Holmscar HarbourHarbour Authority · VHF Ch 12

Mon 5 Oct 10:40 BSTTide 2.83 m risingHW 14:13 4.20 mLW 19:50 1.84 mOver the sill 0.93 mWind SW 4, gusts 21 kn

Holmscar Harbour Authority

A trust port on the River Rill. Run by a board for the town since 1872. No shareholders; fees go back into the harbour.

Practice site. Holmscar Harbour is fictional. Tides, berths, fees and notices are made up. Not for navigation.

The harbour

Fourteen fishing boats work from the Fish Quay, mostly crab and lobster potters and two small trawlers. Leisure boats use the inner basin, behind a sill built in 1994, and the visitor pontoon in the outer harbour.

The authority keeps the channel dredged, maintains five lights and nine buoys, and issues notices to mariners for anything that changes in the harbour or its approaches.

  • 186berths in the harbour
  • 37visitor spaces
  • 14fishing boats registered
  • 2.0 mdredged depth in the approach channel
  • 1.9 mmarina sill above chart datum
  • 9harbour staff

Dates

  1. 1872Holmscar Harbour Act. A trust port, run by a board for the town.
  2. 1891East breakwater finished. Fish Quay wall rebuilt in granite.
  3. 1964Leading lights moved to 312° after the channel was realigned.
  4. 1994Inner basin closed with a sill at 1.9 m. Marina pontoons A to C.
  5. 2019Visitor pontoon in the outer harbour, afloat at all states of tide.
  6. 2026Four new visitor moorings, M5 to M8.
A small lighthouse at the end of a granite breakwater in fog
A blue rowing boat on the mud at low water beside a wooden jetty

Photographs

From Pinterest. Each belongs to its original poster; the licence is not confirmed. Any photo is replaced on request.