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PORTISHEAD QUAYS MARINA Q2019 www.quaymarinas.com Contents QUAY Welcome to Portishead Quays Marina ......................................... 1 History ............................................................................................ 2 plus Local Information ........................................................................... 3 Crusing Destinations ..................................................................4-5 Locking Procedure ......................................................................... 6 offering real ‘added value’ Arriving at Portishead by Sea ....................................................8-9 for our customers! Environmental Support ..........................................................12-13 Security ......................................................................................... 13 “The range of services we offer RNLI Portishead ........................................................................... 15 Portishead Small Boat and Sea Angling Club ........................... 15 and the manner in which we Portishead Cruising Club ............................................................ 15 deliver them is your guarantee Marina Information .................................................................16-17 of our continuing commitment to Portishead Yacht and Sailing Club ............................................. 18 provide our berth holders with the Portishead Quays Marina Plan ..............................................20-21 Portishead Quays Marina Berth Holder and Vistor Parking .... 23 highest standards of marina care” Safety ............................................................................................ 25 Boatyard ....................................................................................... 27 Marina Staff .................................................................................. 28 Tide Tables 2019 .....................................................................29-31 Marina Tariff 2019 ....................................................................... 34 reciprocal berthing between all Quay FREE Boatyard Tariff 2019 .................................................................... 35 Marinas for all annual berth holders Berthing Licence Apllication .................................................37-38 secure Wi-Fi Useful Telephone Numbers ........................................................ 39 FREE Marina Locations ......................................................................... 40 discounted visitor berthing at 77 50% Safe havens TransEurope marinas for berth holders We strive to provide safe, sheltered and well maintained pontoon berths for all our 50% up to 50% off standard tariff customers’ boats within a fun and ‘Active Marina’. for winter berthing Friendly service off standard insurance rates We encourage our staff to understand boating people’s needs and appreciate that we 20% must help our customers to enjoy their leisure time at our marinas. through Quay Marinas scheme with Towergate Insurance Fine facilities We invest heavily to ensure that our marinas provide a good range of marina and 15% first year berth discount for boats support facilities which we work hard to continually maintain and improve. sold into our marinas by our on-site Our reputation as one of the UK’s most respected marina operators has been brokers built on the simple premise of providing the finest facilities, offering friendly, experienced service and a safe and active haven for both you and your boat. www.quaymarinas.com ii Quay Marina’s PORTISHEAD Handbook 2019 Quay Marinas participate in the Yacht Harbour Association ‘Gold Anchor Award’ scheme, which rates marinas in accordance with equipment and facilities provided, customer service and operational systems in a similar way to hotel ‘star’ ratings. Portishead Quays Marina has Welcome to Portishead Quays Marina achieved the highest rating of ‘5 Gold Anchors’. Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Portishead Quays Marina handbook. As we Quay Marinas continue to strive to deliver enter our 18th year of operation we can stand proud of how our Marina and the our mission statement which is to provide surrounding prestigious Port Marine development has come to fruition. our customers with “Safe Havens, Friendly Service and Fine Facilities”. With good access to the Bristol Channel and an Throughout the Marina’s evolution our core values excellent pontoon system, plus a fully serviced have remained the same, we aim to provide value for We are proud that our well trained and experienced boatyard, it is understandably a hive of activity money and excellent customer service with helpful staff are committed to fulfilling these simple for both locals and visitors to enjoy, making and friendly staff that are available 24 hours a day, requirements. In addition we understand that we must Portishead Quays Marina the ideal location to visit or 365 days a year. provide real value for money for our customers, and for permanently berth you boat. this reason we are doing our very best to deliver genuine Marina Safety whether in the boatyard or afloat is added value through our ‘Quay Plus’ package. Although it’s great to spend time on your boat there of paramount importance and our H&S procedures are a selection of bars, restaurants and cafes that are under constant review, please take time In addition we are striving to ensure that our marinas provide excellent venues to meet friends and enjoy to read the section on Marina Safety and are really fun places to be – all our marinas are ‘Active good food and drink. There’s also a good selection familiarise yourself with the Marina’s safety Marinas’ providing an array of events and training of shops and supermarkets around the town which equipment. activities to help ensure that our customers get the most are all within easy walking distance. For those who out of their boating. We hope that you will all enjoy I hope you find the handbook informative and it your stay with us this year. just like to stroll, there are a variety of local walks helps you to get the most out of the Marina, our where you can enjoy tranquillity and wildlife or the facilities, the local area and its attractions. Kind Regards and safe boating! activity of boats coming and going from the lock. Finally, on behalf of myself and all the team at Simon Haigh, Managing Director. Following the overwhelming success of the purpose Portishead Marina, I wish you fun, fair winds and built “kids crabbing pontoon” we doubled its size good health. last year so that more kids (and parents!) can enjoy the area. I’m also pleased to say that “Tingdene Boat Keith Berry Sales” continue to offer a selection of new and used Marina Manager vessels for sale which compliment the marina. The “Quay Plus” package for annual berth holders Portishead Quays Marina, Newfoundland Way, remains popular with free visitor berthing at all our Portishead, North Somerset BS20 7DF marinas being one of the many benefits. We are also members of the TransEurope Marina group who Tel: 01275 841941 offer discounted visitor berthing at over 70 Marinas Email: [email protected] around the UK and Europe. VHF Channel 80 Call Sign Portishead Quays Marina www.quaymarinas.com 1 History The historic dock which was built in 1869 and after many delays, first opened to shipping The ships were fitted out with large tanks encased in heated jackets to keep the phosphorus in a liquid in 1879 is now home to Portishead Quays Marina. state. This was then transferred to holding tanks ready for distribution. The decommissioning of the site was brewing industry and to make a lengthy process that took about 4 years culminating cattle feed. In 1911 the mill in the demolition and clearance of site in 1999 in suffered a near fatal fire, readiness for the re-development of the docks. which caused much damage Commercial shipping ceased using the docks in 1992 and smouldered for 4 days. and although there was still marine traffic passing The local brigades struggled on route to and from the Royal Portbury Dock and to bring the burning building Avonmouth, the only visiting boats to Portishead under control, so as soon as were yachts and small pleasure craft owned by local the tide permitted, the Bristol residents. The docks were derelict and after a program salvage vessel ‘Bulldog’ entered of demolition the site was cleared in readiness for the the dock and pumped 700 exciting new Port Marine development to evolve. While gallons of water per minute on construction of town houses and luxury apartments to the burning building. The began on the west side of the dock work began on mill was finally demolished in the new Marina, the centre piece of the £400 million the 1950’s to make way for development. A new lock measuring 40 metres by 9 Portishead ‘B’ power station. metres was built within the old lock barrel with state Portishead Docks in 2017 In 1926 construction started of the art gates and HMI control. The first phase of the on Portishead ‘A’ power station pontoons and the berth holders facilities were installed The docks were constructed by widening and on the land behind the mill. Coal-fired generation of ready for the grand opening in May 2001. impounding the tidal pill before which, the waters of electricity began in 1929 and supplied the whole of the Bristol Channel reached up as far as the old tide Bristol, North Somerset and part of South Somerset. In mill, now the The Old Mill Restaurant. A mooring 1937 the first