Port La Rochelle Marina Port Des Minimes

• Bars/Cafe/Restaurants : Quayside
• Berths : 3,300
• BoatYard : Yes
• Buses/Taxis : Yes/Yes
• Chandlery : Yes
• Dressing Rooms : Yes
• Electricity : On all pontoons
• Email/Fax : On all pontoons
• Fuel : Fuel Berth
• Showers/Laundrette : Yes/Yes
• Travel lift : 50 Tonne
• TV Internet : Wi-Fi
• VHF : Chn 9
• Weather Info : Daily

Capitainerie des Minimes : Môle central du port de plaisance des Minimes.
– V.H.F. Canal 09
– Tél. 05 46 44 41 20
– Fax. 05 46 44 36 49
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Bureau du vieux port : Rue de l’Armide.
– V.H.F. Canal 09
– Tél. 05 46 41 32 05
– Fax. 05 46 41 38 04
– Portable : 06 03 54 00 57
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Bureau des éclusiers : Terre-plein de l’Écluse, à côté du Pont Levant.
– V.H.F Canal 09
– Tél. 05 46 52 14 56
– Portable : 06 16 46 60 26
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Bureau du grutage : Zone artisanale des Minimes.
Tél. 05 46 44 91 16
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Service environnement : Angélique FONTANAUD
Tél. 05 46 44 41 20
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Port des Minimes marina in La Rochelle is a huge marina with modern facilities and good shelter. Of the 3,300 berths on 48 piers, 300 are reserved for visitors. The marina has a boatyard that can offer most services, 3 travel lifts (max 50T), 1 x 30T cranes and 2 x 2.5 T cranes.

La Rochelle is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department and has maintained its past architecture and charm making it one of the most picturesque and historically rich cities on the Atlantic coast. This helped develop a strong tourism industry and one of the cities main features is the “Vieux Port” (“Old Harbour”), which is at the heart of the city, picturesque and lined with seafood restaurants and bars. There is a ferry taxi to the Old Port plus Bicycle and bus connections. other attractions is a very large aquarium, and a small botanical garden (the Jardin des plantes de La Rochelle)

The city has great shopping and plenty of supermarkets, there are also local markets and stores selling regional products such as Cognac,honey, cheese and fish.

The Approach
The channel is dredged to 0.5 metres below chart datum. (note – dredging operations are underway for the new extension to the Marina).

The Entrance
The entrance is wide and straightfordward and once inside surpringly for a marina with so many berths there is good room to manouver.

Between now and the end of 2013 a project is in operation to extend the marina and create a further 1,200 berths which includes a large dredging operation and the build of a new breakwater.

In Département de la Charente-Maritime (France), you will find this marina. This large-capacity marina has moorings for super yacht size, because it has moorings for boats with a maximum length of up to 40.00 m and a maximum draught of 7.00 m. It includes a complete range of services available to its customers. The basic needs of its customers will be well met, because it has water, electricity and gas station.. The marina also has nautical services available. To facilitate the mooring process, the personnel at the port is there to assist you with anything you may need. In accordance with environmental needs, the marina is outfitted with waste collection systems for the most common types of waste produced on a boat. As a result, the relevant environmental authorities have awarded it quality certification, demonstrating that it is marina which respects the environment.

In line with the growing number of individuals who use light boats that can be taken from one place to another by trailer, this marina has the necessary services to allow its customers to lower their boats into the water. Also, upon return, you may park your boat temporarily on site at the marina. This marina has a complementary selection of nautical activities, so you can practice a number of different sea-related sports. Well connected and not only accessible by sea, it is also close to the nearest airport.