational and traffic information via our Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and website. Safety Marker buoys, yacht channels and harbour patrols ensure the main brief channel is kept clear for commercial shipping. During the weekend of the summer months we patrol between 0800 and 1800. Skippers should educate their crew about the safety equipment onboard the boat, where it is and when We collaborate on a regular basis with local yacht clubs such and how to use it. as the Harwich Area Sailing Association (HASA) to make their members aware of the hazards of boating in our busy harbour. Each year we welcome more than 10,000 leisure vessels of all shapes and sizes who visit the Haven from both the UK and Europe.  How to start the engine Whether you are visiting the area or are a local sailor we urge you  Location of first aid kit and book to review the information contained within this guide, which will assist with safety and enhance your enjoyment of the Haven.  How to send a VHF/DSC distress alert and mayday  Use of lifejackets, harnesses and jack-stays Manoeuvring and  Location and use of flares and EPIRB warning signals  MOB equipment and procedure Gas safety and use of cooker One prolonged blast ------ Leaving a dock, quay, or anchorage  Location and use of AIS kit One short blast •  How to gain access to the engine space if Altering to starboard there is no automatic system Two short blasts ••  How to launch the life raft Altering to port  The danger zones where there is risk of Three short blasts ••• injury from the boom or mainsheet in an Going astern accidental gybe Five or more blasts ••••• Your intentions are unclear Four short blasts followed by one short blast •••• • Turning short round to starboard Further guidance is available within MGN 379 - use of Electronic Navigational Aids - www.gov.uk Four short blasts followed by two short blasts •••• •• The prudent mariner should never be overly reliant Turning short round to port on the outputs of a single navigational aid. Mayday

A mayday should only be sent if there is grave and imminent danger to vessel or person which requires immediate assistance. Best practice advice A DSC distress alert will sound an alarm on all DSC sets within range, including ships and at Coastguard stations for sailors and will send the position of the boat if the set is interfaced with a GPS. On 1 July 2002, Chapter V of the SOLAS (safety of life at sea) Regulations came into force internationally affecting If it is urgent, but not life threatening, make a Pan Pan all leisure vessels. broadcast preceded by a DSC urgency alert. For advice The weather contact the Coastguard by routine DSC or on Channel 16. Get a forecast before leaving and consider how it applies to the area. Prepare the boat and crew for that. Update the information regularly. DSC DISTRESS ALERT The tides Open the red cover, then press and hold the When are the tidal streams favourable? Will it be wind against distress button through the countdown. tide making sea conditions worse? Is there a tidal gate? Is there Use Channel 16 on high power sufficient height of tide to cross any shallow area? Limitations of your vessel MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY Is the boat suitable for the conditions expected? Do you THIS IS [vessel type and name, vessel name, have the safety equipment and spares that you need? vessel name] MMSI & call sign Crew MAYDAY THIS IS [vessel type & name] Does the crew have enough experience and physical ability MMSI & call sign for the trip? Are there sufficient crew? Cold, tired or seasick crew will add to the skipper’s tasks. Are you, as skipper, liable IN POSITION [lat/long] to seasickness too? Is there warm waterproof clothing, food NATURE OF DISTRESS [fire, sinking, mob] and accommodation for the crew? Navigational hazards I REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE Check on the charts and read pilot books for information OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION of the hazards in the area. [number of persons abandoning to life raft or Contingency plan no life raft] If it gets too late, too dark, or too cold to follow the original OVER plan, where will you go? If the weather deteriorates or there is an accident, where will you go for a safe haven? Have sufficient charts to cope with a different destination. During the Mayday all the communication is likely to Information ashore continue on Channel 16 and it will be possible to talk to Tell someone ashore about your plans and tell them how to the lifeboat or helicopter once they are on scene and all inform the Coastguard if you are overdue. Log details of your vessels in the vicinity will be aware of your situation. vessel and its life-saving equipment with the Coastguard. Use the CG66 in the UK. This can be filled in online www.gov.uk/ Do not rely on a mobile phone in an emergency at sea, register-boat-coastguard-safety-scheme it cannot perform the same function. Collision awareness Navigation channels and checklist speed restrictions

• A vessel of less than 20m in length or sailing vessel shall Channels not impede the passage of vessels which can safely The main deep-water navigational channels within navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway. Harwich Harbour are well marked by buoys and lights. • A vessel shall not cross a narrow channel or fairway if such Yachts are advised to keep clear of the channels and use crossing impedes the passage of a vessel which can safely the recommended yacht tracks. navigate only within such channel or fairway. The latter When main channels have to be crossed, this should vessel may use the sound signal prescribed in Rule 34(d) if be done as nearly as practicable at right angles. Avoid in doubt as to the intention of the crossing vessel. crossing the bows of on-coming commercial traffic. • A sailing vessel underway shall keep out of the way of: Large container ships, in particular, have very restricted visibility for quite a distance ahead when carrying a deck - A vessel not under command; cargo of containers. - A vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre; We request that sailors conduct themselves in a - A vessel engaged in fishing; responsible way while using the Haven and adhere to - Any vessel other than a vessel not under command both the Collision Regulations and best practice advice or a vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre given by the Royal Yacht Association. shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid impeding the safe passage of a vessel constrained Speed limits by her draught, exhibiting the signals in Rule 28. The speed limit for power boats, cruisers, or yachts is 8 knots within Harwich Harbour, the River Stour and the The Full Collision Regulations (Colregs) can be Walton Backwaters. The limit is 6 knots within the downloaded at www.collisionregs.com River Orwell. For further information, download Harwich Haven Authority Byelaws from our website - www.hha.co.uk/ operations/downloads. The Ipswich Port Authority Byelaws can be downloaded at www.abports.co.uk/ Fog About_ABP/ABP_ByeLaws/

Harwich VTS cannot undertake control of small craft in reduced visibility but our VTS team will provide assistance if possible. Listen in on channel 71 and always carry a radar reflector, flares and suitable emergency equipment. If you do not have radar and intend crossing any shipping lane, and Watersports you are in serious doubt as to the commercial movements, call Harwich VTS on channel 71, or Ipswich Port Radio Ch 68 Waterskiing, jetskiing and sailboarding are not permitted whilst in the River Orwell. Carriage and use of an operational in or near any navigational channel used by commercial AIS is also encouraged. Remember your obligations vessels. Power craft are only permitted in designated under the prevention of collision regulations (see above), areas. Sailboarding is not permitted in or near mooring particularly the ability to make an efficient sound signal. areas or beaches. Please be aware that permission to launch and recover may need to be sought from the local See www.collisionregs.com for full Collision Regulations authority - www.tendringdc.gov.uk Pollution and Respect our dangerous goods special environment

Prevention of Pollution by Garbage Regulations So visitors can fully enjoy the Haven’s surroundings, The North Sea, including its Estuaries and Rivers, is we work to preserve its environment by collaborating designated a special Area under Annex 5 of MARPOL. Within with groups including the , Natural this area the disposal of all garbage is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. England and RSPB to protect natural habitats. Food waste may only be put overboard outside the 12 In addition to being home to one of the UK’s largest and mile limit in compliance with the Regulations, otherwise all busiest port clusters, Harwich Haven is also an area of garbage must be retained on board until it can be deposited high environmental protection, mainly due to the bird on shore in approved receptacles. population that it supports. Dangerous Goods in Harbour Areas Regulations 2016 (DGHAR) Both estuaries are part of the European conservation A vessel alongside displaying an all-round red light by sites know as Natura 2K, are recognised as important night or a red flag by day indicates that she is carrying wetlands under international conventions (Ramsar) and dangerous substances. Under these Regulations an are also Sites of Special Scientific interest (SSSI) and UK exclusion zone of up to 200m is to be enforced around any legislation. The shores and surrounding areas include vessel loading or discharging explosives. Tankers alongside Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and local the oil jetties at Harwich, Felixstowe and Ipswich should nature reserves. also be given a wide berth. River Deben, Alde, Ore, Stour, Orwell and Hamford Water are recognised as Internationally Important Conservation sites and are designated Special Protection Areas. Considerate visitors are welcome but take care to avoid polluting the area and it is a criminal offence to damage Report suspicious activity the habitat or disturb wildlife. Do not land in these areas from a boat unless in a around the Haven recognised landing area. Yacht owners should ensure that the anti-fouling paints used on their vessels comply PROJECT KRAKEN is a joint initiative with current regulations. Environment Agency advice on aimed at encouraging the public to the approved paints can be obtained from the Marinas report suspicious or unusual activity or direct from the Environment Agency (Guidance note: around the coastal and maritime ING 309). environment. Useful websites: www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org and If you see or hear anything unusual www.thegreenblue.org.uk REPORT IT. Even the smallest thing can be significant… Call your local Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 [Quote KRAKEN] 46 Fox’s Marina & Boatyard Entrance 100m upriver of No12 channel buoy, which is dredged to 2m below CD. Visitors’ berths available. Yacht travel lift 70 tons. Club facilities available to visiting crews. VHF Ch 80 | 01473 689111 | www.foxsmarina.com Key to facilities

Boat hoist & cranage LPG Petrol 11 Orwell Yacht Club

Chandlery Provisions

Defibrillator Refuse D

Diesel Restaurant / Bar C

B

Electricity Scrubbing berth A

Gas (bottles) Showers

Hazardous waste / Oil VHF60 H

Launching slip Visitor berths Harbour Master Fuel

Laundrette Wifi 11 Orwell Yacht Club

LPG Workshop 46 Fox’s Marina & Boatyard 47 Ipswich Haven Marina 47 Neptune Marina 01473 236644 | www.ipswichhavenmarina.co.uk 01473 215204 | www.neptune-marina.com

All inward bound leisure craft should contact Lock Control on VHF Ch 68 for up to date information on lock times. ARRIVAL: It is accessible 24 hours through a lock entrance, at all Neptune Marina 47 states of the tide for vessels up to 2m draft. Vessels wishing to use the lock should contact Lock Control, VHF Channel 68 as they clear the Orwell Bridge. Once through the lock, contact either: Ipswich Haven Marina on VHF Channel 80 or 37 or Neptune Marina on VHF

N A Channel 80 or 37 for allocation of a pontoon berth. Craft arriving P M K J B O L I H C D early may use the layby pontoons. Visitors’ berths are always E G G F available for even the largest yachts and non-commercial craft.

Harbour F Harbour DEPARTURE: All vessels to call Lock Control prior to leaving the Master Master H Fuel Marina berth. The duty officer will inform you when there is free E flow or when you can lock out.

Ipswich Haven Marina 47 LOCK SIGNALS: Lights fixed at the river side of the lock entrance D (for vessels arriving Wet Dock) and on the Orwell Navigation Fuel Service building (for vessels departing Wet Dock) indicate C whether the lock is open or closed as follows: One red light - lock closed to vessels entry Ipswich Wet One green light - lock open for vessels entry Dock The lock master will advise if there is a pontoon available for B mooring or if a vessel is to secure to the lock side. Due to the DEBBAGE strong turbulence which can be encountered, it is strongly MARINA New Cut A advised to wear lifejackets in the lock. The lock master will advise all vessels prior to the Debbage Yachting 32 Oil EE commencement of locking operations. W Fuel New Cut is tidal. All yachts to monitor Channel 68 whilst on the River Orwell. Visiting Yachts are DD advised not to arrive two hours either side of low water. CC Within the entrance to NEW CUT is a Water Velocity Control BB See warning AA Structure which is raised when required from the river bed. note opposite. When raised the top of the structure may be just below the Lock (Sluice) Sig.light water level. Three vertical red lights, when lit, warn vessels Orwell that they MUST NOT PROCEED. Navigation Service

IPSWICH ENCLOSED DOCK Sig.light 48 Shotley Marina Shotley Marina 48 Recommended yacht track from south of Shotley Spit buoy is H parallel to deep water channel, passing close north of Ganges buoy to the marked approach channel leading to locked basin. N Traffic lights at lock entrance (24hr) plus INOGON directional Harbour M leading light, see drawing. Diesel is available 24hrs per day. VHF Master A B L Ch 80 visitors’ berths available. Yacht travel lift approx 40 tons C Fuel max. Channel dredged to 2m below CD. D E F G H K 01473 788982 | www.shotleymarina.com Light Direction J

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Harbour Entrance marked by channel. Dredged to 2.5 metres LWS. W Master L Visitors’ berths available. D I VHF Ch 80 | 01473 659465 | 01473 659240 K M N P Q www.syharbour.co.uk C A Fuel B E F G H J

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50 Tidemill Yacht Harbour Tidemill Yacht Harbour 50 160 Entrance over a sill. Visitors’ berths available. VHF Ch 80. 214 Note: To calculate entrance access - North Arm Height over sill = predicted HT off HHA Guide minus (less) 1.5metres = HT over sill 159 101 Fuel 01394 385745 | www.tidemillyachtharbour.co.uk H Harbour Master 51-100

South Arm

1 48 Height over sill = predicted HT off HHA Guide minus (less) 1.5 metres = HT over sill 51 Titchmarsh Marina 52 Walton Yacht Basin Entrance 1.0m MLWS. VHF 80 | 01255 675873 | 07514 492815 www.wfyc.co.uk Visitors’ berths available. Yacht travel lift 35 tons. VHF Ch 80 | 01255 672185 | 01255 851899 www.titchmarshmarina.com

H Harbour Master Fuel

A

Entrance B 1.0m MLWS C Titchmarsh Marina 51 D Harbour E Master

F H G Walton Yacht Basin 52 H

53 Woolverstone Marina G F E D C B A Fuel Continuous access. Visitors’ berths. VHF Ch 80 | 01473 780206 | 01473 780354 www.woolverstonemarina.co.uk

H Harbour Master

Woolverstone Marina 53 33 Ha’penny Pier yacht moorings First come, first served. Charges made when staying between 1600 - 0900. Pier master on duty between April and October. 01255 243030 | [email protected] | hha.co.uk/leisure/mooring/

In adverse weather conditions the bridges joining the pontoons will be raised. 5 KNOTS maximum speed limit Please be aware of swell one hour before 2.0m and one hour after high and low water. Non exclusive between October - Easter

No public mooring 2.0m

No public mooring

Moorings

DANGER of fouling

MOORING IN HA'PENNY PIER - Be aware that if the wind direction is NW, NNW or West to North there can be a strong swell. Pontoon bridges will be raised to the up position if conditions are not suitable for mooring. Please contact the Harwich Haven Authority pier master for further information [email protected] i Tourist i Information Lifeboat Information Point station & shop

Mistley Marine Can dry out. VHF 80 | 07850 208918

MISTLEY MARINE Quay

Quay

Quay

NOTE: Pontoons dry at MLWS 6 hours before High Water Harwich Tidal Stream Charts 08.12 07.10 06.08 Tidal direction is shown by the arrows. The figures against the arrows give the mean neap and spring rates in tenths of a knot. Thus 19.34 indicates a mean neap rate of 06.10 1.9 Knots and a mean spring rate of 3.4 Knots. View our live data at www.hha.co.uk 05.08

5 hours before 4 hours before 3 hours before 2 hours before High Water Harwich High Water Harwich High Water Harwich High Water Harwich

09.14 11.17 10.16 08.13 09.14 12.18 12.18 10.15 07.11 08.13 08.12 06.09

09.14 11.17 11.17 14.22 08.12 09.14 09.13 06.09

1 hour before 1 hour after 2 hours after High Water Harwich High Water Harwich High Water Harwich High Water Harwich

04.06 03.05 10.16 12.19 06.09 01.02 07.10 15.22 04.06 02.03 07.11 10.14

10.15 06.09 03.04 13.19 01.02 05.07 08.13 09.14

3 hours after 4 hours after 5 hours after 6 hours after High Water Harwich High Water Harwich High Water Harwich High Water Harwich

10.16 07.12 04.06 SLACK 13.19 09.14 05.08 08.12 06.09 03.05

08.12 04.06 12.18 SLACK 10.15 07.10 02.03 Harwich Haven Useful contact Operation Channels information

Channel 16 Felixstowe Coastwatch...... 01394 670808 The distress channel. Monitor this channel at all times. Harwich Harbour Master ...... 01255 243030 Use for routine calling only if there is no alternative, Harwich VTS...... 01255 243000 such as DSC or mobile phone. Ipswich Harbour Master...... 01473 211771 Channels 6, 8, 72, 77 Ipswich Lock Control...... 01473 213526 Non-commercial ship-to-ship channels. Orwell Navigation Service ...... 01473 211066 UK Border Agency Channel 13 Ipswich (Yacht Line)...... 0845 7231110 Used by ships for bridge to bridge communications on matters Customs & Excise Fraud Hotline...... 0800 595000 of navigational safety, useful to monitor in shipping areas. HM Coastguard Channel 67 Dover Coastguard...... 01255 675518 Used by HM Coastguard for safety communications. Vessels MMSI VHF/DFC ...... 002320009 are requested not to use this channel for inter-ship traffic. Coastguard in case of emergency . . . . . 999 Channel 68 Orwell Navigational service working channel. Channel 71 Harwich Vessel Traffic Services working channel. Monitor in Keeping up to date with Harwich Haven Authority waters. Only call Harwich VTS for urgent navigational safety information. Harwich Haven Authority Channel 80 Using our own data we produce and distribute 20,000 tide The marina channel. table leaflets to marinas, businesses and retail outlets across Vessels over 50 G.T. must report to Harwich VTS at Essex and Suffolk, which you can pick up FREE of charge. designated reporting points (as per Admiralty Charts). Report Download from our website - www.hha.co.uk/tidetables also to Ipswich Port on channel 68 on entry to River Orwell. Take a look at our live, up to the minute hydrographical, meteorological and vessel movement data - www.hha.co.uk/live-data Harwich Haven Authority Harbour House, The Quay Sign up to receive Notice to Mariners and Port Harwich, Essex, CO12 3HH Information Notices - www.hha.co.uk/news/subscribe T +44 (0)1255 243030 E [email protected] This guide is produced by Harwich Haven Authority as a reference and safety guide only. It’s NOT to be used for navigational purposes. All information correct at time of publication. Additional copies can be obtained from [email protected] or by calling 01255 243030. River navigation maps available at Charity & Taylor, Charts & Publications Ltd: 01502 573943 | www.charityandtaylor.com Not for resale. @harwichhaven Printed free of charge for stakeholders of Designed by www.trebuchetcreative.co.uk www.hha.co.uk the Harwich Haven.