Boat Trips/Charter/Angling/Diving/Information for visiting yachts
Fishing from the harbour wall
£20 a year
£5 a night
May - October inclusive: fishing from 7pm to 9am only
November - April: fishing any time
Boat trips/angling/diving/charter trips
Stephen Perham, Harbour Master. Tel: 01237 431761
NEPTUNE BD69
Boat trips and evening charter trips (by arrangement)
Fresh lobster and herring (in season)
Clive Pearson, Tel: 01237 431042 or 431405 (even.) Mob: 07774 190359
JESSICA HETTIE
Lundy Island trips, diving and charter
Dave and Doug Walls, Tel: 01237 431374 Mob: 07817 974963
INDEPENDENT
Angling and charter
Remo Rossi, Mob: 07966 172210.
NEMESIS
Passenger boat charter and boat trips/mackerel fishing trips. Film and photographic work.
12 passengers. Fully licensed and insured.
Fresh fish/shellfish
Barry Perham. Tel: 01237 431425
Shellfish and seafood
John Ball. Tel: 07810 561656
AURORA
Fresh lobster and crab.
John Glover. Tel: 01237 431871
NAOMI G, PZ778
Fresh lobster and crab.
Mark Winsborrow, Tel: 07836 682291
JEAN HOWARD PW250
Fresh fish
Chris Wills, Tel: 01237 431139. Mob: 07779 037857
HELCON PH5562
Fresh fish
Information for visiting yachts
PRINTING OUR HARBOUR CHARTLET
Please click the image below to view the Clovelly Harbour Chartlet. If you would like to PRINT out a readable copy, simply [right click] and [save target as] to download onto your computer and then you can print out the chartlet to whatever size you would like, or 'fit to window' for A4.
The chartlet is not to scale, but it is sufficient to guide a skipper safely into a berth alongside the inner wall of the breakwater. The harbour dries, leaving you to settle on a firm, sandy bottom.
Water, electricity and showers are available and, perhaps more importantly, the Red Lion is barely a boat’s length away. Here there are local ales, freshly-prepared bar snacks and a restaurant specialising in seafood. All this to be enjoyed in the wonderful setting of a small, ancient working harbour.
A new port is always an exciting addition to the ship’s log and, judging by the comments of other visiting yachtsmen, you will be delighted with your visit.
2010 harbour charge per night: £7.
For further information, call the Harbour Master, Stephen Perham, on 01237 431761
The Harbour Master
When Richard Prince was Harbour Master around 160 years ago, Clovelly would have been bustling with cargoes of Welsh coal and limestone. Echoing with the sound of vessels being built along the foreshore, the smells of tar, oakum and freshly sawn timber would have mingled with the odour of herring, cod and whiting, with Devon voices blending with those of sailors from Wales, Ireland and probably further afield.
Much has changed through the years. Gone are the boat builders. Coal boats no longer call in and the limekiln was last used almost 100 years ago. The great shoals of herring that brought much wealth to Clovelly have largely gone and only a small handful of men still venture out to fish in a way hardly changed since Richard Prince's time. Today the Devon voices are just still discernible amongst those of every region of Britain.
As today's Harbour Master, I have the pleasure of welcoming the many yachts that have discovered Clovelly's secret charms and they return season after season. We have a colourful regatta for our own Pilot Gigs, a celebration of our maritime past with our annual maritime events (see under Events on home page), not forgetting that amidst all this, boats still work from the harbour.
Lobster and crab landed here may be found in the local restaurants or sent away as far as France and Spain. Trips can be taken around the Bay or further to Lundy Island. Fish can be caught by rod and line or bought from local trawlers. Much may have changed over the years, but the harbour still works for its living, still earns respect and definitely deserves a visit.
