Dry Port

The Dry Port, in Dieppe

The dry port of Dieppe, on the Île du Pollet, is a curiosity where the boats seem to levitate, stored on land and not on the water. The Dieppe audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this modern port installation, a witness of the intense nautical activity of the town.

The boats stored on land

Boats levitating, and not placed directly on the waves: the visit of Dieppe has not finished surprising! If such a curiosity is here, on the Île du Pollet, it is because the town does not lack nautical activities and boaters. It is a dry port, a modern installation where the pleasure boats, instead of staying afloat in the basins, are stored on land, stacked on several levels in great metal structures, which gives them this astonishing air of floating in the air. This ingenious system presents numerous advantages: it protects the hulls of the boats from the wear and the soiling of the sea water, optimises the space of the port, which can thus host more vessels, and facilitates the maintenance. When the owner wants to take the sea, a crane or a forklift comes to seize his boat to put it back in the water. The dry port testifies to the vitality of the boating in Dieppe and to the deeply maritime character of the town. A port curiosity and a witness of nautical life, the dry port is an astonishing stop of the discovery of Dieppe.

What to see

Here you discover, on the Île du Pollet, the astonishing dry port where the pleasure boats, instead of staying afloat, are stored on land and stacked on several levels in great metal structures, which makes them appear to levitate; this ingenious system protects the hulls, optimises the space and testifies to the vitality of the boating in Dieppe. The dry port is a curiosity of Dieppe. It is an astonishing stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The dry port lies on the Île du Pollet, at the port of Dieppe, reachable on foot. You observe it from the surroundings of the port; it is a port installation whose access to the structures follows its own conditions. You discover it during a walk around the basins.

What is a dry port in Dieppe?

A modern installation, on the Île du Pollet, where the pleasure boats are stored on land and stacked on several levels in great metal structures, instead of staying afloat, which makes them appear to levitate; this system protects the hulls, optimises the space of the port and testifies to the vitality of the Dieppe boating.

Where is the dry port in Dieppe?

On the Île du Pollet, at the port of Dieppe, in France.