How much is a motor yacht mooring on the South Coast?
Worked out from 58 published tariffs on the South Coast for a 12m motor yacht, cheapest first, with what the price comes to by the month and what it includes.
Typically £6,165 a year · £135–£19,634
At a glance
- A year's mooring for a 12m motor yacht on the South Coast: £135 to £19,634 across 58 published tariffs, typically £6,165 (£514 a month).
- Cheapest: Tor Bay Harbour at £135; dearest: Mercury Yacht Harbour at £19,634.
- Length matters: a typical 10m motor yacht costs £5,032 a year, a 20m motor yacht £12,320, 145% more.
- Electricity is included at 1 of the 58; elsewhere it's metered or not stated, so add it when comparing.
- On top of the mooring: the navigation's own licence at 3 of these sites.
By length
| Boat | Cheapest a year | Typical | Dearest | Sites priced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10m | £135 Tor Bay Harbour | £5,032 | £14,202 | 59 |
| 12m | £135 Tor Bay Harbour | £6,165 | £19,634 | 58 |
| 15m | £135 Tor Bay Harbour | £9,678 | £25,497 | 54 |
| 20m | £135 Tor Bay Harbour | £12,320 | £33,996 | 43 |
Site by site: a 12m motor yacht
| Site | A year | A month | Works out at | Tariff | Includes | VAT | Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tor Bay Harbour Torquay | £135 | £11 | £11.25 per metre | £135 a year | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Salcombe Harbour Moorings Salcombe | £430 | £36 | £35.79 per metre | £429.53 a year | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Fowey Harbour Moorings Fowey | £532 | £44 | £44.32 per metre | £44.32 per metre a year | – | – | Waiting list |
| Dart Harbour Moorings Dartmouth | £583 | £49 | £48.60 per metre | £48.60 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Lymington Harbour Moorings Lymington | £1,110 | £93 | £92.52 per metre | £301.69 to £1,110.26 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Yarmouth Harbour Yarmouth | £1,212 | £101 | £101.04 per metre | £101.04 per metre a year | – | – | Waiting list |
| Ridge Wharf Yacht Centre Wareham | £1,775 | £148 | £147.92 per metre | £1,620 to £1,775 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| R.K. Marine (Stone Pier) Warsash | £1,806 | £151 | £150.50 per metre | £150.50 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| The Camber Portsmouth | £2,043 | £170 | £170.25 per metre | £2,043 a year | – | + VAT | Not reported |
| Gosport Marina Gosport | £3,372 | £281 | £281 per metre | £281 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Swanwick Marina Southampton | £3,500 | £292 | £291.67 per metre | £2,650 to £3,500 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Thornham Marina Emsworth | £3,583 | £299 | £298.56 per metre | £24.88 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Riverside Boatyard (Foulkes) Bursledon | £3,624 | £302 | £302 per metre | £7.55 per foot a month | electricity, water extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Trout's Boatyard Topsham | £3,672 | £306 | £306 per metre | £25.50 per metre a month | – | – | Not reported |
| Littlehampton Marina Littlehampton | £3,708 | £309 | £309 per metre | £309 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Mylor Yacht Harbour Mylor | £4,104 | £342 | £342 per metre | £342 per metre a year | Includes parking | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Dover Marina Dover | £4,140 | £345 | £345 per metre | £345 per metre a year | Includes water | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| WicorMarine Yacht Haven Fareham | £4,224 | £352 | £352 per metre | £352 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| WicorMarine Yacht Haven Portchester | £4,224 | £352 | £352 per metre | £352 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Torpoint Yacht Harbour Torpoint | £4,550 | £379 | £379.17 per metre | £3,450 to £4,550 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Weymouth Harbour Weymouth | £5,256 | £438 | £438 per metre | £36.50 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Noss on Dart Marina Dartmouth | £5,304 | £442 | £442 per metre | £442 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Exmouth Marina Exmouth | £5,424 | £452 | £452 per metre | £113 per metre a quarter | – | + VAT | Not reported |
| Ocean Quay Marina Southampton | £5,454 | £454 | £454.48 per metre | £5,453.70 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Deacons Marina Bursledon | £5,645 | £470 | £470.40 per metre | £470.40 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Island Harbour Marina Newport | £5,760 | £480 | £480 per metre | £480 per metre a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Port Pendennis Marina Falmouth | £5,760 | £480 | £480 per metre | £40 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Newhaven Marina Newhaven | £5,929 | £494 | £494.10 per metre | £494.10 per metre a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Universal Marina Southampton | £6,163 | £514 | £513.56 per metre | £513.56 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Sovereign Harbour Eastbourne | £6,168 | £514 | £514 per metre | £514 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| King Point Marina Plymouth | £6,708 | £559 | £559 per metre | £559 per metre a year | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Brighton Marina Brighton | £6,840 | £570 | £570 per metre | £570 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Plymouth Yacht Haven Plymouth | £7,620 | £635 | £635 per metre | £635 per metre a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Shepards Marina Cowes | £7,713 | £643 | £642.77 per metre | £642.77 per metre a year | Includes electricity, water | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Royal Clarence Waterside & Marina Gosport | £8,052 | £671 | £671 per metre | £671 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Southsea Marina Portsmouth | £8,136 | £678 | £678 per metre | £56.50 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Falmouth Marina Falmouth | £8,220 | £685 | £685 per metre | £685 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Gunwharf Quays Marina Portsmouth | £8,520 | £710 | £710 per metre | £710 per metre a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Portland Marina Portland | £8,520 | £710 | £710 per metre | £710 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Weymouth Marina Weymouth | £8,964 | £747 | £747 per metre | £747 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Falmouth Haven Marina Falmouth | £8,986 | £749 | £748.83 per metre | £5,990 to £9,714 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Lake Yard Poole | £9,000 | £750 | £750 per metre | £6,000 to £11,250 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Haslar Marina Gosport | £9,216 | £768 | £768 per metre | £768 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Port Solent Marina Portsmouth | £9,456 | £788 | £788 per metre | £788 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Dart Marina Dartmouth | £10,020 | £835 | £835 per metre | £835 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Queen Anne's Battery Plymouth | £11,981 | £998 | £998.40 per metre | £83.20 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Berthon Lymington Marina Lymington | £12,355 | £1,030 | £1,029.60 per metre | £308.88 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Sutton Harbour Marina Plymouth | £12,816 | £1,068 | £1,068 per metre | £89 per metre a month | electricity extra | – | Not reported |
| Brixham Marina Brixham | £13,018 | £1,085 | £1,084.80 per metre | £90.40 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Saxon Wharf Southampton | £13,810 | £1,151 | £1,150.80 per metre | £95.90 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Port of Poole Marina Poole | £13,812 | £1,151 | £1,151 per metre | £1,151 per metre a year | electricity extra | – | Not reported |
| Torquay Marina Torquay | £14,278 | £1,190 | £1,189.80 per metre | £99.15 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Cobb's Quay Marina Poole | £14,580 | £1,215 | £1,215 per metre | £101.25 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Shamrock Quay Southampton | £14,659 | £1,222 | £1,221.60 per metre | £101.80 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Hythe Marina Village Hythe | £16,279 | £1,357 | £1,356.60 per metre | £113.05 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Northney Marina Hayling Island | £16,632 | £1,386 | £1,386 per metre | £115.50 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Ocean Village Marina Southampton | £17,381 | £1,448 | £1,448.40 per metre | £120.70 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Mercury Yacht Harbour Southampton | £19,634 | £1,636 | £1,636.20 per metre | £136.35 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
The cheapest year-round line on each site's published tariff for the boat. Monthly figures are the year divided by twelve. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Questions
How much does it cost to moor a 12m motor yacht on the South Coast?
From £135 to £19,634 a year at the 58 sites here that publish a price; the middle figure is £6,165. Cheapest is Tor Bay Harbour in Torquay.
How much is a motor yacht mooring per month on the South Coast?
Spread over twelve months, a 12m motor yacht typically costs £514 a month here, from £11 to £1,636. Paying monthly often costs a little more than paying for the year up front.
Does a longer motor yacht cost more to moor?
Yes: most sites charge by length. A year here: 10m typically £5,032; 12m typically £6,165; 15m typically £9,678; 20m typically £12,320.
What else do I pay besides the mooring?
On top of the mooring: the navigation's own licence at 3 of these sites. Insurance, electricity where it's metered, and pump-outs are usually extra too.
More on the South Coast
Motor yacht mooring costs elsewhere
- the UK 128
- Argyll and Bute 6
- Cornwall 6
- Cumbria 4
- Devon 13
- Dorset 7
- Down 3
- East Sussex 3
- Essex 6
- Gwynedd 3
- Hampshire 24
- Highland 3
- Isle of Wight 3
- Kent 5
- Norfolk 3
- Suffolk 7
- East Anglia 11
- East of England 17
- England 93
- New Forest 3
- North East 4
- North West 6
- Northern Ireland 5
- Scotland 16