Essentially valet parking for your boat, drystacks are a popular alternative to marina berthing for RIBS and motor boats up to 30ft, weighing up to 5 tonnes. The service includes unlimited launches and recoveries and when the boat is afloat you benefit from the facilities at Cardiff Marina including showers and toilets.
THE BENEFITS
- Cost effective alternative to marina berths
- No need for a trailer
- Better performance and economy
- Easier maintenance
- Launch on demand service during boatyard hours (1 hour notice required)
- No need for antifouling
- Unlimited launches
- Two pricing tariffs available, GOLD and SILVER
THE PROCESS
- Call in advance for your boat to be launched
- Our team will safely move your boat from the racks at Cardiff Marine Village to the water for launching using a marine forklift
- Boats are collected from Cardiff Marine Village (SILVER PACKAGE) or Cardiff Marina (GOLD PACKAGE)
- When you have finished, return your boat to where you collected it from and a member of our team will return it to its original rack position at Cardiff Marine Village.
THE OPTIONS
Silver System
Boats are launched and moored at the pontoons at Cardiff Marine Village. You may use I pontoon at Cardiff Marina while your boat is in the water but you will need to take it there and then deliver the boat back to the pontoon at Cardiff Marine Village when you have finished. If occasionally on the Silver system you wish your boat to be taken directly to Cardiff Marina then there will be a £45 boat movement charge.
Gold System
Boats are launched and delivered to our designated drystack berth on I pontoon at Cardiff Marina. When you have finished using the boat return it to I pontoon and we will collect it from there and bring it up to Cardiff Marine Village and return it to the drystack for you.
Launching times
- Summer ~ Monday – Friday 9am-4pm
- Winter ~ Monday- Friday 9am-3pm
- Bank Holidays ~ Closed
Drystack Prices
Cardiff Drystack |
Gold |
Silver |
| Annual | £325/metre | £220/metre |
| 6 months | £207/metre | £141/metre |
| 3 months | £109/metre | £74/metre |
How do I get my boat launched?
We can launch your boat for you any time during Boatyard operating hours. All you have to do is call us least an hour before wanting to use the boat. If you want to use your boat at the weekend, or think you may like to, call us on a Friday for it to be launched.
Access to Cardiff Marina and the Cardiff Marine Village pontoons is via a security gate. It is accessed using a fob (we will need a £10 deposit for the fob). Please be sure to close the gate after you and do not let anyone unknown to you follow you onto the site.
