Bill, our "home" waters are the Long Island Sound and I can certainly speak to
that piece of your trip if you come through in the inside (as opposed to
offshore following the South Shore of Long Island.. Once you transit the canal
into Buzzards Bay there are a zillion anchorages and marinas down Buzzards Bay
and through the L.I. Sound. Depending on how much of a rush you're in, a
"standard" stop-over once through the canal would be Onset Bay. Excellent
anchorage with good holding.
Heading further West, if you want to "do" Newport, there are numerous marinas
(slips and moorings) for a fee. Otherwise, a great place to drop the hook is on
the western side of Jamestown is Dutch Harbor. If you don't want to stop in
the Newport area, there's a well protected anchorage called Harbor of Refuge
just off of Point Judith. Continuing on there are, on the Connecticut side,
harbors with anchorages or marinas (with moorings and/or slips) all the way
down the Sound 'till City Island, NY before you transit the East River out to
lower Manhattan and continue to NJ.
After leaving Pt. Judith, I'd recommend Stonington, CT for sure.
On the Long Island side (north shore) there really aren't too many places to
put in until you get to Mattituck and then a longish passage to Port Jefferson.
From Port Jeff, the next "harbor" would be Huntington, then Oyster Bay, Port
Washington, etc...
All these harbors have plenty of anchorages and marinas. We've been into most
of these harbors and a whole bunch of the marinas and I've never heard of any
"must tie stern-to" restrictions. They've all got finger piers so you can go
bow-in.
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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----- Original Message -----
From: William Sellar
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 4:32 PM
Subject: [Liveaboard] Anchorages & Marinas Cape Cod to Cape May
I am new to the east coast having transited from the great lakes, down the
St. Lawrence, through the Canadian maritimes and into the US. Currently lying
Falmouth, Cape Cod MA. I am trying to plan a transit to Cape May where I plan
to enter the Chesapeake. I am looking for anchorages or marinas to break up
this trip into a couple of legs. As I study the guidebooks, anchorages seem
few in this area. The guide books also caution against almost all of the
inlets. Many of the marinas in this part of the world do not seem to have
finger piers. With our canoe stern sailboat with dinghy in davits, it does not
work to tie stern to and get on and off over the stern.
Can anyone recommend any stops in this are - anchorages or marinas?
I am in a 39 foot sailboat. The two of us are willing to make up to 48 hour
passages.
Bill
SV Nemo
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