Reviews: Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: Julie Moeller, Sweet and Salty, on Oct 10, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 38'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 4

Since we are a catamaran and wide, we opted to anchor just off the free dock. Nice protected anchorage near the bridge that has pretty red & green lights at night. I took a fabulous sunset picture here. Only complaint is when we woke up in the morning, mosquitoes were EVERYWHERE. They were all over our sliding door and Isinglass. The flies were thick too, but they may have hitched a ride from our previous location.

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: Jessica Knapp, What Could Go Wrong, on Oct 1, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 3

Great for a free dock! Sturdy! Easy to tie to the pilings. Easy walk with dogs to town and to the grocery store.

One note of caution: Watch your wind and water. The dock is fixed and short mostly (there are some higher up pilings but most are low and the dock is low). If your wind kicks up, you REALLY need to mind where you are on the dock. If there is surge for some reason, you do not want to be on the short pilings. Lesson learned here during Ophelia Tropical Storm.

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: John Rockwell on Sep 7, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

Well it's free. Ideal use of this dock is to hang on a hook in the harbor until you have a north wind and need groceries. Then its a short hike to the Food Lion.

This is a new fixed dock with no services. Would not want to try to dock here is a brisk south breeze in a single screw boat (unless you do that often).

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: Kenneth Kastl on Sep 7, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 45'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

Not free in summer of 2020. Is $1/FT plus power. Gregg manages the collection for the town dock in addition to running the Bellhaven marina. Gotta go see Diana, director of the Chamber across the street. Perhaps she may let you use her personal golf cart! The seafood processing pant is back open and you should find seasonal jumbo lump crab at the Ace hardware.

• WG Editor Comment:
  

  Note; The Cooperage location is still no charge. The Wynn's Gut location charges.
  
  
  Many thanks,
  Ted Stehle

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: Chances Theap on May 6, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 4

Nice quiet marina away from the downtown area. Definitely have to back into the slip and lasso around the pilings. We were the only one docked on a Thursday night.

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: Frank Cordell on Sep 15, 2021
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 32'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Stayed here Labor Day for 3 days. Nice finger pier docks, no cleats though. I called the phone number to register and they acted like they could care less. I just got an OK and then they hung up and never gave any info. Had the place all to myself except Saturday morning when people came to fish off the docks and in their boats. When you approach the docks it looks like it is far from downtown but it's not. Easy walk to downtown and easy walk to grocery store, convince stores and pharmacy. Only thing they need is to pressure wash the seagull mess!

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: Nomadic Spirit on Aug 8, 2018
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 32'
Draft: 3.8'

Rating: 3

The actual dock is a bit north of this marker. Just past red 12. Huge dock with room for 9 boats. 1/2 mile from town.

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Review for Belhaven Town Docks at Cooperage Landing

Reviewed by: George Bryan on Jun 29, 2018
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 27'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 4

Free to dock for 2 hr. Another free dock is further up the bay, but further from town. Pump out is at dock. There is also a dinghy dock.

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