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| To the left, are
the results of a mooring survey carried out in the winter of 2001 by the Solent
Forum. Figures were collected from all mooring operators and then confirmed with the relevant harbour authority. |
Harbour | Total | ||
| Beaulieu River | 400 | |||
| Chichester Harbour | 5219 | |||
| Keyhaven | 534 | |||
| Langstone Harbour | 1330 | |||
| Lymington | 1548 | |||
| Portsmouth Harbour | 4996 | |||
| River Hamble | 3412 | |||
| Southampton Water | 2920 | |||
| Total Mainland | 20,359 | |||
| Bembridge Harbour | 650 | |||
| Cowes | 1300 | |||
| Newport | 300 | |||
| Ryde | 200 | |||
| Yarmouth | 350 | |||
| Total Isle of Wight | 2,800 | |||
| GRAND TOTAL | 23,159 | |||
| Harbour | Residential berths | Dry berths | Visitor berths | Total | |||
| Marina | Tidal | Deepw'r | Subtotal | ||||
| Keyhaven | 0 | 486 | 77 | 563 | 12 | 20 | 595 |
| Lymington | 935 | 117 | 452 | 1504 | 0 | 135 | 1639 |
| Beaulieu | 110 | 290 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 126 | 526 |
| So'ton | 1290 | 2337 | 200 | 3827 | 0 | 0 | 3827 |
| Hamble | 1273 | 258 | 1609 | 3140 | 70 | 55 | 3265 |
| Portsmouth | 2362 | 609 | 1402 | 4373 | 0 | 0 | 4373 |
| Langstone | 330 | 212 | 637 | 1179 | 28 | 5 | 1212 |
| Chichester | 1983 | 2206 | 950 | 5139 | 150 | 75 | 5364 |
| Misc Hants | 0 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Total Hants | 8283 | 6590 | 5327 | 20200 | 260 | 416 | 20876 |
| Yarmouth | 0 | 0 | 230 | 230 | 80 | 292 | 602 |
| Cowes | 150 | 670 | (see below) | 820 | nk | 1000 | 1820 |
| Newport | 155 | 235 | 0 | 390 | 60 | 30 | 480 |
| Wootton | 0 | 138 | 30 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| Bembridge | 40 | 406 | 53 | 499 | 0 | 100 | 599 |
| Ryde | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 70 | 145 |
| Newtown | 0 | 30 | (see below) | 30 | 0 | 300 | 330 |
| Total IOW | 420 | 1479 | 313 | 2212 | 140 | 1792 | 25020 |
| Grand total | 8703 | 8069 | 5640 | 22412 | 400 | 2208 | 25020 |
| Partition between Deepwater/Tidal in Cowes and Newtown is not known | |||||||
| These figures are based
on 'A Strategy for Hampshire's Coast' (1991) They have been amended in the light of discussion with Harbourmasters and others. They also incorporate recent figures on marina berths compiled by the RYA. They represent an estimae of total number of moorings in the Solent. |
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Source: Mooring Studies and Boat Counts in the Solent, Summary and Analysis October 1993, Hampshire County Council
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