Starting a new job during lockdown
Case study: Emsworth Yacht Harbour We’re hearing lots about furloughing, reduced hours and cancelled contracts, but there are still people starting new jobs during this lockdown. Like all UK marinas, Emsworth Yacht Harbour in West Sussex is strangely quiet during the sunny spring weather. The…
Bringing new sites into your marina group
Case studies: Castle Marinas, Dean & Reddyhoff and Quay Marinas Open any marine trade magazine and there is news of marina mergers, acquisitions and changes of management contractors. Around the world, groups owning and operating marinas are expanding. The process of transferring data from one…
Smart Lists and Bulk Emails
Getting your message out Communicating with different groups of customers is more important than ever. With increasing restrictions on work and non-essential travel, marinas and harbours need to send regular tailored messages to customers as the situation unfolds. Handling bulk communications has to be easy,…
River at the heart of the Solent sailing scene
Welcome aboard, River Hamble The River Hamble in Hampshire is one of the UK’s boating honeypots. The three mile stretch from the mouth to Swanwick bridge is home to over 3,000 boats, famous yacht clubs, yachting pubs plus eight marinas and boatyards. County Council The…
One of the UK’s busiest recreational harbours
Welcome aboard, Chichester Harbour Conservancy Chichester Harbour in southern England is amongst the largest recreational harbours in the UK, extending over 11 square miles at high tide and attracting 25,000 people annually onto its waters. As well as being one of the busiest and most-loved…
Remote working – how we make it work
What we’ve learned There is a lot of talk at the moment about business resilience and remote working. Without making a drama out of a crisis, we’d like to share some of the things that we’ve learned while developing Harbour Assist and growing our company,…
Boatyard and shoreside operations
Delivering more efficient boatyards Boatyard revenues from lifting services, storage ashore and boat maintenance are an essential part of many marina businesses. In some cases, shoreside operations are more complex than wetside, contributing more income and carrying higher staffing and equipment costs. Providing the right…
Family-owned marina in Chichester Harbour
Welcome aboard, Emsworth Yacht Harbour Emsworth Yacht Harbour enjoys a peaceful location at the north of Chichester Harbour, close to pretty Emsworth village. The marina has over 200 walk-ashore berths, a thriving boatyard and several commercial tenants. Family-owned and run Unusually for a British marina,…
Weymouth crowned ‘Marina of the Year’
Winner for the second time Dean & Reddyhoff’s Weymouth Marina has been crowned Marina of the Year for the second year in a row. The British Yachting Awards are organised by Chelsea Magazines, publishers of Sailing Today, Yachts & Yachting and Classic Boat. Marina of…
5 steps to better annual renewals
Making the most of contract renewals There is usually little enthusiasm for the annual contract renewal run, especially in larger marinas and those with complex contracts and tariffs. Historically its been a bit of a pain – lots of Excel spreadsheets, unwieldy mail-merge files and…
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