| 1 Harbour Place Portsmouth, NH 03801 | |
| 43° 4' 44.02'', -70° 45' 14.52'' | |
| 386-931-9338 | |
| VHF Ch. 13 | |
| $3/ft - $4/ft | |
| harbourplaceportsmouth.com | |
| Kittery Town Harbor |
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Portsmouth is a great walking city and this location puts you at the heart of the waterfront. The marina docks lead right onto Bow Street in the city center which is truly a pleasure to visit. Downtown Portsmouth is rich with history, arts, entertainment and numerous restaurants and pubs.The city is a destination in and of itself. Your slip is a great place to watch the commercial ships and tugboats pass by as the sun sets over historic Badger’s Island, Maine’s southernmost point.
Marina at Harbour Place is just passed the new Memorial Bridge, which can be reached on VHF Channel 13, or wait for the preplanned opening every half hour during the daytime. Please note the current is strong here. But, it is parallel to the docks so if you just stem the current, even a beginner can make a perfect landing every time. For the easiest approach do not attempt to dock with a following current. If you are able, plan to arrive during slack tide.
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Beautiful location, practically downtown. David the dockmaster is very kind and helpful.
Great access to downtown Po-town, Prescott park and more. traffic in the river makes for a very uncomfortable day on the dock but... At night traffic goes away and the waters are calm
Easy in and out. David was a great and gracious host.
Staff was very helpful. Marina is convenient to restaurants and the historical district. BUT the very strong currents, the wakes from passing boats, 24/7 make this a risky, uncomfortable and possibly dangerous location.
We had fantastic experience at Marina Harbor! David the dock master was Awesome 😎 Portsmouth is great city with great restaurants and friendly people
Docks are in a very strong current which appears to be taking their toll on them. The dockmaster was very helpful and nice. This Marina is in a good location to walk to shops and food. Very rolly and fairly loud with the roadway. Expensive for what you get IMHO but their aren't alot of options.
The staff was great! The docks move a lot, lots of traffic in that area.
Dockmaster Dave is a pro. Very competent and welcoming.
The best play to stay in Portsmouth! David is awesome!
Excellent location steps from downtown Portsmouth. Weekend traffic can cause some rocking. Dave was very helpful.
Great location to town, very rocky dockage but kept sea keeper on so the stay was pleasant, Dave the dock master was very helpful.
Love it! David was so helpful and communicated above and beyond. Gave us a lot of good local information about the surrounding area on and offshore. He provided all of the information we needed for a safe arrival given the nasty current. Perfect location for exploring town. Would not recommend for smaller boats, but anything large that is not impacted by the waves is good. We’ll be back!!
A little bumpy during the day, but settles down nicely overnight. Can't get closer to downtown...awesome! David is great to work with from reservations to docking assistance.
A private marina with an opportunity for transient docking depending on availability. The best location to access Portsmouth on foot as the marina exits directly onto Bow Street.
The staff was excellent. The current and the waves were so bad we couldn’t stay. It was knocking pictures off the walls and things off the shelf. Way to exposed for my liking
The Harbour master was extremely helpful! But the boat traffic in the river creates big swells that could potentially cause boat damage. Make sure you have lots of fenders!
Great place David was there for us and for any thing we needed good location for walking to town and dinner thanks David Capt mark motor yacht freedom
David, the harbormaster was very friendly and attentive. He met us at the dock when we arrived and help us leave because of the current. We actually stayed at badger Island east, which I believe is an associated facility Located directly across the river. This marina is in an excellent location with numerous restaurants and shops within a 15 minute walk/half a mile. The facilities were very clean and well kept. Most of the reviews warn about the wake from passing boats, and it did get a little rough in the afternoon with the returning fishing boats and a flood tide. That is why I gave 4 stars. But even though we were on a face dock exposed to the river it wasn’t that bad, and we’ve certainly been at worse docks.
They cancelled our stay 5 hours before we arrived and we were forced to find a place elsewhere....TERRIBLE thing to do when we were already en route there and had dinner plans with family. Will NEVER book there ever again.
We ended up staying at Badgers East to avoid the bridge. There is a lot of current, but David is a very helpful dock master. Short walk into town.
Amenities listed for this marina were not onsite. This is not a marina - it is an urban dock that is not in a no wake zone. The dockmaster is not available on Mon or Tue, so we were assisted by a friend of his. Although amenities were claimed, no map or signage was evident. I was assigned the most upstream end of the dock. It was a time of extreme tides and currents were probably in the range of 5 knots at this end. Wakes in excess of 2 feet hit the boat at the dock. I left after one night due to safety concerns for my boat or crew if they should fall overboard. The location for the town is great, but it is hard to enjoy it when your boat and crew are at risk. They did refund the second day.
It felt like a bait and switch. This is not a marina in any sense that I've understood before. It says there are bathrooms and showers. There was one bathroom with a shower inside a parking garage. Really in a garage. The wifi didn't exist. We were charged more than was quoted although the difference was refunded when we pointed it out. Very tricky location due to current and bridge. The access to town was great. That's why I'm giving it 3 stars. My husband would give it 2.
It's super-convenient to downtown Portsmouth, which is nice, and the facilities themselves are fine. It's not sheltered, though, and the wakes make for a somewhat bouncy stay. Strong currents (2+ kt) can make docking tricky, so slack water is best, but what's when everybody else wants to dock also. Marina staff are friendly , competent, and helpful. I'm on a 30' sailboat; I suspect bigger boats don't get knocked around quite so much. One caveat: if you just want plain old groceries, the Hannaford's is a mile away. Lyft is your friend here (nobody should ever use Uber; but you know that, right?). On the other hand if you just want some great oysters, walk a couple hundred yards up Bow Street to Surf. Friendly staff, casual atmosphere, good food.
There is no arguing that this is a fantastic location for accessing the downtown Portsmouth area. But it is a spot in the river where the current and boat wakes make for an unpleasant experience on board. Dave, the Dockmaster, is very helpful and accessible. He splits his time with the Badger Island East Marina which is not a bad thing. In fact, he was able to bring me a block of ice from the other marina in the skiff that he runs back and forth. Although there are gates, I would not say that the marina is secure. But we had no problems with strangers on the dock. Aside from the dockmaster and the folks that we traveled with, we never saw any other people at the marina.The docks and utilities are good and we loved wandering around Portsmouth. I think that if I were to return, i would stay at the Badger Island marina and just take the ten minute walk into Portsmouth over the bridge.