I have cruised Buzzards Bay, the Islands and Narraganset fairly extensively over the years. Great suggestions from Damian. I would add my favorites...
Quissett : beautiful little harbor north east of Woods Hole. Long walk or trolley bus to Woods Hole Hadley Harbor: opposite Woods Hole - no landing on islands but really peaceful place to anchor or pick up free moorings if available Menemsha: call early in the morning to make a mooring reservation. Very limited but the do allow up to three maybe four boats on each of the moorings inside. Coecles Harbor (east side of Shelter Island). Channel narrow and not a lot of depth - go in / out on a rising tide!! But once in, several options. I generally anchor on the left side going in. -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On May 22, 2015, at 06:49, Damian Greene via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Dan, > > I used to be based in Westbrook CT, so here are my recommendations for > Eastern Long Island Sound. This is based on several summer cruises on our C&C > 34 with wife and two younger teenagers. > > Westbrook - slip at Brewer's. Huge full-service yard. Pool, showers, > restaurant (expensive). Gas BBQ grills and picnic tables at the head of each > dock. There is a picnic area at the channel entrance with gas grills, picnic > tables, and a clubhouse with kitchen facilities and a TV room. Great spot to > hang out in the evening and watch the boat traffic. That was our regular > hangout. > > Mystic - slip at Brewer's. On the right, just before the railroad bridge. > Easy dinghy ride to the town dock. Decent swimming pool. Be careful to stay > in the channel, and do NOT try to cut left of the rockpile at the entrance to > Noank (you'll see what I mean - there's a confusing dogleg). Get ice-cream at > the store by the lifting bridge. Of course the Seaport Museum. > > In general, any Brewer's yard along LIS is a good stopover. > > Shelter Island - good moorings at Piccozzi's Dering Harbor Marina. Decent > showers. Nice small town with decent bars and restaurants. Explore the island > by bike - rentals at Piccozzi's garage. Fun trip in through Plum Gut. > > Newport - we would stay at Dutch Harbor. Moorings for rent, launch service, > showers and laundry. Walk to foodstore and restaurants. Harbor shuttle across > to Newport. More peaceful than craziness of Newport. > > Martha's Vineyard - we were disappointed with available moorings. The best we > found were in Vineyard Haven. Services not great, and serious wakes from > car-ferries. Still, the Vineyard is a must-see. Rent a Jeep. Go to the Jaws > locations. > > Block Island - Great Salt Pond. Rather than scramble for town moorings, we > would book a "slip" at Champlin's Marina. In reality, you're likely rafted, > and it gets very congested with powerboats at weekends. Still, it is a fun > experience. Decent pool, bars, takeout pizza, cinema (for kids), all without > leaving the marina. And then of course there's Block to explore! Rent bikes. > Great beaches. > > Cuttyhunk is our favorite destination. If you get there on time, there are > town moorings in the inner harbor. Otherwise, plenty of moorings available > outside, but with more wave action. Beautiful island. No cars, one small > restaurant, boat goes around each evening selling fresh shellfish and > lobsters. Great beaches (at harbor entrance, and over the bar at the far > side). Channel can be tricky, so be careful. Last time we were there, we > watched another sailboat solidly aground on a falling tide. No fun. > > Cape Cod Canal is a beautiful ride. Make sure to time your transits with the > tides. Some serious wave action on the southern entrance - you'll be surfing > in, then it gets flat. > > Sandwich Marina is a decent stop at the northern exit from the CCC. showers, > food-store nearby, decent restaurants. > > Feel free to discuss more offline. damian.gre...@yahoo.com > > > Damian Greene > C&C 34 GHOST > Bass Harbor, Maine > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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