Porto San Vito
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Radio | VHF channel 09 or 16 |
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Phone | +39 (0431) 83 500 |
Fax | +39 (0431) 84 122 |
[email protected] | |
Berths | 165 (including 16 transit) |
Max. length | 20 metres |
Max. draft | 3.5 metres |
Fuel | No fuel station |
Water | Yes, at all berths |
Electricity | Yes, 240 V, at all berths |
Toilets | Yes |
Showers | Yes |
Laundry | Yes (token operated) |
Internet | ? |
Cable TV | No |
Hours | ? |
Address | Riva G. da Verrazzano 1, 34073 Grado (Gorizia), Italy |
More notes about the marina |
The small marina of Porto San Vito lies at the W extremity of the town of Grado on the lagoon of the same name, 11 miles E of Lignano and five miles SW of Monfalcone on the northern Adriatic coast of Italy. A hotel and leisure development as well as a marina, it offers 165 berths for yachts up to 20 metres in depths of 3.0 - 3.5 metres.
Communication
Try calling Porto San Vito on VHF channel 09 or 16. You may have better luck if you telephone or email in advance for berthing information and reservations. Alternatively berth on the concrete quay to starboard in the entrance where it says 'Transito' (towards the inner end as the outer end is shallow) and walk round to find the ormeggiator.
There is a red fairway buoy just under two miles offshore at the entrance to the Grado lagoon [[Porto San Vito#Grado lagoon|Grado lagoon]] 45°40.796'N, 013°22.210'E . Dangerous sandbanks extend for almost two miles on both sides of the entrance, so the approach is only safe from this buoy, near high water and in settled weather. The approach should be made on a course of 040 degrees. The entrance channel, which is dredged to a depths of just 3.0 metres, is marked by piles on either side.
Once inside the entrance, the channel forks. Take the starboard channel and the entrance to Porto San Vito is a further 200 metres on starboard side. The basin is entered from NE. Depths in the basin are 3.0 – 3.5 metres but can be as little as 2.5 metres at low water in the entrance.
Berthing
Berth on the concrete quay to starboard just inside the entrance and walk round to find the ormeggiator to be assigned a berth. Space is limited in the marina and it is wise to book ahead via telephone or email at busy periods. Berths are bows or stern-to on a series of pontoons and associated quays with mooring posts for your stern or bow lines. The berths are not very long, and it is usually necessary to take springs from midships to the posts to hold you off the pontoon and to allow for the rise and fall of tide (which is often a metre or more). Berthing assistance available if required.
Facilities
- Bar/restaurant
- Hotel
- Yacht club
- Swimming pool
- Thermal spa pool
Repairs
Boatyard. Slipway. Travel lift (50 T). Limited hard standing. Engine, electrical and electronic repairs. Wood, steel, and fiberglass hull repairs. Sail repairs. Divers.
Security
Reasonable (no control of pedestrian access).
Location
The marina is around 400 metres from the town centre. The beach is only five minutes from the marina.
Transport
List transportation (local and/or international. Bus service to town?)
Price
Current daily berthing price for typical 13 metre yacht (June 2015): Euros 65.
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Date of member's last visit to Porto San Vito and this page's details validated:
- June 2015 --Athene of Lymington
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