A Personal Guide to Polish Waters
Nicholas Hill
Kolobrzeg
Kolobrzeg is quite a busy commercial port, with ferries running across to Bornholm. The entrance, like so many others along this coast, is open to the north, and so there are long and narrow breakwaters to cut down the swell. The yacht harbour is well down the river and round a corner, and should be well sheltered against almost any weather. The town is moderately prosperous, and it is about a kilometre walk to some supermarkets (not especially salubrious, but they stock the basics).
Being quite a large city, the high rise buildings are obvious from some way away. There is also a large brick lighthouse visible from a distance.
To find your way in, line up with the breakwaters. These were being extended in the summer of 2006.
There are no offlying hazards, but the entry channel is narrow and curved: keep a sharp eye out for anything coming the other way. The Border Guards are a little way down on the port side. They will wave you on if from another Polish port, but otherwise you will have to tie up to shopw yhpur passports.
berthing and facilities
The yacht club has some stern buoy moorings, but it seems that most boats use the quayside. This is a fairly high concrete quay, fendered with large tyres, and with bollards for your lines. It works well enough provided you adjust your own fenders carefully.
The yacht club is built into part of what was the moat of a castle. The castle is open to the public, and the quayside is also a public walkway. As often is the case in Poland, you find people out for an evening stroll passing by. Despite this, I never felt worried about security.
There is electricity on the quayside. Loos and showers are in a portakabin nearby, and are adequate.
Google Earth
Resolution here is rather poor.
The yacht club at Kolobrzeg.
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