Visit My Harbour for Free Nautical Charts and Pilotage, UK Wide Coverage
This site is an online pilotage guide, here to provide timely and detailed information about the various ports and harbours, estuaries, rivers and inlets around the coasts of the UK and Ireland.
Harbours: Each harbour (NOT JUST marinas) has full sailing directions, free charts, and photo galleries. All mooring options are covered, including: prices, local facilities, provisioning, launching places, pubs and dining. Plus 7 day weather and tides.
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Access from the menu on the left, Click here to browse through all harbours
Online Charts: Enjoy what you see on this website ? Join us ! A one off payment of £25 gets you permanent membership. Access 1667 "Full Screen" charts online, on PC, Mac or iPad. Use for planning and research. UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, W.Med, Atlantic, Caribbean, Brazil etc.
NEW: Lay UK/Irish charts over Google earth satellite imagery with variable transparency, 3D, "head up" view. Really see how things are ! Look at what you get in the "Members Only" area...Click HERE
"Charts for SeaClear" at £29.50 are without a doubt the cheapest way for you to get 800+charts plus a tried and tested navigation program (AIS and GPS compatible) ...all in one easy to use package that will turn your laptop into a real time chartplotter. 2013 edition now available with tide tables built in, and free ANDROID CHARTS. International areas inc. Spain and Portugal, and Belgium/Netherlands also available.
OpenCPN compatible 2013 UK/Irl charts, now available on USB: Click Here
Android tablets with the RIGHT app can make a great stand alone chart plotting system.. self contained with GPS, quick starting, full navigation facilities. We've worked with Ronald Koenig, the developer of the cracking "Marine Navigator" Android app. Now Android charts are bundled with our best selling "Charts for SeaClear" DVDs for free. App costs about £4.50 from Play Store.
A complete UK/Ireland chartset is available as a download for you to install too.. £7.99 members/£14.99 non-members. This will turn your Android device with "Marine Navigator" into a full featured chartplotter.
NEW:
Tide Times: HW & LW. For the first time ever on the web... Proper 2013 monthly tide tables, NOT just the next 7 days predictions. Daily tide times, month by month, 400 UK & Ireland locations. Useful for any coastal or waterborne activity, and prepared using official data. Yachtsmen and Boaters no more working out secondary port times... just look them up here. Browse your area for 2013 tide tables: South of England East England Scotland West of England, Wales and IoM Ireland Channel Isles
Dylan Winter has the same philosophy as us.... he gives. He makes atmospheric professional quality videos showing the English coastline, rivers, creeks, and harbours. From the Solent round to the gloriously muddy East Coast. Here and now you can view a huge selection of his videos for free CLICK HERE they are addictive. Then support his work by buying his DVDs.direct from his "Keep Turning Left" website.
Fishing Charts: Now for the first time VisitMyHarbour make something for sea anglers, fishing charter boats, and even commercial trawlers. When we tackle a subject you can guarantee we'll come up with something that's fresh and a winner. Find out how you can suddenly start catching a LOT MORE roundfish such as such as Cod, Haddock, Bass, Pollack, Ling, Whiting, Pout Whiting, Conger and Coalfish (if you fish in the South, or the Bristol Channel area). Unique fishing marks Click Here
Marine Business Directory: Our Directory lists almost 4000 marine businesses, search by area, harbour, category, or any mixture of these. Access from the individual harbour pages or browse all The Business Directory
Videos ..."gems" in here inclucing a very Non PC video of nautical mishaps, amateurs and professionals making catastrophic mistakes.
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Articles: A good selection of articles covering subjects ranging from anchoring to the weather. Long range tide tables, information about this site, products, plus lots more. Click for Articles
For basic data on harbours we do not cover, we recommend trying ports-and-harbours (www.ports.org.uk) which gives contact details and photos covering 700 UK locations.
Featured Harbour show all
Portsmouth Harbour, (inc. Port Solent and Fareham)
SolentFor the small craft mariner, Portsmouth is unmissable. The entrance is subject to strong tidal streams, very narrow, tightly controlled, and extremely busy. Once through the entrance things open right up, and deeper within there are vast drying areas traversed by well marked channels. The visiting yachtsman or motorboater will find numerous mooring opportunities. Portsmouth is a historic Naval City, and everywhere you go will be reminded of this. For those with a love of the sea it is a must.
From the days of Henry VIII and the capsising of the Mary Rose right up to the modern nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers, Portsmouth has seen them all. The visitor will have ample choices to look at various exhibits and restored vessels, from the remains of the Mary Rose, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, and various submarines at Haslar.
The harbour is naturally formed with an entrance only around 200 m wide, and with a tremendous number of large ship movements you can expect a ship movement through the entrance roughly every five minutes. Extreme care is required with the harbour being under control of the Queen's Harbour Master, whos' staff are usually afloat shepherding small craft mariners through the entrance.
There are a raft of rules and regulations (c/w dire penalties for transgressions) to ensure that accidents don't occur in the narrow entrance. ... read more
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