New Bern Grand Marina Yacht Club

Hurricane safe. Right downtown New Bern. Only gripe is $40 pump out unless you move boat to station. Recently managed by F3 Marina.

Great location in town. Walk to everything!

Very helpful and friendly staff

Love visiting New Bern

The town of New Bern is wonderful and this marina is affordable and only two blocks from downtown. The marina itself is OK, with well-repaired floating docks, basic dock security, and helpful staff. The bathroom (single) and showers are a block away, so prepare to walk. Transient pricing is strange; if you pay for three nights it's cheaper to buy a week, and similarly for monthly, encouraging long-term stays.

Great visit. Great area. Will return.

Excellent, good dock crew. Facilities were fine. Location is great

Stayed 5 weeks and had an incredible stay! Mack, Tom, Archie, and Carter all took great care of us. Docks are weathered but solid. Had no issues with power or water. Used our own wifi. The bathrooms are nice, but a block away, but understood that coming in. The location is perfect to walk and enjoy all the old downtown has to offer.

Fair Warning! I reserved a slip, via Dockwa, on a Sunday morning and waited for a reply. Info advised that requests were usually acknowledged within an hour. After a couple of hours I called the Marina and reserved a slip. The NBGM representative asked that I come to the office to provide additional information, which I did. I had 2 problems with this transaction. First NBGM did not have staff that had access to Dockwa on Sunday. Secondly, I was not asked, to fill out my info at the office, I was questioned about it. The NBGM rep took it upon himself to decide that I wanted electric service and didn't care to ask for my BoatUS number when I told him I was a member. I found all this out after my credit card was charged $21.50 more than the Dockwa quote! When I inquired about what the differences, I was informed that Dockwa was only an estimate and accused me of providing false information, on my form which the NBGM rep filled out. I then asked if NBGM would honor the Dockwa quote and they declined! So don't bother to use Dockwa and make sure you fill out your own info on their application form!

Excellent staff and facilities

We enjoyed our stay. Downsides: Access through a drawbridge with weekday blackout hours; slip was along their outside dock and rather exposed to a SW wind (though it was calm); bathroom is rather small for a marina of its size and a bit of a hike. Upsides: Right downtown in New Bern, with good restaurants and interesting sites; solid docks and well-maintained facilities; and responsive staff.

Easy access, friendly staff, 1 bock from downtown New Bern

We enjoyed our stay!

Excellent staff. Great service.

The best part of this marina is that it is a short walk to attractions in the lovely town of New Bern. The worst part is a shower and single toilet (one bathroom each for men and women) are off marina grounds in a building in town. This is also where the marina office is located. The marina allows transients, but, as a condominium marina, is there to store boats for the owners. The staff is limited - we saw two. In our case, even with a confirmed reservation, paid in advance through Dockwa, we were repeatedly told on the vhf radio, “You are not on the board” and they seemed quite reluctant to dock us. Finally, we were grudgingly sent to a slip clogged with a couple of small floating watercraft that clearly had not been used in a while and had to be moved with the help of nearby boaters. Eventually, they confirmed we did indeed have a reservation and that we had a side to spot on the long pier. It was a better spot, but after redocking stern in (as were the majority of boats on the pier), we were done with moving the boat. We were told to dock bow in, but, after tying up, the dockhand seemed annoyed to discover our power cables would not reach the location of the power tower at that slip. He was also annoyed that we kept using the engines to hold the bow off the pier when he should have focused on first securing the boat then doing final positioning ties as is normal with most dockhands. We gave this review two stars because of the town. This was one of our worst marina experiences ever. Of course they can improve their performance, but hiking a few football fields to reach a single toilet and shower keeps this marina on our “do not visit again” list.

A great Marina and community a block from a vibrant downtown.

Nice town but marina appears to be set-up for long term occupants versus transients. First, had to call to confirm slip reservation after waiting for reply through Dockwa for 24 hours. Slip was alright but on outer side of face dock so we were beat up a bit by waves/wind. The negative was the marina office and showers. Why did they hide it?? Searched up and down the property adjacent to the docks with no luck. Asked a few locals and they did not know (no signage). Finally after walking about for 30 minutes, was directed to a building that had to be 500 yards from the docks with little or no outward signage. Tried calling the office for directions but was hung up on 5x in a row and finally gave up. No dockhands around until we were done tying up.

This is a great Marina. We came in for a month and ended up extending for a second month. Jon the Dockmaster and the rest of the crew are all wonderful. The town is very nice with excellent restaurants. 11/6/2023, We just finished our third month at NBGM. Once again we had a wonderful stay. All of the staff members are pleasant and extremely helpful. The marina is in a great location and the surrounding area is filled with great shops and restaurants.

Marina was fine, close to downtown restaurants, Tryon Palace, et cetera. My only gripe was I had to walk 5 blocks outside the Marina to get ice.

Let’s start with the positives - New Bern is an absolutely wonderful little City, and the Marina is only 2 blocks away. The negatives - Marina is just OK. Power cords, Hoses, and other stuff laying all over the Dock. Huge holes around the Dock pilings. Walking down the dock was like an obstacle course. Bathroom (1) was 2 blocks away, and NO WiFi at all. Fortunately, New Bern is so nice that it kind of offsets the negatives

New Bern is a fantastic little town. We love it here

Requested 30 Amp service, but apparently not available. Docked on outside of diagonal dock, exposed to harbor. Choppy water due to weather and traffic was very hard on my 21 ft. walk around. Would have been fine on inside, but too much exposure on outside. I'll know to ask more questions next time, otherwise a very nice marina.

No ice available at marina. Location ok for downtown. Cunningham bridge schedule closed 7am to 9am. Marina gave no paperwork. Not that helpful Pump out not available every day.

Loved New Bern.. very charming town in general. The marina has fine .. there is some waking action if you are on the outside of the transient face dock.. especially on weekends. The marina office is a block up Craven Street and that’s where the bathrooms and laundry are. I gave the marina three stars for that reason but the facilities are fine and the location to everything in town is great.

Love the location. Eady access to downtown. However, we were a little miserable when on boat. We were outside the breakwater dock where we got beat up somewhat. It was basically non stop. Next time we'll ask for a slip inside. A couple of the guys in the office were helpful and friendly. TY