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A weathered teak dock running out into deep blue water, a mooring line coiled at its end
09:00
the boards are dry by noon

Rope, teak, noon.

Twenty-four berths. One clubhouse. No marina office.A members' dock on the quiet side of the harbour. Teak boards, hemp lines, a bar that opens when the shadows go short, and nothing sold that isn't water.

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01 · The water

The tide sets the hours.

0.4 m
height of tide · today
06:00 · Low waterThe boards are damp and the dinghies sit on mud. Coffee is in the clubhouse. Nobody launches before eight.
The varnished teak foredeck of a small yacht, lines and fittings, dark water below
02 · The dock

Small, by design.

24

berths. Twelve metres maximum. Nothing with a jet ski on the back.

1

clubhouse. A bar, a shower block, a chart table, a weather board.

12 m

longest boat we'll take. Bigger boats bring bigger everything.

0

fuel dock, chandlery, or restaurant. The town has all three.

A long wooden pier with blue-capped posts leading out between moored boats

Walk the boards.

The dock is the club. Members walk it in the morning to see who's in, and at noon to see who's going out. That's the social programme.

Membership

Three ways in.

A berth is the thing. If you don't have a boat yet, there's a way to be here while you find one.

Annual · waiting listBerthYour boat, your finger, your key to the clubhouse

Twenty-four exist. When one comes free, the list is asked in order. No jumping it.

£3,400 a year · plus berthing
Annual · openCrewNo boat. Clubhouse, showers, the dinghy rack

For people who sail other people's boats, or are between boats, or are here for the bar at noon.

£640 a year
Season · May to SeptemberVisitorTwo weeks alongside, a guest of a member

Bring the boat, tie up, use the place. Your host signs you in and answers for you.

£48 a night
The club

Five things we hold to.

Written on the board by the shower block. Members have been adding to it since 1962, and taking things off.

A coil of pale rope on grey weathered dock boards
01
Lines are coiledWhen you leave the boat. When you leave the dock. Every time.
02
Noon is noonThe bar opens when the flag's shadow touches the third board. It's usually 12:04.
03
No music on deckThe water carries it. The person three berths down didn't choose your playlist.
04
Guests are yoursYou sign them in. If they leave a mess, it's your mess.
05
Help with the linesSomeone's coming in. You're on the dock. You know what to do.
Berths

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Tell us the boat, the length, and how you came to hear about the dock. We'll write back with the list position and how long the wait usually is. Crew membership starts this month.

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