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(Pas-de-Calais)
Calais		N 50° 57' 43" E 01° 50' 49"		Maps.Google view GoogleEarth view Link to Scannav
			Forecast area	Fr: Pas de Calais - En: Dover
Published on 1 November 2004 by Yvon Nedonchelle Updated on 31 March 2008			Charts	SHOM 6735-7424-6651-7258

Distances	To calculate the distance between 2 harbours in this Guide, click on Distances, on top of this page

Approach		Harbour master	Bassin de l’Ouest. T: 03 21 34 55 23, F: 03 21 96 10 78 calais-marina@calais-port.com
by Day	The ferries traffic is very important, day and night, and has absolute priority. For yachtmen, it is advisable to run along the ferries fairway on S side (run parallel to the beach where seabed is sheer).	Harbour VHF	Calais Port Control: VHF 17; Calais Marina VHF 09 (8-12h/14-19h). Preliminary contact strongly recommended (T: 03 21 34 55 23) for great units
by Night	The lamp-posts of the sea front constitute a remarkable land-mark. The ferries traffic remains very important at night.	Rescue
Dangers	Strong tidal stream: until 3kn at the harbour entrance ferries traffic day and night coming from the East: shallows immediately E of the E pier (refer to charts). No problem at high-tide by calm sea. coming from the West: a wreck marked out by the lateral starboard buoy "CA1" many lines of fishermen from the W pier.	Forecast svces	Displayed at the Marina office
Lights	The international signals are used.
		The Harbour
		Access	Entrance: approach at 100m the W pier while remaining S of the ferries fairway, then it is mandatory to contact ’Calais Port’ on VHF 17. The harbour office will tell you the moment to come in while asking you to run along along the W pier once inside the harbour and to come close to the waiting buoys of the inner harbour. waiting buoys are located in the inner harbour. By important coefficient, do not use the northern buoys. It is forbidden to use its own anchorage. Quite troubled by strong wind of N to E sectors. No unloading service: if you arrive just after the last opening of the bridge, the waiting can be long. If you do not have a dinghy, do not hesitate to call locals who will help you to disembark on quay. The opening of the access bridge to the pleasure harbour are announced by a fixed orange light. It is open at HT-3h, HT-2, HT-1, HT, HT+1h15, HT+2h30. Exit: contact ’Calais Port’ on VHF 17 and follow the instructions.
		Draught	Tides tables. Ref harbour: Dunkerque. West Basin: see Note
		Description	130 berths, of which about 20 on catways, the remainder on pontoons (braced boat in season) for visitors. Tariffs of the yacht harbour
		Services	Water, electricity, toilets (showers, WC; access by code)
Heavy svces	Loading mast 3T, mobile crane (on request), grounding basin with grill of careenage	Anchorage

the Place
Victualling	Fuel (gasoil, petrol Unleaded) by day only Shipchandler (Calais Nautic, USHIP network). All stores downtown (the marina is about 300m from downtown area). Supermarket on the place d’Armes (400m).	Rental svces
Various svces	The site of the Yacht Club de Calais gives the opening hours of the Henri Henon bridge. Retouche à tout: for urgent sail repair (free take and delivery in the yacht harbour): 06.64.63.90.24 The office of "La Société des Régates de Calais" is situated in the Harbour Club House of the West Dock, all useful informations on the website of the SRC.	Setting	To see: The fine sand beach (500m), the church Notre-Dame (visit in season only), the headlight (possible visit), the bronze of Rodin: "Les Bourgeois de Calais", the museum of Beautiful Arts, the Town hall and its neo-Flemish belfry

NOTE :

The draught of the boats admitted in the West Basin is of 3 m maximum. Help to pass are:
1) lit panels on each side of the doors, upstream and downstream. They mark the presence of the cofferdam and its level at + 2,00 m.
2) water scales placed on each side of the sash up and downstream. They show the water level available above the upper level of the cofferdam.

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