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A new motor yacht alongside the Sunseeker yard at Poole

Technical

The engineers, surveyors, spares and yard time the yacht needs, arranged quickly and properly at any port from Dover to Falmouth, so the engine room can carry on with its own work.

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Shipyards between Falmouth and Shoreham that can lift or dock a large yacht

877 t

Syncrolift at Trafalgar Shipyard, Portsmouth Harbour

253 m

Largest dry dock, Balaena, Falmouth

Technical services

Through your visit

  1. 01

    Before you arrive

    Send us the job list and the equipment details before you sail. With three days' notice, an engineer and the parts are waiting on the quay when you arrive.

  2. 02

    While you are alongside

    If something fails, we arrange for a marine engineer to diagnose it, and bring in the manufacturer's authorised service agent where the fault lies with a named piece of equipment.

  3. 03

    Out of the water

    We book the yard slot, plan the approach with the harbour and the pilots, and arrange Inward Processing Relief for a yacht under Temporary Admission.

Noss on Dart marina on the River Dart, among wooded hills

UK shipyards

Pendennis Shipyard
PlaceFalmouth Docks
Largest lift or dock800 t
Balaena
PlaceFalmouth Docks, formerly A&P
Largest lift or dock253 m
Plymouth Yacht Haven
PlaceThe Cattewater
Largest lift or dock75 t
Noss on Dart
PlaceRiver Dart
Largest lift or dock75 t
Saxon Wharf
PlaceRiver Itchen
Largest lift or dock200 t
Shamrock Quay
PlaceRiver Itchen
Largest lift or dock75 t
Berthon
PlaceLymington River
Largest lift or dock75 t
Cowes Yacht Haven
PlaceRiver Medina
Largest lift or dock50 t
Trafalgar Shipyard
PlacePortchester Lake
Largest lift or dock877 t
Endeavour Quay
PlaceGosport
Largest lift or dock180 t
Shoreham Port dry dock
PlaceShoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Largest lift or dock50 m
Published figures, checked 23 September 2026. The approach to each yard and the sources are on the shipyards and refit page.