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COWES PORT HANDBOOK 2014 - 2015

FOLLY WATERBUS VHF 77
07974 864627
FOLLY LAUNCH VHF 72
07884 400046
Medical Help

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If you are afloat and have a medical emergency call Solent Coastguard on
VHF Ch 16/67. The designated medical emergency landing site is Trinity
Landing, off Cowes Parade.
Cowes has a Medical Centre at 200 Newport Road, PO31 7ER. It is open
Monday - Friday from 0800 to 1800 with late opening until 2000 on
Mondays and Wednesdays. For appointments Tel: [phone].
A&E service is at St Mary’s Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, PO30 5TG.
The Beacon Health Centre at St Mary’s Hospital, Newport provides a
seven day a week ‘Walk In’ service from 0800 to 2000 daily, where a GP is
available for most minor illnesses or health problems.
East Cowes Medical Centre is next to Waitrose, in Church Path, East Cowes,
PO32 6RP. It is open Monday - Friday from 0800 to 1830 with late opening
to 2000 on Mondays. For appointments Tel: [phone].

Prohibited Activities

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The following activities are prohibited without the written permission of
the Harbour Master (General Direction 4.4):
• Towing of persons within the Inner Harbour and Outer Fairway.
• Kite surfing within the Inner Harbour and Outer Fairway with the
exception of the Shrape Watersports Area.
• Wind surfing and paddle boarding within the Outer Fairway and Inner
Fairway north of No. 8 fairway buoy without the written
permission of the Harbour Master
• Spearfishing within the Inner Harbour.
• Navigation of hovercraft within the Harbour.
• Swimming within the fairways and in any areas around or from mooring
or berthing facilities.
• Jumping or diving into the water from any structure, pile, pontoon, jetty,
pier or buoy within the Harbour.
A person who fails to comply with a General Direction or Special Direction
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of
up to £2,500.
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