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South Coast Bases @ Lymington, Yarmouth, Cowes, Hamble, Southampton & Portsmouth

Portland Rib Hire & Yacht Charters

The Olympic games are hosting sailing and other marine based events in 2012 at Portland & Weymouth.

We will be setting up day trips from Lymington on our yachts and ribs to view these events. We will list details on this website when the spectators areas have been defined.

Olympics 2012 Rib Hire & Olympic Charter

Our new Stormforce 12 man rib will be undertaking Olympic runs from Lymingtom during the summer of 2012. Not only during the actual competition, but also during the training and warmup period. Check our Olympics 2012 pages for more details.

Portland Marina

Portland Marina opened in April 2009, offering annual and visitor berthing for vessels up to 44m.

All berths are fully serviced with water and electricity and benefit from extensive shoreside facilities including excellent washrooms and showers; free internet cafe; laundry; car parking; waterside bar/restaurant; fuel berth; and 24-hour manned security.

Portland Marina offers a full boatyard service on site, with lift out and storage ashore available for boats up to 320T. The marina also provides dry stack storage for powerboats up to 10m, with unlimited launching on demand, 7 days a week.

Portland Bill

Check out the notorious Portland Races from the safety of dry land! Portland Bill’s famous lighthouse is open for guided tours during summer months and there is also a visitors’ centre on site. An open top bus service runs to Portland Bill from May to September; the nearest stop is outside the sailing academy.

Portland Castle

One of Henry VIII’s finest coastal fortresses, Portland Castle was built to defend the anchorage from possible French and Spanish invasion. It later became a Seaplane Station during World War I and was at the forefront of the D-Day preparations which helped to end World War II. The castle is less than five minutes walk from the marina and is open every day from April-October.

Chesil Beach

Part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Chesil Beach stretches 18 miles from Portland to Abbotsbury. The beach is made of shingle and pebbles which increase in size from west to east – local folklore claims that smugglers knew exactly where they had landed from the size of the pebbles. For more information visit the Chesil Beach Centre, situated half way along the causeway between Portland and Weymouth. Open 10am-4pm all year round.

The Fleet Lagoon

Between Chesil Beach and the mainland is the Fleet Lagoon, one of North Western Europe’s most important marine nature reserves. Glass bottomed boat trips run in the Fleet from Easter until the end of October – to book call 01305 759692.