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Oceanus operates out of the beautiful Wells Harbour, ideal for sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and powerboating, with easy access to the open sea and superb coastal scenery.
Wells-next-the-Sea on the North Norfolk coast has been a port and a largely natural safe-haven for ships and boats for at least 600 years. Protected by rare salt marshes behind a sand bar, the Port of Wells was one of England's major harbours in Tudor times and a thriving, busy centre for shipping and maritime industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when its stone quay was constructed, along with many of the large buildings and tiny yards and houses that still dominate the look and feel of the town.
Commercial shipping in Wells suffered with the coming of the railway in 1857 but the harbour continued to be busy up to the first world war. There was something of a revival in the 1970s and 80s with ships of up to 300 tons regularly unloading on the quay. Indeed, commercial carrying arguably ended only in the late 1990s with cargoes of grain brought from Europe by the Dutch sailing ketch Albatros, said at the time to be the last commercial trading vessel under sail in Europe.
However, Wells retains a small fishing fleet, with hard-working boats slipping out on one tide and returning on the next. They are joined on occasion by other visiting commercial and fishing vessels and the harbour has been busy in recent years with vessels engaged in surveys, crew transfer and safety boat operations. Off-shore windfarms projects off the North Norfolk coast are set to make such activity a regular feature of the harbour.
Wells Harbour also caters for a growing leisure trade, both for locally-owned boats and, increasingly, as a popular destination for visiting vessels. The historic Albatros is currently resident on the quay, providing a venue for a variety of functions and entertainment and running the occasional charter or cruise. Another regular is the beautiful sailing barge Juno, built as a labour of love on a grand-scale by local boat builder Charlie Ward and now sailing day and half-day cruises. All day and one-tide sea angling trips are available on boats such as Sunbeam III and Salford and coastal trips to see the seals at Blakeney and fishing and diving charters are also usually available.
The harbour is also used for sailing, wind-surfing, water ski-ing and just pottering about on anything from canoes and kayaks to speed boats, blue-water yachts and large motor cruisers (jetski-type craft and hovercraft are not permitted). The town has a thriving sailing club, water ski club and a successful sailing school, offering plenty of opportunity for organised and entertaining activities for all ages and skill levels.
Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Wells plays host to thousands of holiday-makers and visitors almost all year round, making for a unique mix of people and activities. The long tradition of gillying (fishing for shore crabs) from the quayside is as popular as ever and Wells' expansive beach with its oft-illustrated colourful beach-huts means that there are always people on, in or near the water. It may not be the noisy maelstrom of 100 or 150 years ago but the quayside remains a busy, active place where it's fun to get involved or just to sit and watch all that's going on.
Welcome to SailingWiki; the starting place for sailing and cruising in the UK! This website is by sailors for sailors; more than just a collection of ports and services. Help others by adding your local knowleage, words of wisdom and tips on the places you have sailed to. To add to this site you will need to 
Wells-next-the-Sea on the North Norfolk coast has been a port and a largely natural safe-haven for ships and boats for at least 600 years. Protected by rare salt marshes behind a sand bar, the Port of Wells was one of England's major harbours in Tudor times and a thriving, busy centre for shipping and maritime industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when its stone quay was constructed, along with many of the large buildings and tiny yards and houses that still dominate the look and feel of the town.
