Contact and VHF
Call on the radio when you are under way. Phone or email for bookings and the boatyard.
VHF channels
- 16CoastguardDistress, urgency, safety and calling. Listen while under way.24 hours
- 12Holmscar HarbourHarbour office. Call at the fairway buoy before entering. Pilotage and traffic.07:00–21:00, duty phone outside these hours
- 80Holmscar MarinaBerth allocation, sill traffic and water taxi.08:00–18:00
- 72Race controlSat 10 October only, 09:30–15:30.Events only
Phone and email
- Harbour office
- 01632 960 214, 07:00–21:00
- Marina
- 01632 960 377, 08:00–18:00
- Duty phone
- 07700 900 452, outside office hours
- Bookings
- marina@holmscar.example
Harbour office
Harbour Office, Fish Quay
Holmscar
Counter open 08:00–17:00, Monday to Saturday. Berth fees, door codes, keys and lost property.
Emergency at sea: Ch 16 or 999, ask for the Coastguard.
From abroad
Fly flag Q from the 12-mile limit until you are cleared.
Report your arrival to Border Force before you land. The harbour office can explain the form but cannot clear you.
Signal flags you may see here
- AI have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed.
- BI am taking in, discharging or carrying dangerous goods.
- GI require a pilot.
- HI have a pilot on board.
- OMan overboard.
- PIn harbour: all persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
- QMy vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.