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Cowes Harbour Shepards Marina
Dry Sailing, Events, Moorings
Newsletter 17th October 2019
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Reflections on the summer of 2019
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As the sailing season draws to a close, it’s great to be able to look back on a successful year operationally, here at Shepards Marina in Cowes, and to thank you all for being part of that story, whether as overnight visitors or long-term residents, part of a rally stopover or staying for the 8 days of Cowes Week, one of our dry sailing customers, or an organiser of one of the many events we hold at the marina.
One of the biggest changes this year was our introduction of the new Cloud-based marina management software Harbour Assist; this has gone extremely well and is bringing benefits to customers and staff by helping to make the running of our business more efficient. The paying of invoices has also been streamlined with a new online payment system giving customers the ability to settle our invoices online with a debit or credit card.
In this newsletter, there’s information about options for winter laying up and storage - to cater to your boat storage requirements as well as any yachting, household or business storage needs - and a good read in the event write-up on this year’s Little Britain regatta, plus news from one of our onsite businesses and more.
Jock Rafferty
- Marine Services Manager
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The Island’s Rally Friendly Marina
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We have had a bumper year for hosting rallies at Shepards Marina this year, ably assisted by our Marina Berthing Master Neil Wherry, backed up by Marina Operative Chris Lewis, who greet all our visitors with a welcoming smile and are always ready to help out.
For those of you with your boat still in the water, there is still time to enjoy some autumn sailing so why not visit us with a group of friends to take advantage of our year-long discounts for all rallies, clubs and regattas of six boats and over.
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Winter Laying Up at Shepards
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Wherever you have kept your boat during the sailing season, why not treat yourself this winter and experience the benefits of a marina with great value safe winter berthing at Shepards Marina. If you’d like to be in a marina but want to lay-up ashore, then enjoy the best of both worlds with boat storage ashore (up to 6 tonnes) in the serviced yard at Shepards.
Winter berths and yard storage are now available for booking from £15.10pmpm* (Cowes Harbour Commission Annual Mooring Holder rate.) Standard rate £16.77pmpm. For all enquiries and bookings please call our friendly team at Shepards Marina on 01983 297821.
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Self-Storage Special Offers
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Cowes Harbour Storage is running two late season self-storage offers for a limited period until 31st December 2019.
For convenient and secure self-storage solutions on your doorstep and waterfront, come to Cowes Harbour Storage at Kingston Wharf, located between East Cowes and Newport. The Cowes Harbour Storage self-storage facility can be accessed off Kingston Road in East Cowes, and also from the River Medina.
ONE MONTH FREE OFFER: Book 6 months self-storage and get the first month free.
INTRODUCE A FRIEND OFFER: Introduce a friend and you get 10% off your next month’s self-storage bill. Your friend will get 10% off their first month’s self-storage bill (min. booking 3 months).
To take advantage of these self-storage offers, please call our Boatyard reception on 01983 299385 or email
boatyard.chc@cowes.co.uk
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LIMITED TIME! SELF-STORAGE OFFERS OPEN TO 31ST DECEMBER 2019
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Our Cowes Harbour Services Boatyard at Kingston Wharf is taking bookings for winter boat storage.
If you come ashore before the end of October 2019, and stay until April 2020*, you will receive 7 days of FREE storage.
Call the Boatyard on 01983 299385 to enquire and book your space.
*All vessels must be launched during April 2020.
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Dry Sailing – Customer Feedback Survey 2019
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To all those who chose to Dry Sail at Shepards Marina this year, thank you, and we hope you had a fantastic season afloat and ashore. Please could you help us to keep improving our Dry Sailing services by completing our end of season Customer Feedback Survey? Just click the link to tell us what you think.
If you have already completed our questionnaire for 2019 - thank you very much for your time.
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Once again the great and the good of the construction industry started arriving on Thursday, 12th September at Shepards Marina for the 32nd running of the Little Britain Challenge Cup, an annual event that was borne out of one construction project (Little Britain, a street in London) whose professionals wanted to do something other than a golf day. Whilst in its heady days the regatta attracted over 200 boats it now boasts a more modest 30 to 40 boats, although is no less keenly fought over.
The event is organised by a committee of volunteers, all from the industry, and they had spent the days before the event, as usual, agonising over weather reports with each person preferring their own gospel...
Photo: LBCC 2019 / Paul Wyeth
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In addition to the full marina facilities available at Shepards Marina, there are a number of
independent marine businesses based on-site
; the Basque Kitchen restaurant, Solent Sails, Island Divers, Salty Sailing, and RigIt UK.
Rigit UK Ltd has the pleasure of presenting an exclusive offer for all Cowes Harbour Commission customers and newsletter subscribers: A FREE Mast, Spars and Rigging Inspection provided by certified riggers followed by a written report and recommendations. Plus a 10% discount on furling systems. Offer valid until 17/11/2019.
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Medina Marine Services are the Island’s official dealer for Yanmar and Mercruiser, specialising in servicing, replacements and refurbishments. Our engineers are also Volvo trained so we can meet all of your requirements. We now hold a stock of International Marine Coatings, perfect for the upcoming winter season. Find us next to the Floating Bridge, West Cowes.
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Cowes Harbour Commission includes Cowes Harbour Services and Cowes Harbour Shepards Marina
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