Drying berths with boat repairs on site in Essex

A berth that dries out at low tide; the boat sits on mud or hard ground. Sites with an engineer, workshop or boatyard on site, so jobs get done without moving the boat.

3 sites · typical £50 a year for a 10m boat (£50–£50 across 1 published tariffs)

At a glance

3 sites, all on estuaries and tidal rivers.
None has told us in the last six weeks that it has space.
Only Marconi Sailing Club publishes a price for a 10m boat: £50 a year.
Longest boat taken: 6.1m (20ft) at Titchmarsh Marina.
Of the 3, 3 have electric hook-up, 1 diesel, 1 a boat hoist and 1 visitor berths.

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Marconi Sailing Club

Steeple, Essex · River Blackwater

£50 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Titchmarsh Marina

Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex · Walton Backwaters

£1,227 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Downs Road Boatyard

Maldon, Essex · River Blackwater

Prices on request

Compared: prices for a 10m boat

Site	Where	A year, 10m boat	Berths	Repairs and engineering	Space
Marconi Sailing Club	Steeple, River Blackwater	£50	swinging moorings, drying berths	Yes	Not reported
Titchmarsh Marina	Walton-on-the-Naze, Walton Backwaters	–	pontoon berths, linear moorings, swinging moorings, drying berths	Yes	Not reported
Downs Road Boatyard	Maldon, River Blackwater	On request	drying berths, hard standing	Yes	Not reported

From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.

Questions

Which drying berths with boat repairs on site in Essex have space now?

None of the 3 has told us in the last six weeks that it has space. We ask every site regularly; the list above updates as they reply.

Do I need a licence as well as a mooring?

On top of the mooring fee: of these, 1 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) and 1 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.

Broader

Drying berths with boat repairs on site in the wider area

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