U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 6 ¢ 245 movement and anchoring of vessels in the harbor. The (285) Lehigh Portland Cement Co. Wharf: about 600 yards speed limit in the harbor is 5 knots. above Municipal Wharf; 350-foot face, 20 feet alongside; deck height, 10½ feet; receipt of bulk cement; owned by (275) city of Providence, operated by Lehigh Portland Cement Co. Wharves (276) The piers and wharves of the port of Providence (286) Lone Star Industries Wharf: about 750 yards above Municipal Wharf; 210-foot face, 28 to 30 feet alongside; are along both sides of the Providence River below deck height, 12 feet; receipt of bulk cement; owned and Fox Point. Only the deep-draft facilities are described. operated by Lone Star Industries, Inc. For a complete description of the port facilities refer to Port Series No. 4, published and sold by the U.S. Army (287) Algonquin LNG Wharf: about 0.4 mile above Corps of Engineers. (See Appendix A for address.) Municipal Wharf; 450-foot face, 25 feet alongside; deck The alongside depths are reported; for information on height, 12 feet; receipt of liquefied natural gas; owned by the latest depths contact the operator. All the facilities Providence Gas Co., operated by Algonquin LNG, Inc. described have highway connections, and most have rail connections. Water is available at most of the piers and (288) Texaco U.S.A., Harbor Junction Pier: about 0.7 wharves. Cargo in the port is usually handled by ship’s mile above Municipal Wharf; 80-foot face, south side tackle. Cranes to 200 tons are available. 1,040 feet long, 720 feet usable, 32 feet alongside; north (277) Facilities on the east side of Providence River: side 1,040 feet long, 600 feet usable, 25 feet alongside; (278) Mobil Oil Corp.Wharf: (41°46'56\"N., 71°22'19\"W.); deck height, 9 feet; receipt and shipment of petroleum 1,225-foot face, 700 feet of berthing space; 20 to 38 feet products, bunkering vessels; owned and operated by alongside; deck height, 8 feet; pipelines to storage tanks; Texaco, Inc. receipt and shipment of petroleum products, bunkering vessels; owned and operated by Mobil Oil Corp. (289) Promet Marine Services Pier: about 1 mile above (279) Amoco Oil Co. Wharf: at Kettle Point about 0.9 mile Municipal Wharf; 120-foot face, 37 to 31 feet alongside; above Mobil Oil Corp. Wharf; 500-foot face, 700 feet south side 596 feet long, 22 feet alongside; north side 596 with dolphins; 36 feet alongside; deck height, 12 feet; feet long, 37 feet alongside; deck height, 12 feet; cranes to receipt and shipment of petroleum products, bunkering 100 tons; 11 acres of open storage; receipt and shipment vessels; owned by Amoco Oil Co., operated by Amoco of general cargo and dry bulk materials; repairs to vessels; Oil Co. and Atlantic Richfield Co. owned and operated by Promet Marine Services Corp. (280) Wilkes-Barre Pier: about 2 miles above Mobil Oil Corp. Wharf; 75-foot face, 700 feet of berthing space with (290) Northeast Petroleum Corp. Pier: about 1.2 miles dolphins; 40 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; receipt of above Municipal Wharf; south side 620 feet long, 600 petroleum products and naphtha; owned by Providence feet of berthing space; 30 feet alongside; deck height, 11 and Worcester Railroad Co., operated by Union Oil Co. feet; receipt of petroleum products; owned and operated of California, Getty Refining and Marketing Co., and by Northeast Petroleum Corp. Astroline Corp. (281) Facilities on the west side of Providence River (291) C. H. Sprague & Son Co. Pier: about 1.25 miles (282) Municipal Wharf, Berths 5 and 6: (41°47'25\"N., above Municipal Wharf; north side 500 feet long, 520 feet 71°22'54\"W.); 1,283-foot face; 35 to 40 feet alongside; with platforms, 37 feet alongside; deck height, 12 feet; deck height, 10½ feet; two 45-ton container cranes; 60 receipt and shipment of petroleum products; bunkering acres open storage; electrical shore power connections; vessels; owned and operated by C. H. Sprague & Son Co. receipt and shipment of general and containerized cargo and heavy equipment; owned by city of Providence, (292) The principal wharves at Pawtucket have depths of operated by Cranes Associates. 9 to 14 feet alongside. (283) Municipal Wharf, Berths 1, 2, 3, and 4: immediately NW of Berths 5 and 6; 2,190-foot face, 35 to 40 feet (293) alongside; deck height, 10½ feet; cranes to 200 tons; 47,000 square feet of covered storage; 12 acres open Supplies storage; electrical shore power connections; receipt (294) Gasoline, diesel fuel, diesel oil, bunker fuels, and shipment of general cargo, lumber, paper products, automobiles, petroleum products, liquefied petroleum provisions, and marine supplies of all kinds are available. gas, scrap metal, pig iron, and caustic soda; owned by Oil bunkering facilities, for deep-draft vessels, are city of Providence; various operators. available at most of the petroleum companies facilities (284) New England Bituminous Wharf: about 500 yards in Providence. Fuel tank barges are also available for above Municipal Wharf; 384-foot face, 30 feet alongside; bunkering vessels anywhere in the harbor. Water is deck height, 10½ feet; receipt of asphalt; owned and available at most of the wharves and piers. operated by New England Bituminous, Division of John J. Hudson, Inc. (295) Repairs (296) Providence has no facilities for drydocking deep- draft vessels; the nearest such facilities are at Boston, MA. Repairs to boilers, machinery, electrical equipment, and hull can be obtained in the port. Several well-equipped machine and welding shops are also available. Some of these concerns also maintain portable equipment for making above-waterline repairs to vessels at their berths.
246 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 6 (297) Rock. Strangers should pass eastward of the lighted gong buoy off Whale Rock. Small-craft facilities (306) Bonnet Shores Beach is on the north shore of the (298) Small-craft facilities at Bullock Cove and Pawtuxet bight formed by Bonnet Point, the point about 1.5 miles north of Whale Rock. A bathing pavilion at the beach is have been discussed earlier in this chapter. A marina on prominent from a southeasterly direction. the west side of Providence River between Pawtuxet and (307) The Bonnet, a prominent hill with the shoreward Fields Point can provide berths, electricity, gasoline, face bold and rocky, is north of Bonnet Point. The shore diesel fuel, water, ice, storage, marine supplies, and hull between Bonnet Point and South Ferry, 1.3 miles and engine repairs; a flatbed trailer can haul out craft to northward, should be given a berth of 400 yards. Pilings 60 feet long. In 1981, 10 feet was reported in the approach extend 130 yards eastward just south of the old pier at to the marina, with 3 to 6 feet alongside. South Ferry. A 200-foot L-shaped pier of the University of Rhode Island is about 150 yards southeastward of the (299) old pier. In 1981, depths of 20 feet were reported along the outer face with 10 feet reported along the inner face. The Communications buildings of the university, a church spire, and a standpipe (300) Providence is served by rail, bus, and air. A ferry are prominent from southward to north of Dutch Island. (308) Fox Hill, on the southern side of the entrance to operates daily in the summer to Newport and Block Dutch Island Harbor, 2.5 miles north of Beavertail Island. Point, is a point which terminates to the northward in Beaverhead, a bluff rocky face. (301) (309) Dutch Island Harbor is in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay about 3 miles north of Beavertail Light. Chart 13223 The harbor is a semicircular indentation 0.5 by 1 mile in extent in the west side of Conanicut Island. (302) West Passage, between Conanicut and Prudence (310) A boatyard in the southeastern part of the harbor has Islands on the east and Boston Neck on the west, is the a marine railway that can handle craft up to 50 feet for hull approach to Dutch Island Harbor, Wickford, Quonset and engine repairs. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel Point, and East Greenwich. Vessels may also go to fuel (by truck), water, ice, storage, a launching ramp, Providence by West Passage, although the route through some marine supplies, and a 20-ton lift are available. East Passage is deeper and generally used. Approaching (311) Dutch Island, a State park about 3.2 miles north of from the eastward, steer for the lighted gong buoy off Beavertail Point, is surrounded by shoals and foul ground. Whale Rock until southwest of Beavertail Light, and A bell buoy marks the shoal area off the northern end of thence lay down a northerly course in midchannel with the island and a lighted gong buoy is off the southern end. Dutch Island ahead. On the southward approach from A square white tower on the southern end of the island is off Point Judith Light, a north-northeasterly course will prominent marked by a light. bring the vessel to the lighted gong buoy off Whale Rock. (312) Dutch Island Harbor may be approached from (See also chart 13218). At night a careful study of the northward or southward. As the harbor is of easy access, light characteristics is necessary as the lights marking it is frequently used as a harbor of refuge. Excellent East Passage will be seen on the starboard bow when anchorage may be had in depths of 12 to 46 feet, sticky approaching from Point Judith. bottom. A harbormaster controls all mooring and berthing. Vessels of over 18-foot draft seeking anchorage (303) The course should pass westward of, and 500 should give the eastern shore of the harbor a berth of at yards off, Dutch Island; thence through the Jamestown- least 0.4 mile. The eastern shore of Dutch Island should Verrazzano Bridge opening; and thence northerly until be given a berth of 100 yards. about 0.8 mile westward of, and abeam, the south tangent (313) General anchorages are in West Passage of of Hope Island. From here a north-northeasterly course Narragansett Bay. (See 33 CFR110.1 and 110.145 (b) will make the buoys marking the entrance of the natural and (d), Chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) channel westward of Pine Hill Point on Prudence Island. (314) A shoal extends about 200 yards westward and Then a heading toward Warwick Light until abeam the 350 yards northward of Beaverhead. At its northern lighted bell buoy off Northwest Point on Patience Island extremity this shoal rises abruptly from depths of about will bring the vessel in position to swing northeasterly 40 feet to a depth of 8 feet; a buoy marks the shoal. The and easterly to the dredged channel to Providence. southeastern part of the harbor has a shallow cove. (315) Tidal currents of 1 to 1.5 knots may be encountered (304) Narragansett Pier, on the west side of West Passage in the vicinity of Dutch Island. Elsewhere in West about 3 miles west-southwestward of Beavertail Point, Passage velocities are usually less than 1 knot. (See the is a summer resort. The large hotels and a square granite Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) tower are prominent. A municipal bathing beach and pavilion at the Upper Pier are prominent from an easterly direction. (305) River Ledge, about 0.9 mile northeastward of Narragansett Pier, has a least depth of 9 feet and is marked by a buoy. Whale Rock, on the western side of the passage about 0.8 mile northeast of River Ledge, is marked by a lighted gong buoy to the eastward. Little Whale, covered 4 feet, is about 200 yards north of Whale
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 6 ¢ 247 (316) Saunderstown is on the western shore of West (324) A marked dredged channel in Mill Cove leads to an Passage abreast Dutch Island. A former ferry dock off anchorage basin about 0.7 mile above the breakwaters. the town is in ruins. A yacht club is at Saunderstown. In 2010, the channel had a controlling depth of 8 feet except for shoaling to 4 feet in the north quarter of the (317) The Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge crossing channel between Cornelius Island and Point Wharf. The the passage from just north of Plum Beach has a fixed anchorage basin had a controlling depth of 6 feet except span with a clearance of 135 feet. The Jamestown- for shoaling to 5 feet in the northeast corner. North Kingstown Bridge is about 300 feet south of the aforementioned highway bridge. The southerly fixed (325) Good anchorage may be had in the middle and highway bridge is being removed. southern parts of outer Wickford Harbor. The northern part of the outer harbor has numerous rocks and ledges. (318) From the bridge northward, Great Ledge extends General Rock, with a depth of 9 feet over it, is the along the west shore of Conanicut Island for about 1.5 southerly limit of this shoal, 0.9 mile north-northeastward miles. This ledge is from 175 to 600 yards offshore, of Fox Island. A rock with a depth of 10 feet over it is culminating in America Ledge at its northern end. about 500 yards westward of General Rock. Brig Ledge, Numerous rocks are on Great Ledge. Between Plum about 0.5 mile north of General Rock, is covered 9 feet. Beach and Rome Point, on the west side of the passage, The southern shore of the outer harbor is foul. Charles 1.2 miles north of the bridge, are several rocks, including Rock, with a depth of 4 feet, is just inside of the northern Red Rock and Old Sergeant. Bare and covered rocks are breakwater. northeastward and eastward of Rome Point. (326) Vessels approaching Wickford Harbor from the (319) Fox Island, 0.4 mile northeast of Rome Point and southward, after passing through the main span of southward of Wickford Harbor, is small and low. A shoal the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge, steer 340°. When with numerous submerged rocks including Seal Rock northeastward of Fox Island, steer for Wickford Harbor extends southward of the island. A narrow channel, Light 1 on any bearing between 313° and 290°, anchoring suitable only for small craft, is between this shoal and the 0.2 mile or more southeastward of the light in depths of shoals extending northeastward of Rome Point. Halfway 13 to 15 feet, soft bottom. Ledge with a depth of 18 feet is about 0.5 mile east of Fox Island. (327) In severe winters the inner harbor is closed by ice, but the outer harbor is usually open although drift ice is (320) Wickford Harbor, on the western side of occasionally encountered. Narragansett Bay 8 miles above Beavertail Light, comprises an outer and an inner harbor. The outer harbor (328) Wickford has several small-craft facilities and is a broad bight between Quonset Point on the north boatyards. The largest marine railway, on the east of and Wild Goose Point, about 0.6 mile westward of Fox Wickford Cove, can handle craft up to 60 feet. Berths, Island, on the south. The entrance is about 2 miles wide. electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine The inner harbor entrance is between Poplar Point, 1.3 supplies, pump-out facilities, a launching ramp, mobile miles northwest of Fox Island on the south, and Sauga hoists to 30 tons, lifts to 70 tons, and hull, engine, and Point, about 0.4 mile north of Poplar Point, on the north. electronic repairs are available; wet and dry storage is The harbor is used chiefly by recreational craft, and by also available. In 1981, a reported depth of about 7 feet oyster and lobster boats. The town of Wickford is on the could be carried to the marine railway at Wickford Cove. southwestern side of the inner harbor. (329) Quonset Point, on the north side of Wickford (321) Several prominent landmarks are visible when Harbor, is marked by elevated tanks. Near the eastern end approaching Wickford Harbor. A standpipe (chart 13221) of the point are the conspicuous buildings of the Quonset and a church spire in Wickford may be seen for many Point Industrial Park. The piers at Quonset Point, and miles. An abandoned lighthouse on Poplar Point and the at Davisville, about 1.5 miles northward, are usually light off the point are prominent. approached from East Passage until north of Conanicut Island, thence through a buoyed dredged channel to a (322) The channel to the inner harbor, marked by buoys, is turning basin off the point from which a channel leads to restricted to a width of about 150 yards by the breakwaters the piers at Davisville. A depth of about 33 feet can be and the shoals off Sauga and Poplar Points. The north carried in the channel to the turning basin. Depths of 27 to breakwater is marked by a light. The channel leads to the 35 feet are available throughout the basin.An obstruction, junction of three coves, Fishing Cove to the northward, covered 26 feet, is at 41°35′09.7\"N., 71°24′34.0″W. A Mill Cove to the northwestward, and Wickford Cove to depth of about 32 feet can be carried in the channel to the southwestward. A State regulatory buoy just inside Davisville, thence about 26 feet through the turning basin the jetties marks a “Slow no wake” zone. to the piers. (323) WickfordCoveisthesceneofconsiderablepleasure- (330) Hope Island, about 1.6 miles north of Conanicut boat activity. A dredged channel in the cove extends Point, has low grassy hills with a few trees. The island between flats, many of which are dry at low water, to a is a State estuarine sanctuary and is off limits to visitors highway bridge about 0.9 mile above the breakwaters. during the bird nesting season. Bare and submerged rocks Numerous piles, used as moorings, border the channel surround the island for about 0.2 mile. Despair Island for about 0.35 mile below the highway bridge. In 2010, is on the outer end of a rocky ledge extending 0.2 mile the channel had a controlling depth of 5.5 feet.
248 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 6 northeastward of Hope Island; a buoy is off the northeast side of the channel 0.7 mile above the channel entrance. side of the ledge. Scup Rock and Round Rock are off All of the anchorage basins have a project depth of 6 the eastern side of Hope Island, and Gooseberry Island feet. A State regulatory buoy off Horse Neck marks a 5 and Seal Rock are off the western side. A hazardous mph speed limit. The cove is the scene of considerable reef with piles and a boiler awash on it is about 0.4 mile pleasure boat activity. southwestward of the southwest point of Hope Island; a (341) The harbormaster in the cove controls berthing and lighted buoy marks the area. anchorage; contact can be made through the Warwick (331) Allen Harbor is 2 miles north of Quonset Point. The City Hall. The cove has several marinas and boatyards. harbor is entered through a buoyed channel which has a Berths, electricity, gasoline, water, ice, storage, launching depth of about 8 feet. Depths of 8 to 10 feet are inside. ramps, marine supplies, and hull and engine repairs are The town docks and a launching ramp are on the southeast available. The largest lift, on the east side of the cove side of the harbor. about 0.3 mile above the mouth, can handle craft up to (332) Calf Pasture Point is on the north side of the 70 tons. entrance to Allen Harbor. Abreast the point and for some (342) Brush Neck Cove, about 0.5 mile west of Warwick distance northward of it, a shoal extends 0.5 mile from Cove, is fronted by a flat with a general depth of about 2 shore. feet. This channel is used by small local craft at high water as far as the pier at Oakland Beach. Oakland Beach, on (333) Horse Neck, between Brush Neck and Warwick Coves, is a summer resort with bus communication. Chart 13224 (343) Apponaug Cove, in the northwestern part of Greenwich Bay, is entered through a marked Federal (334) Potowomut River, entering the west side of West channel with a project depth of 6 feet that leads from Passage, 1.7 miles north of Calf Pasture Point, is separated the bay to an anchorage basin on the southwest side of from Greenwich Bay on the north by Potowomut Neck. the channel just below a fixed railroad bridge about 0.7 A dredged channel leads through the entrance of the river. mile above the channel entrance. A State regulatory buoy In 2004, the channel had a controlling depth of 2.7 feet. at the entrance to the cove marks a 5 mph speed zone. Caution is necessary to avoid rocks with depths of 1 foot (See Notice to Mariners and latest edition of chart for over them in the entrance. Strangers should not enter the controlling depths.) Small-craft facilities can be found in river. the cove and at the west end of Greenwich Bay southwest of the entrance channel to the cove. (335) Round Rock, about 0.7 mile eastward of Potowomut (344) Chepiwanoxet Point, on the western side of the River entrance, uncovers 3 feet and is marked by a seasonal bay northward of the entrance to Greenwich Cove, is a lighted buoy close eastward. Several other rocks, awash small neck of land with a yellow bluff facing eastward. and submerged, lie between Round Rock and the entrance From this island, shoals with little water over them extend to the river; caution is advised. about 500 yards northward and 300 yards eastward and southeastward. Shoals extend about 300 yards northward (336) The natural channel of West Passage extends and westward of Long Point, the northwestern extremity between the shoal area eastward of Round Rock and of Potowomut Neck. the shoal area westward of Patience Island. The channel (345) Greenwich Cove, in the southwest end of has depths of 21 to 70 feet. Buoys mark the entrance Greenwich Bay, is about 1.3 miles long and 300 to 600 from the southward, and a lighted bell buoy marks the yards wide. Buoys mark the entrance channel into the northwestward edge of the shoal off Patience Island. The cove. State regulatory buoys at the entrance mark a “Slow channel is the approach from southward to Greenwich no wake” zone. On the western shore is the town of East Bay, Warwick Point, and the channel from West Passage Greenwich. Depths of about 7 to 11 feet are available in to Providence River. the cove to about 0.5 mile from the head. Good anchorage may be had off some of the small-craft facilities on the (337) Patience Island, 0.2 mile west of the northern end of west side of the cove in depths of 8 to 11 feet. Prudence Island, is surrounded by shoals and foul ground. (346) The cove has several boatyards. Berths, electricity, The island is a State park and estuarine sanctuary. gasoline, water, diesel fuel, ice, marine supplies, wet and dry storage, launching ramps, lifts to 21 tons, and complete (338) Warwick Point, the southernmost point of Warwick engine and hull repairs are available. The harbormaster Neck, 0.7 mile northwest of Patience Island, is marked by in the cove controls anchoring and berthing; contact can a light and sound signal. be made through the Warwick City Hall. (347) From Sandy Point, the eastern extremity of (339) Greenwich Bay, at the northwestern end of Potowomut Neck, shoals with depths of 2 to 9 feet extend Narragansett Bay, is entered between Warwick Neck and northeasterly for about 0.6 mile. Extensive shoals extend Potowomut Neck. Shoal water borders the shore of the off the eastern side of Warwick Neck to Ohio Ledge. bay, but the general depths are 10 feet or more. (340) Warwick Cove, between Warwick Neck and Horse Neck, is in the northeastern part of Greenwich Bay. A Federal project provides for a 6-foot channel from the bay to an anchorage basin at the head of the cove. Other anchorage basins in the cove are on the west side of the channel, 0.5 mile above the channel entrance and on each
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 6 ¢ 249 Rocky Point is on the eastern side of the neck, 1.7 miles least 0.6 mile. From Narragansett Pier to Black Point, a north-northeastward of Warwick Point. rocky promontory 1.9 miles southward, the shoreline is (348) The natural channel between the shoals off Warwick a rugged rocky ledge with deep water close inshore. The Neck and the shoals northward of Patience and Prudence waters between Black Point and Point Judith are boulder- Islands has depths of 19 to 50 feet. A buoy marks the strewn and shoal up gradually. shoal off Providence Point, the northernmost point of (351) Three very prominent landmarks are Point Judith Prudence Island. Light, the elevated water tank 1.7 miles north of Point Judith, and Hazard’s Tower, a high, square stone tower (349) 0.5 mile south of Narragansett Pier. Closer inshore the stone bathing pavilion at the State-operated Scarborough Chart 13218 Beach, 0.5 mile south of Black Point, and an open stone tower on a house 0.4 mile north of Black Point are (350) The shoreline of Point Judith Neck between West prominent. Passage and Point Judith should be given a berth of at
72°30' 72° 71°30' 250 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 41° Index of Chart Coverage in Chapter 7 RHODE ISLAND 41° 13219 30' 30' CON CONNECTICUT 12358 RIVERLONG ISLAND SOUND 13205 Groton Fall River Point Judith Harbor Point Judith NECTICUT Mystic Stonington Greenport New London Watch Hill Fishers Island 13217 13214 Block Island BLOCK ISLAND SOUND 13212 Montauk Point Gardiners Island GARDINERS BAY 41° 41° LITTLE PECONIC BAY 13209 13215 GREAT PECONIC BAY 12354 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 72°30' 72° 71°30'
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 251 Block Island Sound (1) This chapter describes Block Island Sound, Fishers (10) Recommended Vessel Route (Block Island Sound) Island Sound, Gardiners Bay, Little Peconic Bay, Great has been established for Block Island Sound. Peconic Bay, and the ports and harbors in the area, the more important of which are Point Judith Harbor, Great (11) TheU.S.CoastGuardCaptainofthePort,Providence, Salt Pond, Stonington, Mystic Harbor, and Greenport. in cooperation with the Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island Port Safety and Security Committees, (2) has established a Recommended Vessel Route for deep draft vessels and tugs/barges transiting Rhode Island COLREGS Demarcation Lines Sound, Narragansett Bay, and Buzzards Bay. Deep (3) The lines established for this part of the coast are draft vessels and tugs/barges are requested to follow the designated routes. These routes were designed to provide described in 33 CFR80.150 and 80.155, chapter 2. safe, established routes for these vessels, to reduce the potential for conflict with recreational boaters, fishing (4) gear, and other small craft, and to reduce the potential for grounding or collision. Vessels are responsible for Charts 13205, 13215 their own safety and are not required to remain inside the route nor are fisherman required to keep fishing gear (5) Block Island Sound is a deep navigable waterway outside the route. Small vessels should exercise caution in forming the eastern approach to Long Island Sound, and around the Recommended Vessel Routes and monitor Fishers Island Sound, and Gardiners Bay from the VHF channels 16 or 13 for information concerning deep Atlantic Ocean. The sound is a link for waterborne draft vessels and tugs/barges transiting these routes. commerce between Cape Cod and Long Island Sound. It has two entrances from the Atlantic: an eastern entrance from Rhode Island Sound between Block Island and Point Judith, and a southern entrance between Block (12) Block Island North Reef is a sand shoal with a least Island and Montauk Point. The sound is connected with depth of 11 feet extending 1 mile northward from Sandy Long Island Sound by The Race and other passages to the Point at the north end of Block Island. The shoal should southwestward, and with Fishers Island Sound by several be avoided by all vessels; its depths change frequently, passages between rocky reefs from Watch Hill Point to and its position is also subject to a slow change. It is East Point, Fishers Island. practically steep-to on all sides, so that soundings alone cannot be depended on to clear it. A lighted bell buoy is (6) The north shoreline of Block Island Sound and 1.5 miles northward of the point. Fishers Island Sound from Point Judith to New London is generally rocky and broken with short stretches of sandy (13) Southwest Ledge, 5.5 miles west-southwestward of beach. Many inlets and harbors, especially in the vicinity Block Island Southeast Light, has a least known depth of of Fishers Island, afford harbors of refuge for vessels. 21 feet and is marked on its southwest side by Southwest Most of the rocks and shoals near the channels are marked Ledge Lighted Whistle Buoy 2. Rocky patches extend 1.5 with navigational aids. miles northeastward from the ledge. The sea breaks on the shoaler places on the ledge in heavy weather. (7) The southern part of Block Island Sound is bounded by Block Island on the east, the eastern extremity of Long (14) Several other dangers that must be guarded against Island, and Gardiners Island on the west. Plum Island and are northward and westward of Southwest Ledge Lighted Fishers Island are at the western end of the sound. Whistle Buoy 2. These dangers are: 37-foot sounding, marked by a lighted buoy, about 2.2 mile 280° from the (8) The deep water in the central part of Block Island lighted whistle buoy and numerous rocks up to 1.1 miles Sound will accommodate vessels of the greatest draft. north of the lighted whistle buoy. (9) Westward of Gardiners Island, enclosed between (15) The deepest passage in the southern entrance to the northeastern and eastern ends of Long Island, are Block Island Sound is just westward of Southwest Ledge Gardiners Bay, Shelter Island Sound, Little Peconic Bay, and has a width of over 2 miles; this is the best passage and Great Peconic Bay. This area is well protected but for deep draft vessels. The area between Southwest Ledge generally shallow, and is not suited for deep-draft vessels. Lighted Whistle Buoy 2 and Block Island Sound South The shoreline is marked by many indentations and shallow Entrance Obstruction Lighted Buoy BIS is known locally harbors. These waters are much used by commercial as Montauk Channel. Mariners should keep in mind that fishing vessels and small pleasure craft because of the vessels with a draft in excess of 38 feet will not be allowed protection afforded and the many anchorages.
252 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 to transit this area. Further, pilots using Montauk Channel (25) The Race may be said to be the only locality shall consider draft, sea and swell, wind, visibility, current where tidal currents have any decided influence on the and vessel traffic. When these conditions pose a threat to movements of the ice. Large quantities of floe ice usually the safety of any person, vessel, prudent navigation or pass through The Race during the ebb, especially if the safety of the environment, Montauk Channel shall not wind is westerly, and in severe winters this ice causes some be used. obstruction in Block Island Sound and around Montauk (16) Between the inner patch of rocks and the shoals, Point. These obstructions are the most extensive around which extend 0.9 mile from Block Island, is a channel 1.3 the middle of February. miles wide, with a depth of about 31 feet. Vessels using this channel should round the southwest end of Block (26) Island at a distance of 1.5 miles. It is not advisable to use this passage during heavy weather. Weather, Block Island Sound and vicinity (17) The entrance between Point Judith and Block Island (27) Land influences the weather only at the northern is used by vessels coming from the bays and sounds eastward to Long Island Sound. The route generally used edge of the Sound, with a northerly wind. Otherwise is through The Race. Tows of light barges and vessels of the waters are open, similar to the nearby ocean. Winds 14 feet or less draft sometimes go through Fishers Island from all other directions have ample time to increase in Sound, especially during daylight with a smooth sea. This strength and the Sound can be as turbulent as any water entrance is clear with the exception of Block Island North off the coast. Wind speeds can be double those found on Reef and the numerous large boulders extending about the coast, especially in winter, when average speeds of 4 miles south-southeastward of Point Judith. The coast 16 to 17 knots are common. Gales occur up to 5 percent from Point Judith nearly to Watch Hill should be given of the time in winter and are most likely from the west a berth of over 1 mile, avoiding the broken ground with and northwest. Seas built by winds from the southeast depths less than 30 feet. through southwest are usually highest since there is no land to interfere with the fetch. Seas of 10 feet (3 m) or (18) more are likely 5 to 7 percent of the time in winter. (28) Because of relatively cold water, summer fog occurs Tides and currents two to three times more often in these waters than in (19) The effect of strong winds, in combination with the either Narragansett or Buzzard Bays. For example, in June visibilities drop below ½ mile nearly 9 percent of regular tidal action, may at times cause the water to fall the time. several feet below or rise the same amount above the plane of reference of the chart. (29) (20) Tidal current data for a number of locations in Block Island Sound are given in the Tidal Current Tables. North Atlantic Right Whales (21) The tidal currents throughout Block Island Sound (30) Endangered North Atlantic right whales may occur have considerable velocity; the greatest velocities occur in the vicinity of The Race and in the entrances between in Block Island Sound, in particular in the Narragansett/ Montauk Point, Block Island, and Point Judith. Soundings Buzzards Bay Traffic Separation Scheme. They may also alone cannot be depended upon to locate the position; the occur 30 miles south of Block Island Sound (peak season: shoaling is generally abrupt in approaching the shores or November through April). The Northeast Marine Pilots dangers. distribute educational material to mariners in an effort to reduce right whale ship strikes. (See North Atlantic Right Whales, indexed as such, in chapter 3 for more information on right whales and recommended measures (22) In the middle of the passage between Point Judith to avoid collisions.) and Block Island, the velocity is 0.7 knot. The flood sets (31) All vessels 65 feet or greater in length overall westward, and the ebb eastward. (L.O.A.) and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are restricted to speeds of 10 knots or less in the (23) In the passage between Block Island and Montauk Block Island Sound Seasonal Management Area between Point, the flood sets generally northwestward and the ebb November 1 and April 30. The area is defined as the southeastward. In the middle of the passage the velocity waters bounded by: is 1.5 knots on the flood and 1.9 knots on the ebb. About (32) 40°51'53.7\"N., 70°36'44.9\"W.; 1.2 miles eastward of Montauk Point, the flood sets 346°, (33) 41°20'14.1\"N., 70°49'44.1\"W.; ebb 162°, with a velocity of 2.8 knots. (34) 41°04'16.7\"N., 71°51'21.0\"W.; (35) 40°35'56.5\"N., 71°38'25.1\"W.; thence back to (24) In Block Island Sound and in the eastern part of starting point. (See 50 CFR 224.105 in chapter 2 for Long Island Sound, fogs are generally heaviest with regulations, limitations, and exceptions.) southeast winds. In these waters the usual duration of a fog is from 4 to 12 hours, but periods of from 4 to 6 days (36) have been known with very short clear intervals. In the autumn, land fogs, as they are termed locally, sometimes Pilotage, Block Island Sound and Long Island Sound occur with northerly breezes, but are generally burned off (37) Pilotage is compulsory for foreign flag vessels and before midday. U.S. vessels which are under register (i.e. engaged in foreign trade) in Block Island Sound and Long Island
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 253 Sound. Vessels should not enter Block Island Sound or for the year, but the mean is 17 knots in the winter, when Long Island Sound without a state licensed pilot. See gales are frequent. In the early fall most of the tropical Pilotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such), chapter storms moving up the coast affect the island to some 8. The Point Judith Pilot Station is the primary pilot extent. Since 1871 and 1996, 13 storms have come within boarding location for entry into Block Island Sound and 25 miles of Block Island. In August 1991, the center of Long Island Sound. Vessels bound for Long Island Sound Hurricane Bob passed about ten miles to the west of the ports may board pilots at the Point Judith Pilot Station, island with 85-knot winds. centered on 41°17.0'N., 71°30.5'W. There is a secondary (46) (See Appendix B for Block Island climatological pilot station which may be used with special arrangement table.) at any point south of the Montauk Point Pilot Station, centered on 41°02.0'N., 71°42.0'W. (47) (38) Communications (48) A ferry operates daily from Galilee to Great Salt Chart 13217 Pond or Old Harbor, carrying mail, passengers, freight, (39) Block Island, 5 miles long, is hilly with elevations and vehicles. There is summer ferry service from Old up to about 200 feet. The shore of the island is fringed Harbor to Providence, via Newport, and to New London. in most places by boulders and should be given a berth The island has telephone service to the mainland. Air of over 0.5 mile even by small craft; the shoaling is service is also available. generally abrupt in approaching the island. (40) (49) Block Island Southeast Light (41°09'10\"N., Weather, Block Island and vicinity 71°33'04\"W.), 261 feet above the water, is shown from (41) Block Island, formed by glaciers, consists of nearly a red-brick octagonal, pyramidal tower attached to a dwelling to Mohegan Bluffs on the southeast point of the 7,000 acres (2,830 hectares) and lies in theAtlantic Ocean island. The wreck of the large tanker SS LIGHTBURNE about 12 miles east-northeast of Long Island and about is southeast of the light at 41°08'57\"N., 71°32'52\"W. the same distance south of Charlestown, RI. Hence, the climate is typically maritime, but under conditions of (50) Block Island North Light (41°13'39\"N., extreme cold or heat the effect is felt on the island as 71°34'33\"W.), 58 feet above the water, is shown from a well as on the mainland. Temperatures of -10°F (-23.3°C, white tower on a house structure on Sandy Point at the February 1992) and 95°F (35°C, August 1948) have been north end of the island. At Clay Head, on the northeast recorded. side of Block Island, is a lone white house on top of the (42) Summers are usually dry. Recorded rainfall for any bluff. one month ranges from a trace to 11.51 inches (292 mm). November is the wettest month averaging 4.08 inches (51) Old Harbor, frequently used as a harbor of refuge, (104 mm) and June is the driest averaging 2.46 inches is an artificial harbor formed by two breakwaters on the (64 mm). east side of Block Island, 1.4 miles northward of Block (43) The warmest month is July with an average high of Island Southeast Light. A Federal project provides for a 76.5°F (24.7°C) and an average low of 63.7°F (17.6°C). channel 15 feet deep entering the harbor and leading to The coolest months are January and February. Each a basin with a project depth of 15 feet; the inner harbor average 32°F (0°C). The island is too small to build up anchorage area also has a project depth of 15 feet. (See cumulonimbus clouds, and local thunderstorms do not Notice to Mariners and latest editions of the charts for occur. Fog occurs on one out of four days in the early controlling depths.) The harbor is occupied by pleasure summer, when the ocean is relatively cold and foggy days craft during the summer. The eastern part of the inner average about 22 each year. harbor is left clear for the passage of the ferry to the wharf. (44) Winters are distinguished for their comparative The basin in the southeast corner of the inner harbor is mildness; maximums average 36°F to 42°F (2.2°C to usually occupied by fishing boats and local craft which 5.6°C) and minimums average 26°F (-3.3°C) in January tie up along the sides. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and berths and February. Since the surface winds are usually are available. The harbormaster has an office at the Old easterly when snow begins it soon changes to rain or Harbor town dock. melts rapidly after it piles up. The ocean temperatures are always somewhat above freezing and not far off shore (52) The east breakwater extends about 300 yards are relatively high. northward of the entrance of the inner harbor, and is (45) The ocean has a dampening effect on hot winds marked at its end by a light and sound signal. A bell buoy in summer and an accelerating effect on cold winds is 0.55 mile northward of the breakwater. A light marks from the mainland in the winter. Katabatic winds from the end of the breakwater on the west side at the entrance Narrangansett Bay and Long Island reach as high as to the inner harbor. 35 knots when anticyclonic conditions prevail on the mainland in winter. The wind velocity averages 15 knots (53) Great Salt Pond (New Harbor), on the west side of Block Island, is the best harbor in Block Island Sound for vessels of 15-foot draft or less. In easterly gales when the sea is too heavy to enter Old Harbor, a landing can be made at Great Salt Pond. The entrance, about 2 miles
254 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 south-southwestward of Block Island North Light, is a a heavy southerly sea. It is little used by tows. The only dredged cut through the narrow beach. The southwestern soft bottom in the harbor is found in the southern part of side of the entrance is protected by a jetty, which is marked the deeper water enclosed by the main breakwater. On by a light and a sound signal at its outer end. the north side the shoaling is gradual; the 18-foot curve (54) A Federal project provides for a channel 18 feet deep is about 0.3 to 0.5 mile offshore. A shoal extends from entering Great Salt Pond. (See Notice to Mariners and the north to the central part of the harbor with depths of latest editions of the charts for controlling depths.) Local 14 to 18 feet; the shoal is marked by a buoy. knowledge is advised before entering. (66) The area within the V-shaped breakwater affords (55) Anchoring is prohibited west of the main channel protected anchorage for small craft. The breakwater and in the northern portion of Great Salt Pond. A mooring should be given a berth of 200 yards to avoid broken area is near the southeast end, east of the channel. See and hard bottom; a rocky shoal area about 100 yards chart 13217 for limits. wide, paralleling the west side of the main breakwater (56) Small-craft facilities in Great Salt Pond can provide northward from the angle should be avoided. A good berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, and berth for a vessel is on a line between Point Judith Harbor marine supplies. The marina about 0.3 mile westward of of Refuge East Entrance Light 3 and Point Judith Harbor the ferry landing had a reported depth of 16 feet at the face of Refuge West Entrance Light 2, midway between them of the dock in 1981. Sail and engine repairs are available in 22 to 30 feet. This position falls on the edge of the east- nearby. west thorofare used by pleasure craft and fishing boats. (67) Awreck, covered 12 feet, is about 570 yards southeast (57) of Point Judith Harbor of Refuge West Entrance Light 2 in about 41°21'33\"N., 71°30'28\"W. Another wreck, Currents covered 6 feet, is marked by a lighted buoy about 475 (58) Tidal currents in the entrance to Great Salt Pond yards westward of Point Judith Harbor of Refuge East Entrance Light 3 in 41°21'34\"N., 71°30'11\"W. have a velocity of 0.3 knot. (See Tidal Current Tables for (68) The southern entrance to the Harbor of Refuge, predictions.) known locally as the East Gap, is 400 yards wide; it has a controlling depth of about 20 feet with deeper water in (59) the western half of the channel. (69) The western entrance to the Harbor of Refuge, No-Discharge Zone known locally as the West Gap, is 500 yards wide; it has (60) The State of Rhode Island, with the approval of the a controlling depth of about 19 feet, with lesser depths on the north side of the entrance. A rock, covered 12 feet, Environmental Protection Agency, has established a No- is near the north side of the entrance at 41°21'48.7\"N., Discharge Zone (NDZ) in Great Salt Pond. The NDZ 71°31'07.4\"W. Another rock, covered 16 feet, is 125 includes all waters east of a line from the landward end of yards SE of the end of the north breakwater. the jetty located at the northwestern channel entrance to the red marker located approximately 600 feet northwest (70) of the United States Coast Guard facility dock (see chart 13217 for limits). Currents (61) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether (71) The tidal currents have a velocity of about 0.7 knot treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by at the south entrance. The currents off the west entrance 40 CFR 140(see chapter 2). are rotary, with a velocity at strength of 0.5 knot. (See Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) (62) (72) Considerably stronger currents have been reported to develop especially when the tide is ebbing. Chart 13219 (63) Point Judith Light (41°21'40\"N., 71°28'53\"W.), 65 feet above the water, is shown from an octagonal tower, (73) Point Judith Pond is a saltwater tidal pond entered 51 feet high, with the lower half white, upper half brown. between two rock jetties at The Breachway in the The station has a sound signal. About 100 yards north of northwestern part of Point Judith Harbor of Refuge. the light is Point Judith Coast Guard Station. A lighted The east jetty is marked near its seaward end by a light. whistle buoy is about 3.2 miles southward of the light. The pond extends 3.3 miles northerly to the town of (See chart 13218.) Wakefield. It is used extensively by small fishing vessels and pleasure craft, and numerous fish wharves are inside (64) The area around Point Judith, including the the entrance. The north end of Point Judith Pond affords approaches to Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, is irregular good anchorage for boats of 4 feet draft or less during a with rocky bottom and indications of boulders. Caution heavy blow. is advised to avoid the shoal spots, even with a smooth sea, and to exercise extra care where the depths are not (74) The village of Galilee on the east side of the entrance more than 6 feet greater than the draft. and Jerusalem on the west side at Succotash Point have State piers and numerous small piers chiefly used (65) Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, on the west side of Point Judith, is formed by a main V-shaped breakwater and two shorearm breakwaters extending to the shore. The harbor is easy of access for most vessels except with
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 255 by fishermen. A State fisheries laboratory is just above and boulders in places, which should be avoided by deep- the State pier at Jerusalem. A State pier superintendent draft vessels where the depths are less than 36 to 42 feet. controls the State piers at Galilee and Jerusalem; his (83) Matunuck is a summer resort about 3 miles west of office is at the head of the Galilee State Pier. Point Judith. Southwest of Matunuck Point is Nebraska (75) A Federal project provides for a depth of 15 feet Shoal, a patch of boulders covered 18 feet and marked by from Point Judith Harbor of Refuge to the State Pier at a buoy. The shoal is at the south end of broken ground, Jerusalem along the west side of Point Judith Pond with with depths less than 30 feet offshore; the water deepens a branch channel on the east side extending northeasterly abruptly around the patch. from the entrance of the pond to the State Pier at Galilee, (84) Charlestown Breachway, 4.5 miles westward and a 10-foot anchorage basin just inside the pond of Matunuck Point, is a narrow inlet which leads to entrance. The western channel extends north the turning Ninigret Pond, also known as Charlestown Pond, to basin at Wakefield; portions of the channel are federally the westward, and the village of Charlestown to the maintained to 6 feet. (See Notice to Mariners and latest northward. In 1994, a reported depth of about 1½ feet editions of charts for controlling depths.) could be taken in the inlet, with depths of about 3 to 6 feet inside. The southern part of Ninigret Pond is mostly mud (76) flats. Local knowledge is required in entering and moving about inside. A small-craft facility is at Charlestown, Tides and Currents and one is at the western end of Ninigret Pond; berths, (77) The mean range of tide in the pond is 2.8 feet and gasoline, electricity, marine supplies, and launching ramps are at both facilities. occurs later than in the Harbor of Refuge by about 10 (85) Quonochontaug,10.8mileswestwardofPointJudith, minutes just inside the entrance and 30 minutes at the is a summer settlement at the outlet of Quonochontaug north end. The tidal currents in the entrance have a Pond. In 1981, a reported depth of about 3 feet could be velocity of 1.8 knots on the flood and 1.5 knots on the carried in Quonochontaug Breachway, with depths of ebb, and cause slight rips and overfalls at changes of tide. 15 to 20 feet reported in the pond. Vessels favor the west Higher current velocities are reported to occur. (See Tidal side of the entrance to avoid rocks in the easterly half of Current Tables for predictions.) the entrance. (86) Weekapaug Point, 12.5 miles west of Point Judith, is bold, rocky, and prominent from the southwest and southeast. Two stone jetties, 1,500 feet long, protect (78) Several boatyards and marinas are at Galilee, the entrance to Winnapaug Pond just westward of the Jerusalem, Wakefield, and at Snug Harbor, on the west point. In 1981, a reported depth of about 5 feet could be side of the pond about 0.8 mile above the entrance. carried in Weekapaug Breachway to the pond; vessels Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine favor the west side of the breachway above the bridge. supplies, storage, launching ramps, and hull and engine Reported depths in Winnapaug Pond vary from bare to 10 repairs are available. The largest marine railway in the feet. There are numerous shoals and sandbars. Southerly area, at the southern end of the waterfront at Snug Harbor, winds cause breakers at the ends of the jetties; extreme can handle craft up to 150 feet long or 400 tons. In 1981, caution is advised. The fixed bridge over the entrance has a reported depth of 12 feet could be carried to the railway. a clearance of 6 feet. (87) Old Reef, with a least depth of 7 feet, is about (79) Daily ferry service is available to Block Island from 1.5 miles west of Weekapaug Point and about 0.5 mile Galilee. Daily bus service is operated to Providence. offshore. (80) Potter Pond, shallow and landlocked, is joined with (88) Point Judith by a narrow channel near Snug Harbor. Local knowledge should be obtained before using this Chart 13214 channel, which has depths of 2 to 4 feet and is crossed by overhead power and telephone cables with a clearance (89) Watch Hill, about 17.5 miles west of Point Judith, of 30 feet at the channel entrance and by a fixed highway is a high bare bluff on its easterly side with several large bridge with a clearance of 5 feet about 0.4 mile above hotels and summer houses. the entrance. A current of more than 3 knots develops through the channel on the ebb. The mean range of tide (90) Watch Hill Light (41°18'14\"N., 71°51'30\"W.), 61 in the pond is about 1 foot, and it occurs about 2.5 hours feet above the water, is shown from a square gray granite later than in the Harbor of Refuge. tower, 45 feet high, attached to a white building with a red roof, on Watch Hill Point. (81) (91) Gangway Rock, awash at low water, is part of a Chart 13215 boulder reef extending about 0.2 mile southward from Watch Hill Light. A lighted bell buoy marks the south end (82) From Point Judith to Watch Hill the shore is low of the reef. A submerged rock is about 50 yards northward and for the most part consists of sandy beaches which of the buoy. are broken by several projecting rocky points. Back from the immediate shore are areas of cultivation interspersed with rolling grass-covered or wooded hills. Except for Point Judith Pond, most pond outlets are used only by small local craft. The coast is fringed by broken ground
256 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 (92) Watch Hill Passage is the principal entrance to 9 feet over them. The passage between the buoy and Race Fishers Island Sound from eastward, and the only one Rock Light has very irregular bottom; the least depth is used by strangers. It has a least depth of about 16 feet. about 18 feet. It is suitable only for small vessels with a A spot with 13 feet over it in the passage is marked by a comparatively smooth sea. buoy; the best channel is northward of this buoy, giving (104) Race Rock, on the northeast side of The Race, is it a berth of about 150 yards. nearly 200 yards in diameter, with a depth of 8 feet. A ridge with a least depth of 28 feet extends about 120 yards (93) Watch Hill Reef, on the southwest side of Watch SSW of Race Rock. Another ridge, extending in a north- Hill Passage, has rocks that bare and is marked by a gong south direction with a least depth of 38 feet is about 320 buoy. yards east of Race Rock. (105) Race Rock Light (41°14'37\"N., 72°02'50\"W.), (94) Sugar Reef Passage, between Watch Hill Reef and 67 feet above the water, is shown from a granite tower Sugar Reef, has a width of 0.3 mile; the least depths are attached to a dwelling on a granite pier on the rock. A about 22 feet. sound signal is sounded at the station. The sound signal is reported at times to be inaudible when a vessel is (95) Sugar Reef, some 500 to 600 yards in extent, is approaching from eastward and is close southward of covered 2 to 12 feet and should be avoided; it is marked Fishers Island. by a buoy off its north side. (106) (96) Catumb Passage, between Sugar Reef and Catumb Rocks, has a width of 150 yards; its least depth is 13 feet. Charts 13209, 13212 (97) Catumb Rocks, the highest of which are awash, are (107) The Race, the main entrance to Long Island Sound marked by buoys on the north, southeast, and southwest from eastward, extends between Fishers Island and Little sides. Rocks covered 1 to 18 feet extend 0.8 mile westward Gull Island, between which is a width of about 3.5 miles. of Catumb Rocks to the buoy that marks the east side of The only dangers are Valiant Rock, nearly in the middle, Lords Passage. This passage, about 0.3 mile wide, has a and Little Gull Island with its reefs. least depth of 16 feet. (108) (98) Wicopesset Rock, on the northwesterly side of Lords Passage, is the easterly part of foul ground extending Current about 0.3 mile to Wicopesset Island, which is low and (109) In the middle of The Race, the flood sets 295° and rocky. the ebb 100°, with average velocities of 2.9 knots and (99) Wicopesset Passage, between Wicopesset Island 3.5 knots, respectively. There are always strong rips and and East Point, is narrow and is obstructed by a rock swirls in the wake of all broken ground in The Race, in the middle marked by a buoy; it is suitable only for except for about one-half hour at slack water. The rips small craft and should not be used by strangers. A bell are exceptionally heavy during heavy weather, and buoy marks the southern entrance. Extreme caution is especially when a strong wind opposes the current, or recommended when using the passage as the ebb current the current sets through against a heavy sea. (Predicted is apt to set boats on the foul ground. times of slack water and times and velocities of strength of current are given in the Tidal Current Tables.) (100) Information about the tidal currents in the passages (110) During the flood stage of the tide, a significant eddy is given with the discussion of Fishers Island Sound. exists on the northwest side of Valiant Rock. (101) Charts 13214, 13212 (111) Little Gull Reef, with little depth and foul ground, extends 0.3 mile east-northeastward from Little Gull (102) Fishers Island, 6 miles long, is hilly and sparsely Island and is marked at the northeast end by a buoy. wooded. Chocomount, 136 feet high, is the highest point Mariners are advised that the buoy is sometimes on the island. East Point, at the east end of the island, is submerged by the strong current and deep-draft vessels marked by several large houses. The former Coast Guard should avoid this locality. Little Gull Island Light station at East Harbor, about 1 mile from East Point of (41°12'23\"N., 72°06'25\"W.), 91 feet above the water, is Fishers Island, is prominent; numerous buildings on the shown from a gray granite tower, 81 feet high, attached to western part of Fishers Island and a large yellow hotel a red dwelling on a pier. A sound signal is at the light. The building are conspicuous. The radar antenna on Mount light and Race Rock Light are the guides, as soundings Prospect, near the west end of the island, south shore, cannot be depended upon. is the most prominent landmark on Fishers Island from seaward. The south side of the island is fringed with foul (112) In passing north of Valiant Rock, vessels should keep ground which rises abruptly from depths of 42 to 48 feet, from 0.5 to 0.8 mile southwestward of Race Rock Light, but by giving the shore a berth of 0.5 mile, all dangers and craft passing southward of Valiant Rock should hold will be avoided. to a course about 1 mile northeastward of Little Gull Island Light. (103) Race Point Ledge, partly bare at low water, extends about 0.2 mile southwestward from Race Point, the southwest extremity of Fishers Island, and is marked at its end by a buoy. Inside the buoy are boulders with 2 to
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 257 (113) Cerberus Shoal, 6 miles southeast of Race Rock (122) MontaukShoal,about2.5milessouth-southeastward Light, is about 0.4 mile in diameter, with a least depth of of the light, has least depths of 30 feet. Great Eastern 16 feet on a small rocky patch near its north end. The seas Rock, 1.5 miles east-northeast of the light, has a least break on this shoal during heavy swells. It is marked by a depth of 25 feet. Phelps Ledge, just northerly of Great lighted gong buoy. Near the shoal, tide rips are unusually Eastern Rock, is covered by 24 feet. Endeavor Shoals, strong. about 2.3 miles northeast of the light, are covered by 19 to 24 feet on a narrow ridge about 0.4 mile long. A lighted (114) Great Gull Island, 0.6 mile southwest of Little Gull gong buoy is off the eastern end of the ridge. Island, was formerly a military reservation, but is now privately owned. The pier on the north side is in ruins. A (123) Vessels drawing up to 20 feet can avoid the dangers lookout tower on the island is conspicuous. eastward and northeastward of Montauk Point in smooth weather by giving the point a berth of over 1 mile and (115) Valiant Rock, with a least depth of 20 feet, is avoiding Great Eastern Rock. surrounded by shoal area, and the 10-fathom curve surrounding the rock marks the area which should be (124) Broken ground with rocky bottom and boulders avoided by deep-draft vessels and preferably all vessels, extends about 2 miles off the north coast west of Montauk on account of the heavy swirls and rips. A lighted whistle Point. Shagwong Reef, with a least depth of 6 feet and buoy is northward of the rock. marked by a lighted bell buoy, is the northern limit of this area. Shagwong Rock, with a least depth of 7½ feet and (116) The Sluiceway, the passage between Great Gull marked by a lighted buoy, and Washington Shoal, with a Island and Plum Island, has several known dangers least depth of 12 feet, are between the shore and Shagwong and very irregular bottom with boulders, and should be Reef. The principal danger outside Shagwong Reef is a avoided. The velocity of the tidal current in the passage shoal with a depth of 29 feet, 5.3 miles northwestward of is 2.6 knots on the flood, and 3.2 knots on the ebb; flood Montauk Point. sets 299°, and ebb 133°. Considerably higher velocities occur at times, and tide rips are very bad in heavy weather. (125) Boulders covered 3 to 10 feet are between Old Silas Rock and Plum Island. Old Silas Rock, marked by a buoy, Pilotage Pickup Locations Off Montauk Point is awash at high water. Middle Shoal Rock, 0.3 mile (126) Pilots, by special arrangement during favorable northeastward of Old Silas Rock, has a depth of 8 feet. weather conditions, may meet a ship with less than 38- (117) Bedford Reef is broken ground, on which the least foot draft off Montauk Point bound for Long Island found depths are 14 to 16 feet, extending about 1.5 miles Sound. Foreign flag vessels and U.S. vessels which are southward from broken ground lying between Great Gull under register can arrange for a state licensed pilot by and Plum Islands. It should be avoided. Constellation contacting the joint rotation administrator, Block Island Rock, on the southeasterly extension on this broken Pilots at 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840; telephone ground, has 17 feet over it, is marked by a buoy, and lies 401–847–9050 (24 hours), 800–274–1216; FAX 401– 1.9 miles southward of Little Gull Island Light. 847–9052. U.S. vessels engaged in coastwise trade (enrolled work) in need of pilotage services can contact (118) the various pilot organizations directly. For telephone number, FAX number, cable address, description of the Chart 13209 boat, frequencies, etc., consult the name of the association under Pilotage, Narraganset Bay and Other Rhode Island (119) Montauk Point, the easterly extremity of Long Waters (indexed as such), chapter 6; Pilotage, Long Island Island, is a high sandy bluff, on the summit of which Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8; and Pilotage, New is the light. The land is grass covered, with a height of York Harbor and Approaches (indexed as such), chapter 165 feet at Prospect Hill, 2 miles westward of the point. 11. The south side of the point is bold, the 10-fathom curve (127) Mariners are also reminded that vessels with a draft is about 0.5 mile from shore; depths of 24 feet and less in excess of 38 feet are advised to not transit the Montauk extend 0.8 mile off the northeast side of the point. Channel (as defined by the area between Southwest Ledge Lighted Whistle Buoy 2 and Block Island Sound South (120) Montauk Point Light (41°04'15\"N., 71°51'26\"W.), Entrance Obstruction Lighted Buoy BIS). Further, pilots 168 feet above the water, is shown from a white conical using Montauk Channel shall consider: draft, sea and tower with a red band midway of its height and a covered swell, wind, visibility, current and vessel traffic. When way to a gray dwelling. A sound signal is at the light. these conditions pose a threat to the safety of any person, vessel, prudent navigation or safety of the environment, (121) Surrounding Montauk Point for about 4 miles is a Montauk Channel shall not be used. shoal area that has been closely surveyed (see also chart 13215); the bottom is very broken, and extra caution should be observed where the depths are less than 10 feet greater than the draft. In general, the shoals are a series (128) Montauk Harbor, in the northern part of Lake of long narrow ridges, in places only a few yards wide, Montauk, is entered through a dredged channel on the and their positions are indicated by the rips over them at northern shore about 3 miles west of Montauk Point; the strength of the tidal currents. a Federal project provides for a depth of 12 feet in the
258 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 channel and 10 feet in the boat basin northwestward of (140) The tidal currents have a velocity of about 1.5 Star Island. (See Notice to Mariners and latest editions of knots through all the channels between the shoals. It is charts for controlling depths.) The entrance is protected not advisable for vessels drawing more than 10 feet to by jetties, each of which is marked by a light. A lighted attempt the passage without local knowledge, and then bell buoy, about 0.3 mile north of the entrance, marks the only when the buoys can be seen. approach to the harbor. (129) Star Island, just inside Montauk Harbor, is (141) Napeague Harbor, a small-craft refuge in the connected to the mainland by a causeway. A privately southwest part of Napeague Bay, can be entered through marked channel, with a reported controlling depth of 7 privately dredged channels northward and southward of feet in 1999, leads from beyond the end of the Federal Hicks Island. In 1981, the reported controlling depths channel to the southern part of Lake Montauk where there were 4 feet in the northerly and southerly entrances. are depths of 6 to 8 feet in the center. Depths in the central part of the harbor range from 1½ to 7 feet; the chart is the best guide. The harbor is especially (130) useful in northeasterly weather when the adjoining bays are unsafe. There are no landings in the harbor. COLREGS Demarcation Lines (131) The lines established for Montauk Harbor are (142) Promised Land is a former fishing village on the southwest side of Napeague Bay. A depth of about 4 feet described in 33 CFR80.155, chapter 2. can be carried to the landing at the yacht club, 1.3 miles westward of Promised Land. (132) (143) Gardiners Island, 11 miles westward of Montauk Currents Point, is partly wooded and has an elevation of 130 feet (133) Tidal currents at the entrance to Montauk Harbor near its middle. Cartwright Island is narrow, low, and sandy, and extends 1 mile in a southerly direction off have a velocity of 1.2 knots on the flood and about 0.5 the south tip of Gardiners Island. Its size and shape are knot on the ebb. They are reported to decrease rapidly subject to considerable change by storms. after entering the harbor and are practically negligible near the yacht club landing on the east side of Star Island. (144) Crow Head is the high bluff at the western end (See Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) of Gardiners Island. Shoal water with depths of 9 to 16 feet extends 1.8 miles southwestward from Cherry Hill Point, the westerly end of Gardiners Island, and terminates at Crow Shoal. The shoal has depths of 3 to (134) Montauk Coast Guard Station is at the northern 11 feet and is marked by a buoy. An obstruction covered end of Star Island. 12 feet is 200 yards eastward of the buoy. (135) (145) The bight between the southern part of Gardiners Island and Crow Shoal is Cherry Harbor. It has depths Small-craft facilities of 24 to 27 feet with mud bottom and affords shelter from (136) There are several small-craft facilities on both northeasterly winds. Bostwick Bay is the bight on the northwest side of Gardiners Island. It affords excellent sides of the entrance to Montauk Harbor, and a yacht anchorage in easterly winds in depths of about 25 feet, club and several marinas are on the east side of Star but is exposed to all westerly winds. Island. Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, and space for transients are available. Lifts to 80 tons (146) Gardiners Point, a low spit, is at the northerly can handle craft for complete engine and hull repairs. end of a very shoal bar which extends 1.5 miles north- Groceries and other supplies may be obtained at the northwestward from Gardiners Island. This shoal is village of Montauk. The yacht club can be contacted at steep-to on its north and west sides and is marked by a 631–668–7732. lighted gong buoy. A rock with a depth of 2 feet over it is about 0.8 mile eastward of the north point of Gardiners Island and is marked by a buoy. (137) Fort Pond Bay is a semicircular bight about 1 mile (147) The Ruins, a concrete structure on Gardiners Point, wide on the north side of Long Island, 5 miles westward is Government property and formerly a naval aircraft of Montauk Point. The bay is free of dangers, but flats bombing target; it is prohibited to the public. The Ruins with 8 to 12 feet over them make out 0.2 mile from its and the area within 300 yards radius of it is dangerous eastern shore. The bay affords anchorage in 40 to 50 feet, due to the possible existence of undetonated explosives. soft bottom, but is exposed to northerly and northwesterly winds; the shoaling is abrupt on its east and south sides. (148) Arestricted anchorage for U.S. Navy submarines is about 3 miles eastward of Gardiners Island. (See 33 CFR (138) Montauk, a summer resort at the southeast end of 110.1 and 110.150, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) the bay, is the terminus of a Class II railroad. A depth of 10 feet was reported alongside the commercial pier on the (149) Gardiners Bay is at the western end of Block Island east side of the bay. There are no public piers available. Sound from which it is separated by Gardiners Island. The bay is an excellent anchorage easily entered day or (139) Napeague Bay, 8 miles westward of Montauk night, and is the approach to Shelter Island Sound and Point, is shallow in the western and southwestern part. the Peconic Bays. The principal entrance is northward of Promised Land Channel, the buoyed passage southward of Gardiners and Cartwright Islands, has a least centerline depth of about 14 feet; however, the depth is continually changing due to the shifting shoals.
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 259 Gardiners Point. The entrance from Long Island Sound is (160) Plum Gut, the entrance to Gardiners Bay from through Plum Gut. The entrance southward of Gardiners Long Island Sound, is nearly 0.6 mile wide and has Island is used by fishing vessels. sufficient water for vessels of the deepest draft; in the (150) The principal guides for the entrance to Gardiners passage are several rocks with depths of 15 to 22 feet over Bay from Block Island Sound are the lighted gong buoy them. A wreck with a least depth of 57 feet is in about north of Gardiners Point, Little Gull Light, and Orient 41°10'06\"N., 72°12'59\"W. Tidal currents set through the Point Light. When past the lighted gong buoy north of passage with great velocity. Steamers, or sailing vessels Gardiners Point, vessels can select the anchorage in with a strong favorable wind, should have no difficulty Gardiners Bay which affords the best lee in the prevailing in passing through. winds. (151) The principal dangers in approaching Gardiners (161) Velocities of the current on flood and ebb are 3.5 and Bay from the northward are the broken ground between 4.3 knots, respectively. The flood sets northwestward and Constellation Rock and Plum Island, and the shoal making the ebb southeastward. Heavy tide rips occur. In 1983, out to Gardiners Point. In the bay, Crow Shoal should NOAA Ships RUDE and HECK reported that during be avoided. In general, the shoaling is rather abrupt in the flood a countercurrent normally develops along approaching these dangers and gradual in approaching the north shore of Plum Island. This countercurrent is the shoals on the western side of the bay. most prevalent within 0.5 mile of the island. Caution is recommended when using this passage. (152) (162) Oyster Pond Reef, extending about 0.5 mile east- No-Discharge Zone northeastward from Orient Point, is marked by a light (153) The State of New York, with the approval of the and sound signal. Caution is recommended regarding the sound signal, as it may be difficult to hear at times, Environmental Protection Agency, has established a particularly with an easterly wind. Numerous boulders No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in the Peconic Estuary. The and little depth are between the light and Orient Point. NDZ includes all open waters, harbors and creeks of Midway Shoal, about 0.5 mile east of the light, has 17 the Peconic Estuary west of a line from Orient Point to feet over it and is marked by a lighted buoy. Montauk Point (see chart 13209 for limits). (154) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether (163) When using Plum Gut it is well to give Plum Island treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. and Orient Point Light a berth of 0.2 mile. The best water Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by in the passage will be found on a 295° course, passing 40 CFR 140(see chapter 2). Pine Point and the buoy marking Midway Shoal at a distance of 350 yards and passing midway between Orient Point Light and Plum Gut Light on the western end of Plum Island. (155) Plum Island, about 2 miles westward of Great Gull Island, is 2.5 miles long, hilly, and bare of trees except (164) A channel, with a reported controlling depth of 7 feet near the southwest end and has several large buildings in 1999, leads to a research basin operated by the U.S. and a prominent tank; it is marked on its western point by Department of Agriculture on the south side of Orient Plum Gut Light. The island is a Government reservation Point, about 1 mile southwest of Orient Point Light. and closed to the public. A ferry operates between here, Plum Island and New London. (156) The bight in the southeast side of Plum Island is foul to Plum Island Rock, which is 0.5 mile from shore (165) abreast of the middle of the island, has 1 foot over it and is marked by a buoy. Small-craft facility (166) A small-craft facility is about 0.1 mile westward (157) Plum Gut Harbor, on the southwest side of Plum Island, has an entrance between jetties with private of the wharf. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, seasonal lights on dolphins off the outer ends. The lights water, ice, and a launching ramp are available. In 1981, are shown daily from sundown to 0130. A private sound a reported depth of about 6 feet could be carried to the signal at the west jetty light is sounded occasionally when facility. Department of Agriculture vessels are navigating in the area. A depth of about 14 feet is in the entrance. Small yachts seeking shelter in an emergency lie alongside the wharves. The harbor is under the supervision of the (167) Acabonack Harbor, at the southeast end of Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard, and may Gardiners Bay, is entered through a privately maintained be used only with permission. and marked channel with a reported controlling depth of 8 feet in the entrance in 1996. (158) (168) Hog Creek Point, on the southerly side of Gardiners COLREGS Demarcation Lines Bay, is generally flat, with bluffs approximately 25 feet (159) The lines established for Plum Gut Harbor are in height. Lionhead Rock, off the point and marked by a buoy, is awash at high water. Fishtraps are westward of described in 33 CFR 80.155, chapter 2. the point. (169) Threemile Harbor, on the south side of Gardiners Bay 1.7 miles southwestward of Hog Creek Point, is
260 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 entered through a channel with two privately dredged (182) sections. In 1980, a portion of the wooden bulkhead on the west side of the entrance collapsed into the channel. Currents In 1981, it was reported that by favoring the east side of (183) The tidal currents have considerable velocity the entrance channel a depth of 8 feet could be carried to a point opposite Maidstone Park, thence in 1996, a wherever the channel is narrowed. The velocity in the reported depth of 6 feet could be carried to the basin at the narrower places is about 1.8 knots. head of the harbor. The approach to the harbor is marked by a seasonal lighted bell buoy, and the channel is marked (184) by lighted and unlighted buoys. The jetties at the harbor entrance are marked on the outer ends by private lights. A Ice public commercial landing with reported depths of 8 feet (185) Ice obstructs navigation in the coves and shallow is on the east side of the channel about 0.6 mile above the entrance. A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. harbors during January and February. In severe winters, drift ice is reported to interfere with navigation for short (170) periods of time. In the south arm of Shelter Island Sound, the ice is heavy enough at times to destroy structures Anchorage exposed to it. (171) Anchorage is available in Threemile Harbor in (186) depths of 9 to 14 feet with soft bottom and good holding ground; this is a good anchorage during strong winds. Small-craft facilities (187) Diesel fuel, gasoline, ice, water, marine supplies, (172) and other provisions can best be obtained at Greenport Currents and Sag Harbor. Several boatyards, shipyards, marine (173) The tidal current has a velocity of about 3 knots railways, and enclosed basins with excellent repair facilities are at Greenport. through the entrance. (174) (188) Ram Head is a prominent sandy bluff on the western Small-craft facilities shore of Gardiners Bay. A lower bluff is nearly 1.5 miles (175) Small-craft facilities on the east and south sides westward of Ram Head with numerous houses along the top. A shoal with 7 to 17 feet over it extends about 2.4 of Threemile Harbor can provide berths, electricity, miles southeastward from Ram Head. gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, launching ramps, storage, lifts to 40 tons, and hull and engine repair. Provisions can (189) A boulder with 1 foot over it is 230 yards from shore be obtained at the town of East Hampton, 3.5 miles south about 0.3 mile northeastward of the northern point of the of Threemile Harbor. entrance to Coecles Harbor. Other boulders with little (176) In 1989, the public pier maintained by the town of depth are between this boulder and Ram Head. East Hampton at the head of the harbor had reported depths of 7 feet at its face and 4 feet on its west side. (190) The entrance to Coecles Harbor is at the south end of Ram Head; the channel is marked by private seasonal (177) buoys and a private seasonal light. In 1996, the reported controlling depth in the privately maintained entrance COLREGS Demarcation Lines channel was 8 feet. The speed limit is 5 mph.Amarina and (178) The lines established for Threemile Harbor are boatyard are in the harbor. A mobile hoist at the boatyard can haul out craft up to 35 tons; gasoline, water, ice, diesel described in 33 CFR 80.155, chapter 2. fuel, marine supplies, pump-out facilities, berths, guest moorings, storage facilities, and complete engine and hull (179) repairs are available. In 1981, a reported depth of 5½ feet could be carried to the marina and boatyard. In 2003, a Chart 12358 dangerous rock was reported about 250 yards south of Buoy 10 at 41°04'11.5\"N., 72°18'22.5\"W. Care should (180) Shelter Island Sound and Peconic Bays extend be taken to avoid this hazard. westward from Gardiners Bay about 22 miles to Riverhead, the head of navigation on Peconic River. They (191) A special anchorage is in Coecles Harbor. (See are much frequented by yachts and other small craft in 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.59, chapter 2, for limits and the summer. Fishtraps and oyster stakes are on many of regulations.) the shoals. (192) (181) A depth of about 26 feet can be carried through the channel north of Shelter Island and through Little Peconic COLREGS Demarcation Lines Bay as far as Robins Island, and about 13 feet through the (193) The lines established for Coecles Harbor are channel south of Shelter Island. Across the bar between Little and Great Peconic Bays about 13 feet can be carried. described in 33 CFR 80.155, chapter 2. With local knowledge greater depths can be carried in the channels and across the bar. A depth of about 6 feet can be taken to South Jamesport and Riverhead. (194) Extensive flats and an unmarked aquaculture site make off from Ram Head and the shore between it and Hay Beach Point, the northernmost point of Shelter
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 261 Island, which is a low flat with a clump of scrub at its end (206) and backed by wooded highland. (195) Long Beach Point is a low spit eastward of Hay Small-craft facilities Beach Point; a light marks the outer end of the point. (207) Small-craft facilities at Greenport can provide berths, Shoaling is reported S of the point. Mariners should exercise caution in this area; the shoals extending electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage, marine southward from the point are constantly changing and supplies, a pump-out facility, and hull and engine repairs. can be dangerous. The largest marine railway, at a shipbuilding company at the southeast end of the waterfront, can handle craft up (196) to 500 tons and 15 feet in draft. Mobile hoists to 50 tons are available. A well-equipped machine shop is also in COLREGS Demarcation Lines the town. (197) The lines established for the Long Island bays are described in 33 CFR 80.155, chapter 2. (208) A ferry operates between Greenport and Shelter Island. During the summer, bus service is available from Greenport to Orient Point where there is ferry service to (198) Orient Harbor, about 4 miles northwestward of New London. Ram Head, is an excellent anchorage; the depths range from over 20 feet in its southern part to 16 feet at its (209) Dering Harbor, southward of Greenport and at the northern end. Orient is a village at the northeast end of northwest end of Shelter Island, is a favorite anchorage Orient Harbor. At the end of the main wharf the depth is for yachts and motorboats. The entrance to the harbor, 8½ feet. The eastern part of Orient Harbor has depths of marked by private buoys, is partially constricted by a 7 to 9 feet. Fish traps are on the shoals. disposal area in about mid-entrance and shoal area with a reported depth of 4 feet in 1981 that extends from the (199) About 0.4 mile northeastward of Cleaves Point, at southwestern entrance point to near the disposal area; the southwest end of Orient Harbor, the shore has been caution is advised. In 1989, it was reported that about 10 cut through to a small pond which is used as a private feet could be carried into the harbor with local knowledge. basin for small craft. The entrance, between two jetties, Depths of 10 to 14 feet are available in the central part has a depth of about 3 feet over the bar, with about 6 feet of the harbor, with much lesser depths around the edges. in the basin. Permission is required before anchoring in Moorings and float landings for small craft are in the bight the basin. Rocks are 0.2 mile south of the entrance. at the southwest end of the harbor. Vessels too large to enter can anchor outside the harbor in depths of 14 to 30 (200) Hallock Bay makes eastward from Orient Harbor on feet. The speed limit is 5 mph. the north side of Long Beach Point. A channel, marked by uncharted private daybeacons, leads into the bay. The bay (210) is shallow and dangers and shoaling have been reported. Local knowledge is advised prior to entering. Small-craft facilities (211) Small-craft facilities, on the west side of the harbor, (201) Gull Pond is 0.3 mile westward of Cleaves Point at the southwest end of Orient Harbor; a private light marks can provide berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, the entrance. In 1981, a reported depth of 4 feet could be water, ice, marine supplies, pump-out facilities, and hull carried through the entrance, with depths of 10 to 15 feet and outboard engine repairs. A launching ramp is also reported in the pond. A State launching ramp is available available. in the pond. (202) Greenport is an important town and the terminus of a branch of a Class II railroad. The white church spires, (212) Shelter Island Heights is on the southwestern side near the northern end of town, and a tank and TV radio of Dering Harbor. tower in the center of town are prominent. (213) Fanning Point is on the north shore at the southwest (203) Greenport Harbor is formed on the northeast end of Greenport. A shoal extends 300 yards off the point by a 5-foot-high breakwater, which extends 0.2 mile and is marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. Four dolphins, southeastward from Youngs Point, nearly to the 18-foot part of a former oil facility, are northward of the point. curve, and is marked at its outer end by a light. The depths Currents of 2 knots, running fair with the channel, have at the wharves range from 5 to 20 feet. The railroad wharf been reported in the vicinity of Fanning Point. on the south side of the waterfront can accommodate a vessel up to 100 feet. (214) Conkling Point, on the north shore 1 mile southwestward of Fanning Point, is low and sandy at the (204) An entrance channel leads northwest to an anchorage end and has deep water as close as 150 yards. A marina area inside Stirling Basin; the entrance channel is marked on the southwest side of the point had a reported depth by private seasonal buoys. Another anchorage area is on of 6 feet in the approach in 2006. Berths and moorings, the northeast side of the entrance channel. electricity, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, a pump-out, a launching ramp, a 30-ton mobile hoist and (205) The harbormaster for Greenport Harbor controls winter storage are available. Hull and engine repairs can mooring and berthing in the basin. The speed limit is 5 be made. mph. (215) Mill Creek is the entrance to Hashamomuck Pond, about 1.1 miles westward of Conkling Point. In 1981, the
262 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 privately dredged entrance channel into the creek had a from Gardiners Bay is across a shoal or bar which extends controlling depth of 4 feet, thence 3½ feet was reported in in a southeasterly direction from Ram Head to the south the channel along the northwest shore of Mill Creek. The shore, the depths on which vary from 7 to 11 feet about entrance channel is marked by private seasonal buoys. 1.6 miles from Ram Head, and thence 13 to 17 feet to the About 400 yards eastward of the creek is a small bight buoys which mark the entrance. entered through a channel with a depth of about 4 feet (224) Dangerous Rock, awash at low water in surrounding and marked by private seasonal lights and buoys. In 1992, depths of about 12 feet, is 0.2 mile south of the channel. severe shoaling was reported across the entrance. (225) A shoal extends 0.3 to 0.4 mile north of the shore of (216) Jennings Point, the western end of Shelter Island, is Cedar Point which is marked by a light. The shoal has high and wooded. Rocks are off the point close-to, and it boulders, and its edge is marked by buoys. should be given a berth of over 150 yards. A lighted buoy (226) Shoals with boulders and little water over them in is off the point. A gazebo on the point is prominent. places extend nearly 0.5 mile southeastward from Nicoll (217) The town of Southold is at the head of Southold Point. Buoys mark the limit of the channel in this area. Bay, which is the bight at the western end of Shelter (227) Northwest Harbor, between Cedar Island Light Island Sound westward of Jennings Point. For about a and Barcelona Point, is strewn with boulders covered mile northeastward of the entrance jetty, shoals with 12 by 4 to 6 feet. feet or less extend nearly 0.4 mile from shore and are (228) Sand Spit, an extensive shoal partly bare at half- generally steep-to. The southwest part of the bay is shoal tide, is between Mashomack Point, the southeastern for about 0.3 mile from shore. Anchorage can be selected extremity of Shelter Island, and Sag Harbor. The spit is east-southeast of the jetty at a distance of from 0.2 to 0.4 marked by buoys and a light. mile, in 12 to 18 feet. (229) A group of rocks locally known as Gull Island, (218) In 1989, the reported controlling depth was about 3 showing bare at half-tide, is nearly 0.4 mile northeastward feet in the privately maintained channels in Town Creek of the breakwater at Sag Harbor. and Jockey Creek. The common entrance to Town Creek (230) Sag Harbor, about 2.5 miles southwestward of the and Jockey Creek is marked by private seasonal buoys. light on Cedar Point, is protected on the northeast by a The bridge that crosses Jockey Creek has a 45-foot fixed breakwater marked at the outer end by a light. A spherical span with a vertical clearance of 6.5 feet. The privately tank, a radio tower, and several flagpoles are prominent maintained channel in Goose Creek had a reported landmarks. controlling depth of 7 feet in 2008. The fixed highway (231) In entering Sag Harbor, do not round the breakwater bridge at the mouth of Goose Creek has a clearance of 9 too closely, as a depth of about 6 feet is found near its feet. end. Anchor eastward or northeastward of the end of the (219) On the shore south of Southold entrance jetty is a former ferry wharf, locally known as Long Wharf. A 5 prominent white tower. mph speed limit is enforced. (232) The channel to Sag Harbor Cove is about 8 feet (220) deep; this channel and the cove are marked by private seasonal lights and buoys. A fixed bridge at the entrance Small-craft facilities has a clearance of 21 feet. Berths, electricity, gasoline, (221) There are several small-craft facilities on the creeks diesel fuel, storage, marine supplies, water, ice, launching ramps, and complete engine, hull, rigging, and sail repairs and along the west shore of Southold Bay from Paradise are available at Sag Harbor; a 30-ton mobile hoist, near Point to Conkling Point. Berths, electricity, gasoline, the inner end of the breakwater, can haul out craft up to water, ice, marine supplies, launching ramps, storage, about 60 feet. lifts, and cranes are available. Provisions can be obtained (233) Smith Cove, a small bight on the south side of at Southold. Shelter Island, is a good anchorage for small craft in northerly weather. Depths range from 11 to 30 feet. A marina on the west side of the cove can provide moorings, limited berths, gasoline, electricity, water, and some (222) Paradise Point, on the west side of Shelter Island marine supplies. In 1981, a depth of 6 feet was reported Sound, is low and wooded, and from the point a sloping alongside the pier at the marina. A ferry operates between sandspit extends about 0.3 mile eastward and is marked South Ferry on the southwest side of the cove to North by a lighted buoy. Southward of Paradise Point, shoals Haven Peninsula. with depths of 10 to 15 feet extend from the west shore (234) West Neck Harbor and West Neck Bay are shallow to midsound; the southeast point of the shoals is marked bodies of water on the southwest side of Shelter Island. by a buoy. In 1989, it was reported that a depth of 2 feet could be carried over the bar and into the harbor from Shelter (223) The channel south of Shelter Island has numerous Island Sound. The entrance is close eastward of the shoals, but is easily followed by vessels of 13 feet or less seaward end of a peninsula, marked by a private lighted draft when the buoys can be seen. The channel is used by buoy, that separates the harbor from the sound, and the vessels going to Sag Harbor. Vessels operating between Greenport and Sag Harbor prefer the inside route around the western end of Shelter Island. The tidal current in the channel between Shelter Island and North Haven Peninsula has a velocity of about 2.4 knots. The approach
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 263 channel follows along the north side of this peninsula. (246) An aquaculture site, marked by private seasonal The channel is marked by private buoys. The harbor has buoys, is at the south end of Little Peconic Bay about 1 numerous private landings. A boatyard with a marine mile north-northwest of the entrance to North Sea Harbor. railway can handle craft up to 40 feet for hull and engine repairs. Berths, gasoline, water, ice, a launching ramp, (247) A prominent sandy bluff, known locally as Holmes and some marine supplies are available. Hill, is just west of the entrance to North Sea Harbor. In 2008, the reported controlling depth through the dredged (235) channel and into the harbor was 7 feet. The channel is marked by private seasonal buoys and by a private Anchorage seasonal light at the entrance. This is an excellent harbor (236) A special anchorage is in West Neck Harbor. (See of refuge for small craft with drafts not exceeding 3½ feet. The bottom is soft with good holding ground. 33 CFR 110.1and 110.59, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (248) A marina in the harbor has gasoline, ice, water, some marine supplies, and a lift that can handle craft to 10 tons; hull and engine repairs can be made. (237) Noyack (Noyac) Bay is between North Haven (249) Wooley Pond, 1 mile northeastward of North Sea Peninsula and Jessup Neck and southward of the western Harbor, is entered through a dredged channel which, end of Shelter Island. No dangers will be encountered if in 2000, had a reported depth of 8 feet. The channel the shores are given a berth of 0.4 mile. is marked by private seasonal buoys and by a private seasonal light on the north side of the entrance. (238) Mill Creek, in the southern part of Noyack Bay, is entered through a privately dredged channel that leads to (250) A marina in the pond can provide berths, electricity, a basin. The channel is marked by private seasonal lights gasoline, water, ice, storage, marine supplies, and hull and buoys. In 1991, the reported controlling depth was 8 and engine repairs; a 45-foot marine railway and a 12-ton feet in the channel; thence in 1981, 6 feet in the basin. A forklift are available. In 1981, depths of 5 to 6 feet were clubhouse on the west side of the entrance is prominent. reported available at the marina. (239) (251) Nassau Point, the long neck on the northwest side of Little Peconic Bay, has high bluffs on the eastern side. A Small-craft facilities shoal with little depth over it extends 0.5 mile southward (240) Small-craft facilities in the creek can provide berths, from Nassau Point and is marked by a lighted buoy. electricity, gasoline, water, ice, storage, a launching (252) Cutchogue Harbor, between Nassau Point and ramp, marine supplies, and hull and engine repairs; a 25- New Suffolk, is used by local boats drawing 6 to 10 feet. ton mobile hoist is available. On the east shore of the harbor, northwestward of Nassau Point, three channels leading into the ponds have been dredged by private interests. At the middle of the three channels, 0.9 mile northwest of the extremity of Nassau (241) Jessup Neck is a long narrow strip, partly high and Point, are several private wharves. The channel leads wooded, separating Noyack Bay from Little Peconic Bay. between two jetties, and a depth of about 3 feet can be The north end of the neck is a sandspit from which a shoal carried into the pond and 1 foot to some of the wharves. with 4 to 12 feet over it extends nearly 0.4 mile north- northwestward. A lighted buoy marks the outer end of the (253) Haywater Cove,Broadwater Cove,Mud Creek, shoal area. and East Creek, used by local interests and sharing a common entrance, are at the head of Cutchogue Harbor. (242) A shoal with depths of 5 to 7 feet extends 1.5 miles The entrance channel and the channels through these southwestward from Great Hog Neck, on the northwest waterways have been privately dredged. In 1999, a side at the entrance to Little Peconic Bay; this shoal is reported depth of 6 feet was available in the entrance marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. channel; thence in 1966, 6 feet in East Creek and 7 feet in Haywater Cove and Broadwater Cove; thence in 1976, 6 (243) Heavy tide rips occur southeast of Great Hog Neck feet in Mud Creek. Shoaling is reported to occur in these during the flood with a southwesterly wind.At such times, areas; caution is advised. small craft can avoid the worst of them by favoring the shore on the northwest side of the passage. (254) A depth of 8 feet can be taken within 100 feet of the wharves at New Suffolk by passing eastward and about (244) Richmond Creek and Corey Creek are at the 200 yards northward of the buoy westward of Nassau head of Hog Neck Bay. A depth of about 7 feet can be Point and steering westward for the wharves. A small taken in the privately dredged channel leading to a basin basin, with a depth of about 8 feet reported in 1981, is in Richmond Creek; the channel is marked by private northward of the wharf. In 1981, shoaling to 2 feet was seasonal buoys. In 1999, the dredged channel leading into reported in the southern part of Cutchogue Harbor, about and connecting with small boat channels in Corey Creek 0.4 mile east of New Suffolk. had a controlling depth of 4 feet. In 1964, controlling depths in the small-boat channels inside Corey Creek (255) A larger basin at the north end of New Suffolk, were 5½ to 6 feet. The entrance channel is marked by locally known as School House Creek, extends to the private buoys. highway. The entrance channel is protected by a short (245) Little Peconic Bay is about 5 miles long. The southerly shore of the bay is clear if given a berth of 0.4 mile, but shoals extend 0.6 mile from the south end of the bay.
264 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 rock jetty, covered at high water, on the south. The depth seasonal light and buoy. An overhead power cable at the to the boatyard at the head of the basin was reported to be entrance to the pond has a clearance of 34 feet. 6 feet in 2008. Berths, gasoline, storage, marine supplies, (265) James Creek, on the north shore of Great Peconic hull and engine repairs, and a 30-ton mobile hoist are Bay opposite the entrance to Shinnecock Canal, is entered available at the boatyard. through a privately dredged channel that had a reported (256) Wickham Creek, locally known as Boatmens controlling depth of 6 feet in 2008. The entrance is Harbor, 0.7 mile north of New Suffolk, is entered through marked by private seasonal buoys. Small-craft facilities a privately dredged entrance channel with a reported on the creek can provide berths, electricity, gasoline, controlling depth of 8 feet in 2002. The channel is marked diesel fuel, water, ice, some marine supplies, sewage by private seasonal buoys and bush stakes. Gasoline, pumpout, launching ramps, lifts to 20 tons, storage, and water, ice, storage, a launching ramp, and some marine hull, electronic, and engine repairs. A flatbed trailer can supplies are available in the basin. A flatbed trailer can haul out craft to 30 feet. haul out craft to 32 feet. (266) South Jamesport is a village on Miamogue (257) In southeast gales, local craft of less than 6-foot Point, 3.4 miles southwestward of James Creek. Local draft seek shelter in the small cove, locally known as knowledge is necessary to avoid the shoals in this area, Horseshoe Cove, in the northeast part of Cutchogue and strangers should take soundings frequently to keep Harbor. in the best water. (258) The through channel in North Race, northward of Robins Island, is marked and used only by light-draft (267) boats. South Race, the channel southward of Robins Island, has a controlling depth of about 13 feet and is Small-craft facility marked by buoys. (268) A small-craft facility at South Jamesport can provide (259) An aquaculture site, marked by private buoys, is 0.6 mile southwest of the south end of Robins Island. berths, electricity, gasoline, water, ice, launching ramps, (260) Tide rips occur between the mainland and the south storage, marine supplies, and hull and engine repairs; end of Robins Island when the tidal current sets against a 25-ton mobile hoist is available. In 1999, a reported the wind. depth of 6 feet could be taken to the facility. The town (261) Great Peconic Bay, about 5 miles in diameter, is has railroad passenger and bus service. used mostly by local motorboats from Shinnecock Canal and by yachts. The bay is generally clear, but extensive shoals make off from the shores, except on its south side. Shinnecock Canal, the entrance from the south, is (269) Peconic River empties into the western end of described in chapter 10. Flanders Bay, about 1.5 miles westward of South (262) Rodgers Rock, about 1.3 miles west-southwestward Jamesport. The river is entered through a dredged of Cow Neck and about 1.2 miles south-southwest of channel marked by private seasonal lights that leads from Robins Island, has a depth of 6 feet over it and is marked Flanders Bay to the head of navigation at Riverhead, on the northeast side by a buoy. Robins Island Rock, about 2.4 miles above the channel entrance. The dredged 0.8 mile westward of the south end of Robins Island, is channel is approached from deep water in Great Peconic awash at low water. It is marked by a buoy. Caution is Bay through a marked channel. In 2001, the controlling recommended in this vicinity. depth was 4.3 feet (5.7 feet at midchannel) in the dredged (263) Sebonac Creek, on the southeast side of Great channel. A fixed highway bridge with a clearance of 25 Peconic Bay, is used extensively by yachts, and serves feet crosses the river about 0.9 mile above the mouth. as a yacht harbor for the town of Southampton. A privately dredged channel, marked by private seasonal (270) Flanders Bay is the scene of considerable small boat lights and buoys, leads into the creek and had a reported activity. Small-craft facilities are at Riverhead; limited controlling depth of 8 feet in 1981. The landings are at berths, electricity, gasoline, water and a pump-out station West Neck, a small settlement northeastward of Ram are available. Island in Bullhead Bay. An obstruction buoy is locally maintained during the summer to mark a rock, covered (271) Meetinghouse Creek,Terrys Creek, and Reeves 1½ feet, about 100 feet westward of the town landing. In Creek, which empty into the northwestern part of 1981, a reported depth of 5 feet could be carried to the Flanders Bay, are entered through privately dredged town landing. A 5 mph speed limit is enforced. channels. In 1981, the channels had reported controlling (264) Cold Spring Pond, about 1.6 miles southwestward depths of 5 feet. The entrance channel leading to, and of Sebonac Creek and 1.1 miles eastward of Shinnecock connecting with, Terrys Creek and Meetinghouse Creek Canal entrance, is entered through a privately dredged is marked by private seasonal buoys and a private channel which had a reported depth of 6 feet in 2001. seasonal light. Marinas on Meetinghouse Creek provide In 1992, severe shoaling was reported in the entrance. berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine The entrance channel to the pond is marked by a private supplies, pumpout facilities, a 30-ton forklift, 55-ton mobile hoist, storage facilities, and hull, motor, and electronic repairs. In 2011, a reported depth of 8 feet was available alongside. (272) Reeves Bay, on the southwest side of Flanders Bay, is entered through a privately dredged channel that leads to the town of Flanders on the south side of the bay.
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 265 In 1999, the channel had a reported controlling depth of (282) On the south side of Fishers Island Sound, off the 2 feet. Other dredged channels lead from the entrance north side of East Point on Fishers Island, are Seal channel into several arms of the bay. A boatyard at Rocks, partly bare at low water and marked by a buoy. Flanders has gasoline, storage facilities, marine supplies, A rocky patch covered 11 feet and marked by a buoy is and a 10-ton marine railway; hull and engine repairs can about 500 yards northeastward of Seal Rocks. Youngs be made. Rock, about 0.4 mile westward of Seal Rocks, has about 1 foot over it and is marked by a buoy. A rocky patch (273) extends about 400 yards to the east-northeastward. Chart 13214 (283) East Harbor and Chocomount Cove, in the north shore of Fishers Island, are sometimes used as anchorages (274) Fishers Island Sound extends between the by small craft. There is considerable foul ground in mainland of Connecticut and Fishers Island, and forms East Harbor and in the approach to Chocomount Cove. one of the entrances into Long Island Sound that is used The harbor and cove are exposed to northerly winds. A to some extent by light tows and other vessels up to 14- former Coast Guard Station with a boathouse and dock foot draft. The sound has numerous shoals and lobster is prominent near the south side of East Harbor. Several trap buoys, and the entire area is exceedingly treacherous, small private piers with about 6 feet at their ends are in characterized by boulder patches that rise abruptly from East Harbor. deep water. Vessels should follow the deeper channels between the shoals and proceed with caution if obliged (284) The north shore of Fishers Island from East Harbor to cross shoal areas. In general, all shoal spots or abrupt around into West Harbor has several private landings. changes of depth are indications of boulders and should be avoided as anchorages. (285) East Clump is a cluster of rocks partly bare at high water and marked by a buoy about 0.8 mile north (275) of Fishers Island. From East Clump for some 2.8 miles westward to North Dumpling, there are rocky islets and Currents dangers which must be avoided. These are 0.5 to 0.8 (276) In Watch Hill Passage the tidal currents are strong mile off the Fishers Island shore, and most are buoyed. North Dumpling, an islet marked by a light and sound and necessitate caution in navigating. Buoys may be signal, is surrounded by rocks awash and foul ground. towed under. The flood current sets nearly in the direction Seaflower Reef, marked by a light, is near the middle of of the channel, but has a tendency to northward and the the western entrance of Fishers Island Sound and 0.8 mile ebb a tendency to southward. The northerly and southerly northwestward of North Dumpling Light. set is more marked between Napatree Point and Latimer Reef Light. (286) West Harbor, on the north side of Fishers Island (277) In Sugar Reef and Catumb Passages the tidal southeastward of North Dumpling Light, affords shelter currents set obliquely across the axis of the channel. The from southerly winds. In 2002, the dredged channel flood sets northwestward and the ebb southeastward. The leading into the harbor along the west shore had a tidal currents in Sugar Reef Passage are about the same controlling depth of 10.2 feet. Foul ground extends across velocity as in Watch Hill Passage, but are stronger in the entrance of West Harbor to near the eastern edge of the Catumb Passage. dredged channel; the northern limits of the foul ground (278) In Lords Passage the tidal currents set diagonally are buoyed. across the channel and have a velocity of nearly 2 knots, the ebb being greater than the flood. (287) A yacht club wharf and another small-craft facility (279) In the main channel of Fishers Island Sound, the are on the southwest side of the harbor. Gasoline, diesel flood sets westward and the ebb eastward. In the main fuel, water, ice, and hull and engine repairs are available. channel between Napatree Point and Wicopesset Island, A marine railway can handle craft up to 40 feet. The head the velocity of flood is 1.7 knots and ebb 2.2 knots. The of the harbor is used by boats drawing less than 5 feet flood sets 284° and the ebb 113°. which enter by the narrow unmarked channel southward (280) InthechannelsouthofRamIslandReef,thevelocities of Goose Island. of flood and ebb are 1.3 and 1.6 knots, respectively. The flood sets 255° and the ebb 088°. The direction and (288) Hay Harbor, at the west end of Fishers Island, is velocity of the current are affected by strong winds that used by small craft. may change the duration of flood or ebb. (281) The strong tidal currents prevent the formation of (289) Silver Eel Cove (Silver Eel Pond) is on the west heavy local ice, except in shoal tributaries. The only ice to side of Fishers Island, 0.6 mile northeastward of Race give trouble is that set in from Long Island Sound by wind Point. The entrance, about 75 feet wide and jettied, is and current. The ice formations in Little Narragansett marked by a private light and has a depth of about 11 feet, Bay are sufficiently heavy to be destructive to structures with similar depths inside. Submerged fender pilings are exposed to them. reported on both sides of the entrance. Dolphins are on the northeast side of the cove, and the channel is clear between them and the wharves on the southwest side. Vessels must go to the wharves as there is no room for anchorage. There is very little dockage available. The entrance is difficult with northwesterly or westerly winds.
266 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 Alighted whistle buoy is about 450 yards off the entrance. A ferry which operates between Fishers Island and New London lands here. During the summer, a Coast Guard (299) Watch Hill Cove, in the southeastern part of Little unit is stationed inside the entrance to the cove. Narragansett Bay, is used by small craft. A dredged (290) On the north side of Fishers Island Sound are: Little channel, marked by lighted and unlighted buoys, leads Narragansett Bay, and Pawcatuck River leading to the into the cove. A yacht club and town dock are in Watch towns of Westerly and Pawcatuck; Stonington Harbor Hill Cove; berths, guest moorings, electricity, diesel fuel and the town of Stonington; and Mystic Harbor leading and water are available. to the towns of Noank and Mystic. (291) Napatree Beach, 1.3 miles long between Watch Hill (300) Point and Napatree Point, is bare. Sandy Point, about 1.4 miles north-northwestward of Napatree Point, is at Anchorage the northwestern end of a long and narrow sand island (301) A special anchorage is in Watch Hill Cove. (See in Little Narragansett Bay. An extensive sandspit makes off from the northeasterly and southwesterly sides of the 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.47, chapter 2, for limits and island; give these areas a good berth. The island is subject regulations.) to continual change; caution is advised. (292) Napatree Point Ledge, a boulder reef with little depth, extends nearly 0.4 mile southward of the point. It is marked by a lighted bell buoy. A sunken wreck is (302) Pawcatuck River, entered just south of Pawcatuck about 0.3 mile eastward of the ledge in about 41°18'N., Point, extends about 4 miles to Westerly.AFederal project 71°53'W. provides for a depth of 10 feet for nearly 4 miles thence (293) The west side of Napatree Point should not be 7 feet to the end of the channel. (See Notice to Mariners approached closer than 175 yards to avoid a stone jetty and latest editions of charts for controlling depths.) The which is covered at high water. Between Napatree Point channel is well marked. and the Stonington outer breakwater is an extensive flat on which the depths are 2 to 10 feet, rocky bottom. (303) Middle Ground, the western part of the flat, is marked by the outer breakwater, which has a light at its western Currents end. A sound signal is at the light. (304) About 1 mile above the entrance to Pawcatuck River (294) Adepth of 17 feet can be taken to an anchorage inside this breakwater, giving the light on the breakwater a berth the tidal current has a velocity of 0.6 knot on the flood, of more than 250 yards. In anchoring, give the inside of and 0.5 knot on the ebb. the breakwater a berth of over 300 yards to avoid shoals and fishweirs. This anchorage provides good shelter (305) except in southwesterly and westerly winds, although it is seldom used. Ice (295) Little Narragansett Bay, at the eastern end of (306) The river is generally closed by ice from January to Fishers Island Sound, is entered at its extreme western end southward of Stonington Point. A dredged channel March. leads around the north side of Sandy Point, thence extends southeast across the bay to the entrance of Pawcatuck River. The channel is marked by lighted and unlighted buoys. (307) Colonel Willie Cove, 0.5 mile above Pawcatuck (296) Caution should be exercised in entering Little Point, has a boatyard with a marine railway that can Narragansett Bay. Shoal water extends for about 200 handle craft up to 50 feet for hull and engine repairs. yards off Stonington Point, and the shoal area north of Berths with electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, Sandy Point is subject to continual change. Strangers storage facilities, a pump-out station, marine supplies, are advised to obtain local information before entering and a 30-ton lift are also available. Mariners enroute to because of rocks and shoal water near the edges of the the boatyard should use the chart as a guide. channel. (308) (297) Anchorage Currents (309) A special anchorage is in Thompson Cove, 2 miles (298) In the dredged channel northward of Sandy Point, above Pawcatuck Point. (See 33 CFR 110.1and 110.48, the currents have a velocity of 1.3 knots. The flood sets chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) A yacht club pier eastward and the ebb westward. (See the Tidal Current is in the cove. Private seasonal buoys mark the approach Tables for predictions.) to the pier. (310) Westerly, 4 miles above Pawcatuck Point, is an important manufacturing town. (311) Small-craft facilities (312) There are numerous small-craft facilities along both sides of the Pawcatuck River and at the head at Westerly and Pawcatuck, just across the river. The largest marine railway in the area is at Avondale and it can handle craft to 55 feet. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage facilities, launching ramps, lifts, some repairs and marine supplies are available. Depths of 7 to 9 feet are reported at the town dock at Pawcatuck.
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 267 and electronic repairs are available. In 1981, a reported depth of 7 feet could be carried to the yard. (313) Wequetequock Cove is a shallow cove at the (323) A harbormaster is at Stonington. northern end of Little Narrangansett Bay. A narrow (324) A railroad causeway with two fixed spans crosses unmarked channel leads eastward of Elihu Island into Stonington Harbor 0.4 mile above Stonington; the the cove. A depth of about 4 feet can be taken as far as east span has a clearance of 5 feet and the west span Goat Island, about a mile above Sandy Point. A fixed has a clearance of 4 feet. Overhead power cables at the railroad bridge with a clearance of 6 feet crosses the cove openings have clearances of 41 feet. about 0.2 mile above Goat Island. A small-craft facility (325) Noyes Rock, 0.4 mile southward of Wamphassuc is on the west side of the cove near the head. Water, ice, Point, has a least depth of 7 feet. Noyes Shoal, with berths, gasoline, storage facilities, launching ramp, 4-ton 10 to 18 feet over it, is nearly 1.5 miles long in a west- forklift, marine supplies, and hull and engine repairs are northwesterly direction; it is marked by a gong buoy near available. In 1981, a reported depth of 2 feet could be its eastern end. carried to the facility. (326) (314) Stonington Harbor, 3 miles northwestward of Watch Hill Point, is protected by breakwaters on each No-Discharge Zone side. Each of the breakwaters is marked at its seaward (327) The State of Connecticut, with the approval of the end by a light. The controlling depth to the inner harbor is about 11 feet. Anchorage can be selected inside the west Environmental Protection Agency, has established a No- breakwater in depths of 15 to 18 feet, taking care to keep Discharge Zone (NDZ) in the Connecticut portion of the the south end of Wamphassuc Point bearing northward of Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, portions of 270°. Vessels drawing up to 8 feet can find anchorage in Fishers Island Sound and Stonington Harbor. The area the inner harbor. A rock that bares at low water is about covered extends from Wamphassuc Point due south past 50 yards southward of the fishing wharf and is marked Noyes Shoal to the boundary between Connecticut and by a private buoy. New York, easterly following the state boundary to the intersection of the Connecticut, New York and Rhode (315) Island State lines, and following the boundary between Connecticut and Rhode Island to U.S. Route 1 over the Anchorages Pawcatuck River and including all Connecticut waters (316) Special anchorages are in Stonington Harbor. seaward of U.S. Route 1 (see chart 13214 for limits). (328) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether (See 33 CFR 110.1and 110.50, chapter 2, for limits and treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. regulations.) Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by 40 CFR 140(see chapter 2). (317) StoningtonHarborisapproachedfromsoutheastward and westward. Vessels with local knowledge sometimes (329) Latimer Reef, about 0.6 mile south of Noyes Shoal, cross Noyes Shoal from southwestward. The southeastern is a very broken and rocky area 0.4 mile long. It is marked approach is best, with fewer dangers, and the navigational by a light at its west end and a buoy at its east end. The aids serve as excellent guides to avoid them. In daytime eastern end of the reef has a least found depth of 6 feet. with clear weather, no difficulty should be experienced in entering any of the approaches. (330) Latimer Reef Light (41°18'16\"N., 71°56'00\"W.), 55 feet above the water, is shown from a white conical (318) From southeastward, the course from south of tower, brown midway of its height, on a brown cylindrical Napatree Point Ledge should be west-northwestward foundation. A sound signal is at the light. until off the buoy at the southwest end of Middle Ground, from which a northerly course can be shaped past the (331) A detached 11-foot spot, marked by a buoy, is about breakwater lights and into the harbor. 0.4 mile northeast of Latimer Reef Light. (319) From southwestward, a northeasterly course can be (332) Eel Grass Ground, about 0.8 mile northwestward shaped from the lighted bell buoy south of Ram Island of Latimer Reef Light, is a shoal with a least depth Reef to south of White Rock, and thence eastward past of 6 feet, marked by buoys. White Rock, about 0.8 the north side of Noyes Rock to the harbor. mile northeastward of Eel Grass Ground, is bare and prominent. Red Reef, covered 2 feet, is 0.2 mile north (320) The inner breakwater, about 400 yards northward of of White Rock and marked by a buoy. Ellis Reef, 0.4 mile Stonington Point on the east side of the entrance, extends northwestward of Eel Grass Ground, is marked on its east westward about 250 yards and is marked by a light. side by a daybeacon. (321) Stonington is on the east side of the harbor. Traffic (333) Mason Island, 2.5 miles west of Stonington Harbor, is mostly fishing and recreational craft. The wharves have is joined to the mainland by a fixed bridge with an 18- depths of 7 to 12 feet alongside. Following southerly foot span and a clearance of 3 feet; the sound end of the weather, a surge is felt by vessels tied to the southern island is strewn with boulders. A special anchorage is side of the seaward pier. on the east side of Mason Island. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.50a, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) An (322) A boatyard is in the northeast part of the harbor. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage, 40-ton lift, marine supplies, and hull, engine,
268 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 (349) Mystic Harbor and Noank, Connecticut N Image courtesy of U.S. Power Squadron, District 1 anchorage for small craft is on the west side of the south the northwesterly end of Ram Island Shoal. This rock is end of Mason Island where depths range from 8 to 11 marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. Leading across the feet; caution and local knowledge are required to use shoal is the buoyed channel, good for about 11 feet, which this anchorage because of the boulders in the area. A is used by vessels entering Mystic Harbor from westward. dangerous rock is off the east side of Mason Point, the (338) A rock covered 6 feet is about 0.5 mile SW of Whale southern extremity of Mason Island, in 41°19'21.6\"N., Rock; about 0.65 mile SW of that rock is Intrepid Rock, 71°58'05.0\"W. with 19 feet over it and marked by a buoy, which should (334) Enders Island, 0.3 mile eastward of the southern be avoided. Mouse Island, marked by several dwellings, end of Mason Island, is connected to it by a fixed bridge is 150 yards southwestward of Morgan Point. with a 15-foot span and a clearance of 6 feet. (339) In 1983, a rock, covered about 2 feet, was reported (335) Ram Island Reef, 1.8 miles westward of Latimer 0.2 mile west of Mouse Island in about 41°18'52\"N., Reef Light, has two detached parts: the southerly section 71°59'50\"W. is covered 8 feet and marked by a lighted bell buoy, and (340) Morgan Point is located on the west side at the the northerly section, covered by 6 feet, is marked by a entrance of Mystic Harbor. A privately maintained and daybeacon. Passage between the reef and island is unsafe marked channel leading to the piers in West Cove at because of shoals. Noank westward of the point had a least depth of 4 feet (336) Ram Island, about 0.4 mile southwest of Mason reported in 1981. Island, is wooded and grass-fringed. A shoal, on which (341) Groton Long Point, on which is a summer are two rocky islets, extends about 0.2 mile northeastward settlement, is about 0.9 mile southwestward of Morgan from Ram Island. Ram Island Shoal, extending nearly Point. A reef extends nearly 300 yards southwestward 0.5 mile westward from Ram Island, has little water over from the point and is marked by a buoy. About 0.3 mile it and many rocks bare at low water. Whaleback Rock to the west a rock awash at low water is 175 yards off and the islet 300 yards northwestward of it are bare. the southwest end of Groton Long Point. It is marked by (337) The narrow but deep channel along the north side a buoy. of Ram Island Shoal is the easterly entrance to Mystic (342) Mystic Harbor, about 6 miles westward of Watch Harbor. Between the shoal and Groton Long Point is Hill Point, is the approach to the towns of Noank and an area of foul ground and several dangerous rocks, Mystic. A Federal project provides for a 15-foot channel including Whale Rock, which bares at low water, at from Morgan Point through Mystic Harbor and into
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 ¢ 269 Mystic River to the bascule bridge thence a 12-foot (353) channel to Mystic Seaport Museum Wharf, about 0.6 mile above the bascule bridge. An anchorage basin with Small-craft facilities a project depth of 9 feet is on the east side of the river (354) Several small-craft facilities are on the northern end opposite Willow Point. of Mason Island. Berths with electricity, gasoline, diesel (343) fuel, water, ice, storage facilities, marine supplies, a pump-out station, 35-ton lift, and hull and engine repairs Anchorages are available. In 1993, a reported depth of 4 feet could be (344) Special anchorages are in Mystic Harbor. (See 33 carried to the facilities. CFR 110.1, 110.50b, and 110.50d, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (355) The railroad bridge over Mystic River below Mystic (345) has a swing span with a clearance of 8 feet. The U.S. Route 1 highway bridge at Mystic has a bascule span with Routes a clearance of 4 feet. (See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 (346) To enter from eastward, lay a west-northwesterly and 117.211, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) The bridgetenders monitor VHF-FM channel 13; call signs course from south of the lighted bell buoy marking KJA–842 and KXR–912, respectively. Napatree Point Ledge for a little over 3 miles to about 400 yards south of the buoy marking the south end of (356) Mystic, a town about 2 miles above Noank, has Cormorant Reef. From here steer 261° for 0.8 mile until several small-craft facilities. Berths, electricity, gasoline, Mason Point is abeam. Then follow the buoyed channel. diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, storage facilities, (347) From westward, proceed cautiously from about mobile hoists, a 60-ton lift, and marine railways up to 110 100 yards or more southward of the buoy southward feet are available; hull and engine repairs can be made. of Groton Long Point on an easterly course for about 0.5 mile to Mystic Harbor Channel Buoy 1, then steer a (357) A harbormaster is at Mystic. northerly course through the buoyed channel into Mystic (358) TheMysticSeaportMuseumisabout0.6mileabove Harbor, rounding Noank Light 5 at a distance of about 75 yards. the highway bridge at Mystic. The whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN, full-rigged training ship JOSEPH CONRAD, and Grand Banks fishing schooner L. A. DUNTON are permanently moored at the museum and open to the (348) Noank is a town on the west side of the channel public. Along the waterfront of the museum property, a through Mystic Harbor. There are several small-craft mid-19th Century coastal village has been recreated with facilities at Noank and in West Cove. Berths, electricity, shops and lofts of that period. Collections of maritime gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage facilities, relics are on exhibit in several formal museum buildings. launching ramps, a pump-out station, 30- and 60-ton lifts, (359) Above the Mystic Seaport Museum, the channel and marine supplies are available; hull, engine, sail, and is very narrow and is marked by privately maintained electronic repairs can be made. A harbormaster is at seasonal buoys; boats of about 5-foot drafts can be taken Noank. to the Narrows, and thence depths are 1 and 2 feet to Old Mystic. Twin fixed highway bridges crossing the (350) Mystic River flows into Mystic Harbor from Narrows have clearances of 25 feet. The stream follows northward just below Mystic. The river is used by the east bank to the next narrows and the west bank to a recreational craft, the local fishing fleet, and by transient marina in the bight about 0.3 mile below Old Mystic. craft visiting Mystic Seaport. An anchorage area with depths of 3½ to 7 feet is in the lower part of the river (360) between Willow Point and Murphy Point. Ice usually closes the river during January and February. Charts 13213, 13212, 13214 (351) Willow Point, 0.6 mile below Mystic, has several (361) Mumford Cove is entered about 2 miles west small-craft facilities that can provide berths, electricity, of Mystic Harbor. A privately dredged channel leads water, ice, some engine parts, and marine supplies. A 12- northward from the entrance to the head of the cove; two ton crane and 30-ton mobile hoist are available; hull and spur channels lead eastward from the main channel, about engine repairs can be made. 0.3 mile and 0.6 mile, respectively, above the entrance. The channels are marked by private seasonal buoys (352) A channel, privately marked by daybeacons, leads and daybeacons. In 1981, the channels had a reported from the vicinity of Willow Point for 0.3 mile in an controlling depth of 2 feet. easterly direction, thence about 0.4 mile northeastward to a marina on the west side of the mouth of Pequotsepos (362) Special anchorages are in the cove. (See 33 CFR Brook, just below a railroad bridge. Berths, electricity, 110.1 and 110.50c, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) water, ice, storage, marine supplies, a 12-ton mobile hoist, and hull and engine repairs are available. In 1981, (363) Venetian Harbor is a yacht basin on the east side of a reported depth of 4 feet could be carried in the channel the entrance to Mumford Cove. A channel 75 feet wide to the marina. leads through stone breakwaters into a basin with depths of about 3 to 7 feet. A submerged jetty extends along the channel from the outer end of the east breakwater. The
270 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 7 entrance to the harbor is marked by a light on the outer (367) Avery Point Light (41°18′55″N., 72°03′49″W.) is end of the west breakwater. shown from a white octagonal concrete tower at Avery (364) Horseshoe Reef, 0.5 mile southward of Mumford Point. An unmarked rock awash is 0.3 mile south of the Cove entrance, is awash at low water, and is marked by light. A cove indents the mainland north of Pine Island a buoy. Broken and rocky grounds extend from the reef and east of Avery Point; the entrance is marked by two to the shore eastward of Mumford Point. buoys eastward of Avery Point. Depths shoal from (365) Vixen Ledge, with a depth of 10 feet and marked about 10 feet in the entrance to 1 foot at the head of the by a buoy, is about 1 mile west of Horseshoe Reef. cove. A breakwater, marked by a private light, extends Pine Island is bluff and grassy, about 1.3 miles west southeasterly from the east end of Avery Point. A 5 mph of Mumford Point. It is surrounded by shoal water and speed limit is enforced in the cove. rocky bottom, and is marked off the southwest side by a lighted bell buoy. A rock, covered 6 feet, in 41°18'35\"N., (368) A yacht club, marina, and launching ramp are in 72°03'16\"W., is about 0.3 mile northwestward of Vixen the cove. Berths, guest moorings, gasoline, electricity, Ledge. water, ice, marine supplies, and a 14-ton mobile hoist (366) A special anchorage is on the north side of Pine are available at the marina; hull and engine repairs can Island. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.51, chapter 2, for be made. In 2000, a reported depth of 7.5 feet could be limits and regulations.) carried to the marina. (369) A special anchorage is in the cove. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.51, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.)
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73° 72°30' 72° 272 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 Index of Chart Coverage in Chapter 8 Hartford CONNECTICUT 12378 Norwich 41° CONNECTICUT 12377 THAMES RIVER 41° 30' RI 30' VER 12375 New London 13213 12372 12354 New Haven Essex HOUSATONIC RIVER 12374 12372 NIANTIC BAY 12373 Guilford Harbor Westbrook Harbor 13211 Branford Harbor 12371 BLOCK ISLAND SOUND Orient Point 12370 LONG ISLAND SOUND 41° 12362 12358 41° Port Je erson L O N G I S L A N D 72°30' NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 73° 72°
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 273 Eastern Long Island Sound (1) This chapter describes the eastern portion of Long reaching the eastern part of the sound. Small vessels can Island Sound following the north shore from Thames select anchorage eastward or westward of Kelsey Point River to and including the Housatonic River, and then Breakwater, also in Duck Island Roads. Off Madison the south shore from Orient Point to and including Port there is anchorage sheltered from northerly winds. New Jefferson. Also described are the Connecticut River; Haven Harbor is an important harbor of refuge. the ports of New London, New Haven, and Northville; (11) Several general anchorages are in Long Island and the more important fishing and yachting centers Sound. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.146, chapter 2, for on Niantic River and Bay, Westbrook Harbor, Guilford limits and regulations.) Harbor, Branford Harbor, and Mattituck Inlet. (12) (2) No-Discharge Zone COLREGS Demarcation Lines (13) The States of New York and Connecticut, with the (3) The lines established for Long Island Sound are approval of the Environmental Protection Agency, have described in 33 CFR 80.155 chapter 2. established a No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in Long Island Sound and a portion of the East River, extending from the (4) Hell Gate Bridge in the west to Block Island Sound in the east (see charts 12339 and 13205 for limits). Chart 12354 (14) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. (5) Long Island Sound is a deep navigable waterway Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by lying between the shores of Connecticut and New York 40 CFR 140(see chapter 2). and the northern coast of Long Island. (15) (6) In this region are boulders and broken ground, but little or no natural change in the shoals. The waters are Tides well marked by navigational aids so that strangers should (16) The time of tide is nearly simultaneous throughout experience no difficulty in navigating them. As all broken ground is liable to be strewn with boulders, vessels Long Island Sound, but the range of tide increases from should proceed with caution in the broken areas where about 2.5 feet at the east end to about 7.3 feet at the west the charted depths are not more than 6 to 8 feet greater end. Daily predictions of the times and heights of high than the draft.All of the more important places are entered and low waters are given in the Tide Tables. by dredged channels; during fog, vessels are advised to (17) The effect of strong winds, in combination with the anchor until the weather clears before attempting to enter. regular tidal action, may at times cause the water to fall The numerous oyster grounds in this region are usually several feet below the plane of reference of the charts. marked by stakes and flags. These stakes may become broken off and form obstructions dangerous to small (18) craft. Mariners should proceed with caution especially at night. Currents (19) In the eastern portion of Long Island Sound the (7) current turns from ½ to 1½ hours earlier along the north Caution shore than in the middle of the sound. (8) Submarine operating areas are in the approaches (20) Proceeding westward from The Race in the middle of the sound, the velocity of current is 1.8 knots off Cornfield to New London Harbor, Connecticut River, and off Point, about 1 knot off New Haven, 1 knot off Eatons the northern shore of Long Island. As submarines may Neck, 0.4 knot between Peningo Neck and Matinecock be operating submerged in these areas, vessels should Point, and 0.5 knot eastward of Hart Island. proceed with caution. (21) About 1.5 miles east-southeastward of Bartlett Reef, the velocity of flood is 1.2 knots and ebb 1.6 knots. The (9) flood current sets 285° and the ebb 062°. (22) At a point about 3 miles southward of Cornfield Anchorages Point, the flood current sets 256° with a velocity of 2 (10) New London Harbor is the most important of the knots and the ebb sets 094° with a velocity of 1.7 knots. (23) About 1 mile north of Stratford Shoal (Middle anchorages sought for shelter in the eastern part of Long Ground) Light, the velocity is 1 knot, the flood setting Island Sound. Niantic Bay and the approach between Bartlett Reef and Hatchett Reef are used to some extent by small vessels when meeting unfavorable weather or
274 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 westward and the ebb eastward. (See Tidal Current Tables force the drift ice in from the sound and prevent the local for predictions.) formations from leaving the harbor. Tides have little effect upon the ice. Additional information concerning (24) ice conditions in the waters adjoining Long Island Sound is given under the local descriptions. Weather, Long Island Sound and vicinity (33) Vessel Traffic Service, New York, operated by the (25) Weather is most favorable from mid-May to U.S. Coast Guard, serves New York Harbor. (See 33 CFR 161.1 through 161.25, chapter 2, for regulations.) mid-October, when the most common hazards are thunderstorms and fog. There is also a rare threat of a (34) tropical cyclone. During June, July and August on the average, there are 20 to 25 days per month with conditions Pilotage, Long Island Sound generally considered ideal even for small boaters. Fog is (35) Pilotage by a state licensed pilot is compulsory in most likely in spring and early summer. Fog, or the lack of it, at inland locations is not a guide to conditions in Long Island Sound for foreign flag vessels and U.S. the Sound or its approaches. Areas along the coast, at the vessels which are under register (i.e. engaged in foreign heads of bays and within rivers may be relatively clear, trade). Such vessels can arrange for a state licensed pilot while offshore the fog is thick. For example, on exposed by contacting the joint rotation administrator, Block Block Island heavy fog is encountered about 10 to 12 Island Pilots at 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840; percent of the time from April though August compared telephone 401–847–9050 (24 hours), 800–274–1216; to 1 to 3 percent at Westhampton. Thunderstorms on the FAX 401–847–9052. Enrolled vessels (i.e. U.S. vessels other hand are more likely over land, but can be viscous engaged in coastwise trade) may be required to have a in the Sound, especially in a squall line preceding a U.S. Coast Guard Federally licensed pilot unless the cold front in spring and early summer. Winter winds are master has recency for the intended area. mostly out of the west through north, but gales blow less (36) The pilot boat sets radio guard at least 1 hour before than 5 percent of the time in these somewhat sheltered a vessel’s ETA. waters. Waves are restricted by limited fetch except to the (37) Vessels to be boarded should provide a ladder 3 feet east. However, choppy conditions can create problems. above the water on the lee side. (38) Pilot services must be arranged at least 24 hours in (26) advance through ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. Ice (39) Pilotage, in the waters of Long Island Sound for (27) In ordinary winters the floating and pack ice in Long enrolled vessels (i.e. U.S. vessels engaged in coastwise trade), is available from, but not limited to: Island Sound, while impeding navigation, does not render (40) Northeast Marine Pilots, Inc., 243 Spring Street, it absolutely unsafe, but in exceptionally severe winters Newport, RI 02840; nemarinepilots.com; telephone 401– the reverse is true; none but powerful steamers can make 847–9050 (24 hours), 800–274–1216; FAX 401–847– their way. 9052. Pilot boats are NORTHEAST IV, 52-foot, gray (28) Drift ice, which is formed principally along the hull and superstructure, word PILOT on both sides and northern shore of the sound under the influence of the NORTHEAST II, 47-foot, gray hull and superstructure, prevailing northerly winds, drifts across to the southern word PILOT on both sides. The boats monitor VHF-FM side and accumulates there, massing into large fields, and channels 16, 10, 13, 14; work on 10. remains until removed by southerly winds, which drive it (41) InterportPilotsAgency,Inc./ConnecticutStatePilots, back to the northerly shore. P.O. Box 236, Port Monmouth, NJ 07758; interportpilots. (29) In ordinary winters ice generally forms in the western com; telephone 732–787–5554 (24 hours); email: end of the sound as far as Eatons Neck; in exceptionally [email protected]. Pilot boats are CONNECTICUT severe winters ice may extend to Falkner Island and PILOT, 65-foot with blue hull and white superstructure farther eastward. and KEN JOHNSON, 48-foot with blue hull and white superstructure. These boats monitor VHF-FM channels (30) 16 and 13, work on 11, and are equipped with AIS. (42) Constitution State Pilots Association, 9 Nottingham Effects of winds on ice Drive, Old Lyme, CT 06371, telephone 203–627–5057. (31) In Long Island Sound northerly winds drive the ice to Pilot boat is CONSTITUTION, 65-foot with black hull and white superstructure displaying the word PILOT on the southern shore of the sound and southerly winds carry both sides. The boat monitors VHF-FM channels 16, 13, it back to the northern shore. Northeasterly winds force and 9A; works on 13 or 9A. the ice westward and cause formations heavy enough to (43) Connecticut River Pilots Association (CRPA), P.O. prevent the passage of vessels of every description until Box 107, Old Saybrook, CT 06475; telephone 860–388– the ice is removed by westerly winds. These winds carry 4167. Pilot boat TRUDEE II is 36-foot, with black hull, the ice eastward and, if of long duration, drive it through white superstructure, and with the word PILOT on the The Race into Block Island Sound, thence it goes to sea and disappears. (32) In New Haven Harbor, the influence of the northerly winds clear the harbor and its approaches unless the local formation is too heavy to be moved. Southerly winds
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 275 (47) Thames River and New London, Connecticut N Image courtesy of Airphoto/Jim Wark (2004) house, forward. The boat monitors VHF-FM channels 16 a highway bridge and a railroad bridge. The main harbor and 13; works on 13. comprises the lower 3 miles of Thames River from Long (44) See Pilotage, New London-Groton (indexed as such), Island Sound to the bridges, and includes Shaw Cove, this chapter; Pilotage, New Haven (indexed as such), this Greens Harbor, and Winthrop Cove. It is approached chapter; Pilotage, Bridgeport (indexed as such), chapter through the main entrance channel extending from deep 9; Pilotage, Offshore Terminal, Northville-Riverhead water in Long Island Sound to deep water in the upper (indexed as such), this chapter; and Pilotage, Offshore harbor. The harbor is generally used by vessels drawing Terminal, Northport (indexed as such), chapter 9. 9 to 30 feet; the deepest draft entering is about 36 feet. Petroleum products, seafood products, copper, lumber (45) and other forest products are the principal waterborne commodities handled at the port. Charts 13213, 13212, 12372 (51) Greens Harbor, a small-craft shelter just north of the entrance, has general depths of 6 to 17 feet. Special (46) New London Harbor, near the east end of Long anchorages are in the harbor. (See 33 CFR 110.1and Island Sound at the mouth of the Thames River, is an 110.52, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) important harbor of refuge. Vessels of deep draft can find (52) New London Coast Guard Station and Fort anchorage here in any weather and at all seasons. Trumbull State Park are on the west side of the main channel northward of Greens Harbor. (48) Waterborne commerce in New London Harbor and (53) Shaw Cove is a dredged basin about 0.8 mile on the Thames River is chiefly in petroleum products, northward of Greens Harbor. In 2015, the controlling chemicals, coal, copper, lumber, seafood products and depth was 14 feet in the entrance channel through the general cargo. south draw of the bridge, thence 12 feet was available in the basin. (49) Security zones have been established in New (54) Winthrop Cove, northward of Shaw Cove, is part London Harbor. (See 33 CFR 165.1 through 165.7, of the main waterfront channel. 165.30, 165.33, and 165.140, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (50) New London is a city on the west bank of Thames River about 2.5 miles above the mouth. The town of Groton on the east bank is connected to New London by
276 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 (68) Structures across Thames River Clear Width of Clear Height above Draw or Span Mean High Water Name•Description•Type Location Opening (feet) (feet) Information Railroad Bridge (swing) 41°20'57\"N., 72°05'50\"W. 70 (north and 6 Note 1 south draw) Crosses the entrance to Shaw Cove Railroad Bridge (fixed) 41°21'32\"N., 72°05'44\"W. 4 Amtrak Thames Railroad Bridge (vertical lift) 41°21'47\"N., 72°05'16\"W. 14 29 (down), 135 (up) Crosses the head of Winthrop Cove Gold Star Memorial Bridges (fixed) 41°21'52\"N., 72°05'16\"W. 150 135 Notes 2, 3 and 4 500 Vertical clearance is for a middle width of 200 feet. A racon is on the south span. Overhead power cable 41°26'19\"N., 72°05'21\"W. 160 Route 2A Bridge (fixed) 41°28'54\"N., 72°04'32\"W. 200 75 Shetucket River Route 2/Water Street Bridge (fixed) 41°31'25\"N., 72°04'34\"W. 123 18 Railroad Bridge (fixed) 41°31'25\"N., 72°04'30\"W. 229 13 Viaduct Road Bridge (fixed) 41°31'24\"N., 72°04'30\"W. 119 18 Main Street Bridge (fixed) 41°31'26\"N., 72°04'08\"W. 94 23 Yantic River Route 32 Bridge (fixed) 41°31'28\"N., 72°04'51\"W. 62 11 Note 1 – See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.223 chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations. Note 2 – See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.224 chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations. Note 3 – Bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KT-5473. Note 4 – In 1998, it was reported that cross currents of 1 to 2 knots can be encountered in the vicinity of this bridge. (55) (61) Prominent features Anchorages (56) New London Ledge Light (41°18'21\"N., (62) General and naval anchorages are in the approaches 72°04'39\"W.), 58 feet above the water, is shown from a to, and in, New London Harbor. (See 33 CFR110.1 and red brick building on a square white pier on the west side 110.147, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) Special of New London Ledge; a sound signal is sounded at the anchorages are in Greens Harbor and in the vicinity of station. the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and (57) Other prominent features in approaching New 110.52, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) London Harbor are: New London Harbor Light, on the west side of the entrance channel; the monument at (63) Fort Griswold; the microwave tower atop a building in downtown New London; the large sheds at the shipyard Dangers on the east side of the river opposite Fort Trumbull State (64) On the west side of the approach to New London Park and the highway bridge at New London. Harbor, foul ground extends about 1 mile from shore in (58) the vicinity of Goshen Point (chart 13211). The southerly and southeasterly limits of this area are marked by buoys. Channels The area has numerous rocky patches and boulders, some (59) AU.S.NavyprojectforNewLondonHarborprovides showing above water, and should be avoided by small craft. Rapid Rock, marked by a buoy on its southeast side, for a channel 40 feet deep to Fort Trumbull, thence 38 feet is about 1.6 miles southwestward of New London Ledge to the Submarine Force Library and Museum, thence 36 Light; it has a least depth of 10 feet. An unmarked ledge feet to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base. A Federal project covered 35 feet is about 100 yards south by eastward of provides for a channel 23 feet deep in the waterfront Rapid Rock and is the outermost shoal to the southward. channels north of Fort Trumbull and in Winthrop Cove. Sarah Ledge, 0.7 mile northeastward of Rapid Rock and (See Notice to Mariners and latest editions of the charts marked by a buoy, has a least depth of 14 feet and is the for controlling depths.) Lighted and unlighted buoys and easternmost shoal on the west side of the main channel a 354° lighted range mark the channel. The range does approach. not mark the center of the lower end of the channel. (65) On the east side of the main channel foul ground (60) Pine Island Channel, northeastward of New extends about 1 mile offshore. New London Ledge, London Ledge Light, between Pine Island and Black marked by New London Ledge Light, has a least depth Ledge, has a rocky and very broken bottom on which the of 7 feet. Black Ledge, just to the northeastward of New least found depth is 9 feet. It is used some by local vessels London Ledge, has a rocky islet, 2 feet high, on it. Depths between New London Harbor and Fishers Island Sound, are 5 to 18 feet on the ledge. Buoys mark the shoal area. but should be avoided by any vessel drawing more than (66) Broken ground fringes the shore southwestward 10 feet. of New London Harbor Light. A rock with 3 feet over
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 277 it is located about 0.1 mile from shore in the bight just U.S. Coast Guard Federally licensed pilot unless the southward of the light and shoal soundings extend as master has recency for the intended area. See Pilotage, far as 0.2 mile from shore where an 8-foot sounding is Long Island Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8. located. (67) White Rock, an islet in Greens Harbor, is 250 yards (76) from the 18-foot curve on the western edge of the channel. Hog Back, a small ledge awash at low water, is 150 yards Towage southwestward of White Rock and about 0.3 mile from (77) Tugs to 3,200 hp are available at New London. the western shore, and is marked by a buoy. Rocks, covered 2 to 6 feet, are in the middle of the northern part Vessels usually proceed to the upper harbor without of Greens Harbor. Melton Ledge, northward of White assistance, although a tug may be required when entering Rock, with one-half foot over it, is 125 yards eastward of with a head wind and contrary current. Large vessels Powder Island and is marked by a buoy; a rock awash is normally require tugs for docking and undocking. close westward of Melton Ledge. (78) New London is a customs port of entry. (69) (79) Currents Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural (70) The tidal currents follow the general direction of the quarantine (80) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and channel and usually are not strong. At Winthrop Point, Appendix A for addresses.) on the west side of the river at New London, the velocity (81) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with is 0.4 knot, and at Stoddard Hill, about 6.5 miles above regulations of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public New London, 0.7 knot on the flood and 0.4 knot on the Health Service, chapter 1.) New London has several ebb. During freshets or when the river is high and the hospitals. wind is from the north, the current can have considerable (82) Harbor regulations are in force for New London southerly set even on the flood. Harbor. The harbormaster has authority to berth vessels, (71) Ice obstructs navigation about 2 months each year shifting them if necessary, but occasion for doing so above the naval station, which is some 5 miles above seldom arises. New London Ledge Light, but seldom forms below the station. In extremely severe winters, however, heavy ice (83) from the sound, driven in by winds, has been known to extend about 1.8 miles above the entrance. Between New Wharves London and the mouth of the river small vessels may (84) New London Harbor has more than 30 wharves and navigate with comparative safety in ordinary winters; even in severe weather, it is rare that navigation for piers. Most of these facilities are used as repair berths, and small vessels stops for more than a week. Steamers for mooring recreational craft, fishing vessels, barges, can nearly always enter and leave with safety. Drift ice ferries, and government vessels. Depths alongside these sometimes forms a decidedly dangerous obstruction in facilities range from 10 to 40 feet. Only the deep-draft the approaches through Long Island Sound during severe facilities are described. For a complete description of winters, especially during February and March, and small the port facilities refer to Port Series No. 4, published vessels are much hindered in their movements during and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (See January, February, and March. Appendix A for address.) The alongside depths are (72) Freshets usually occur in the river in the spring. It is reported; for information on the latest depths contact the reported that they seldom exceed 2 feet above high water private operator. at Norwich. (85) Amerada Hess Corp. Wharf (41°20'09\"N., (73) New London Harbor and Thames River are easy of 72°04'58\"W.): on the east side of the river opposite Greens access by day or night, but local knowledge is required to Harbor; T-head pier with 55-foot face, 960 feet of berthing take drafts greater than 20 feet above the submarine base. space with dolphins; 40 feet alongside; deck height, 8 feet; pipelines to storage tanks; fresh water connection; (74) railroad and highway connections; receipt and shipment of petroleum products and receipt of molasses; bunkering Pilotage, New London-Groton vessels; owned and operated by Hess Oil and Chemical (75) Pilotage by a state licensed pilot is compulsory in Division, Amerada Hess Corp. (86) Admiral Shear State Pier: the more easterly of the two Long Island Sound for foreign flag vessels and U.S. long piers southwestward of the Thames River bridges, vessels which are under register (i.e. engaged in foreign about 1.3 miles northward of Amerada Hess Corp. Wharf; trade). Such vessels can arrange for a state licensed pilot 200-foot face, 26 feet alongside; west side 1,000 feet, by contacting the joint rotation administrator, Block 23 to 27 feet alongside; east side 1,020 feet, 34 to 38 Island Pilots at 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840; feet alongside; deck height, 10 feet; 90,000 square feet telephone 401–847–9050 (24 hours), 800–274–1216; of covered storage, 20 acres of open storage; electricity, FAX 401–847–9052. Enrolled vessels (i.e. U.S. vessels potable and feed water connections on pier; railroad and engaged in coastwise trade) may be required to have a highway connections; receipt and shipment of general cargo, copper, zinc, steel and wood products; owned by
278 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 the State of Connecticut and operated by Logistec U.S.A. tower and clock, and the lighted chapel spire are very Inc., a division of Logistec Stevedoring of Montreal. prominent, but are not visible until almost abeam of the (87) Supplies of all kinds are available. Gasoline and academy. Depths alongside the 410-foot-long academy diesel oil can be obtained from oil companies on 48 hours’ pier were reported in 2005, to be 30 feet at the face, 30 notice by tank truck. Water is available at most of the feet along the south side, and 30 to 34 feet on the north piers, wharves, and marinas. side. (102) The U.S. Naval Submarine Base is on the east side (88) of the Thames River about 2.5 miles above New London. USS Nautilus is permanently moored just south of the Repairs base as part of the Submarine Force Library and Museum. (89) Ashipbuilding company at New London can perform (103) A restricted area is off the U.S. Naval Submarine Base. (See 33 CFR 334.75, chapter 2, for limits and all kinds of repairs on steel-hulled vessels. The company regulations.) has floating drydocks with lifting capacities from 1,000 (104) Just below Gales Ferry, on the east side about 4 to 10,000 tons. The company’s largest drydock is on the miles above the bridges, are the crew training quarters west side of the river, and has a maximum pontoon length and boathouses of Harvard and Yale Universities. of 300 feet, a width between wingwalls of 110 feet, and Opposite Gales Ferry is the town of Bartlett, site of a is about 0.9 mile north of the Thames River bridges. prominent power plant with two tall and conspicuous (90) Cranes to 70 tons and floating derricks to 25 tons are stacks. A privately dredged channel with depths of about available at New London. 20 feet leads to the dock and coal tipple. (91) Several companies in New London are in the (105) At Montville Station, just above Bartlett, is a dock business of wrecking, salvage, and marine contracting with a depth of 23 feet at the face. The northeast end of the work. They are equipped with pumps, divers’ outfits, dock is in ruins. Overhead power cables with a clearance floating equipment, and other gear. of 160 feet cross the river 0.5 mile above the station near Kitemaug. (92) (106) Allyn Point, on the east side about 5 miles above New London, is the site of a large private pier for receiving Small-craft facilities liquid chemicals, with a reported depth of about 30 feet (93) There are numerous small-craft facilities in Greens alongside. It is marked by an elevated water sphere and several small tanks on the pier. Harbor and Shaw Cove. (See the small-craft facilities (107) Fort Point, on the east side 8 miles above New tabulation on chart 12372 for services and supplies London, has a long fuel pier marked by privately available.) maintained red lights, and on shore is a building with several stacks. Numerous piles are in the water southward (94) of the pier. (108) The red brick buildings of the Norwich State Communications Hospital are on a bluff just north of Fort Point and are a (95) New London has good railroad and bus conspicuous landmark. (109) At Thamesville, on the west side of the river about communications. Automobile-passenger ferry service is 1 mile below Norwich, are two finger piers each with available to Block Island, Fishers Island, and to Orient breasting dolphins used to receive petroleum products Point, Long Island. from barges. Depths of 20 to 25 feet are reported alongside the face of the piers. (110) Norwich, a city at the head of navigation on Thames River at its junction with Shetucket River and Yantic (96) Thames River above New London has a dredged River, is about 11 miles above New London. Small boats channel to Norwich, the head of navigation. In 2006, the generally anchor in Shetucket River just above the fixed controlling depth was 25 feet from the bridges at New bridges at Norwich. London to the north end of the turning basin opposite Smith Cove, thence 7.1 feet (14.9 feet at midchannel) (111) to Stoddard Hill, thence 15 feet to the turning basin at Norwich with 12 feet in the turning basin except for Charts 13211, 13212, 12372 shoaling to lesser depths near the upper limits of the basin. The channel is well marked by navigational aids. (112) Bartlett Reef Light (41°16'28\"N., 72°08'14\"W.), 35 feet above the water and shown from a skeleton tower (97) with a red and white diamond-shaped dayboard, is about 3.3 miles southwestward of New London Ledge Light Caution and marks the south end of Bartlett Reef. A mariner (98) The dikes along the Thames River from Easter Point activated sound signal at the light is initiated by keying (41°28.2'N., 72°04.5'W.) to Norwich are submerged at half tide. (99) Pilotage,Thames River (100) For Pilotage for the river see Pilotage, New London- Groton (indexed as such) earlier this chapter. (101) The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is on the west side of Thames River about 1 mile north of the center of New London. The administration building, with its white
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 279 the microphone five times on VHF-FM channel 79. water shoals gradually northward. The entrance is 1.5 The reef, about 1.3 miles long in a general north-south miles wide, and the dangers are marked by buoys or show direction and about 0.3 mile wide, is covered 2 to 18 feet above water. and has rocks awash near its northern end. The north end (121) Niantic and Crescent Beach are summer resorts of the reef is marked by a buoy. A lighted bell buoy and with railroad communication at the north end and an unlighted buoy are about 0.9 mile southward and about northwest side of the bay. 0.3 mile eastward of the light, respectively. (122) The Niantic Bay Yacht Club basin at Crescent Beach (113) Ageneralanchorageisabout0.8milenortheastward is protected on the south, east, and partially on the north of Bartlett Reef Light. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.147(a) side by a U-shaped breakwater; a private seasonal light (4), and (b), chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) is near the outer end of the breakwater. (114) Twotree Island, small and bare, about 1.4 miles (123) A special anchorage is on the west side of Niantic northwestward of Bartlett Reef Light, is surrounded by Bay off Crescent Beach. (See 33 CFR 110.1and 110.53, shoals. A buoy marks rocks awash that extend off the chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) northern end of the island. (124) Niantic River empties into the northeast end of (115) Twotree Island Channel leads northward of Niantic Bay and is entered through a dredged channel that Bartlett Reef and Twotree Island. With an adverse current leads from the bay, thence through a narrow passage at in the sound, this channel is used to some extent by light the entrance, thence to a point about 300 yards northward tows and sailboats with a leading wind in the daytime, of the entrance to Smith Cove. The channel is marked as the tidal currents turn about 1 hour earlier along the by daybeacons and seasonal buoys. Two bridges cross north shore than in the middle of the sound. About 0.3 the narrow passage at the entrance. The more southerly mile southwestward of Seaside, the tidal currents have is the Amtrak bridge, with a 45-foot bascule span and a velocity of 1.2 knots, and ebb 1.6 knots. Flood sets a clearance of 11 feet; in 2010, a replacement bascule westerly and the ebb easterly. The channel is buoyed, but bridge was under construction just south of the existing strangers are advised to use it with caution and should bridge. The State Route 156 highway bridge, about 0.1 never attempt to beat through. northward, has a bascule span with a clearance of 32 feet. (116) From Goshen Point (41°18.0'N., 72°06.8'W.) (See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.215, chapter westward, there are scattered boulders which extend 2, for drawbridge regulations.) The bridgetender at each offshore as much as 0.2 mile in places. Jordan Cove, bridge monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call signs KGA- 1.5 miles west of Goshen Point, is foul in its northerly 511 and KXR-911, respectively. half, and the southerly part is obstructed by Flat Rock, (125) Strangers attempting to enter Niantic River are bare at low water and marked by a buoy, and High Rock, cautioned to pass through the bridges either at slack water which shows at high water and is marked by a buoy. or against the current. (117) Millstone Point, on the east side at the entrance of (126) Above the head of the dredged channel, small craft Niantic Bay, is occupied by the buildings of the Millstone can navigate for about another 1.5 miles to Golden Nuclear Power Station. A 389-foot red and white stack Spur (East Lyme) with local knowledge. The river from at the station and a radio tower on the point are the most westward of Sandy Point to the stone bulkhead at Golden conspicuous landmarks in the area. A cove with depths Spur is deep and clear; vessels generally follow the west of 2 to 17 feet is on the west side of the point. A rock bank. Pine Grove,Sandy Point, and Saunders Point are with 1 foot over it lies 60 feet off the mouth of the cove. summer resorts on Niantic River. The station maintains channel markers and a range for occasional barge traffic. A dredged area for the power (127) station’s water intakes is 0.2 mile northwest of the cove. Currents (118) (128) The tidal currents through the bridges set fair with Charts 13211, 12372 the channel; the flood velocity is 1.6 knots and the ebb velocity, 0.8 knot. It has been reported that much greater (119) White Rock is an islet on the east side of the velocities may be expected under storm and freshet entrance to Niantic Bay 0.5 mile westward of Millstone conditions. (See Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) Point. Little Rock, two rocks partly bare at low water, is 150 yards east of White Rock. Rocks with a least depth of (129) 8 feet extend 0.25 mile northwest from Millstone Point. A rock, covered 11 feet, is about 300 yards south-southeast Ice of White Rock and is marked by a lighted bell buoy. (130) Ice generally closes the river to navigation for about (120) Niantic Bay, 4.5 miles westward of New London 3 months during the winter. Harbor, is a good anchorage sheltered from easterly, northerly, and westerly winds. It is a harbor of refuge in northerly gales and can be used by small vessels and tows. The general depth of the bay is about 19 feet; the (131) Smith Cove is on the west side of Niantic River about 1.5 miles above the channel entrance. A channel, marked by private daybeacons, leads westward from the river channel into the cove. In 1999, the channel had a reported depth of 5 feet.
280 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 (154) Structures across Connecticut River Clear Width of Clear Height above Draw or Span Mean High Water Name•Description•Type Location Opening (feet) (feet) Information Amtrak Old Saybrook-Old Lyme Bridge (bascule) 41°18'39\"N., 72°20'54\"W. 139 19 Notes 1, 2 and 3 Raymond E. Baldwin/I-95 Bridge (fixed) 41°19'09\"N., 72°20'52\"W. 258 81 Overhead power cable 41°19'12\"N., 72°20'47\"W. 108 State Route 82 Bridge (swing) 41°27'07\"N., 72°27'51\"W. 180 (east draw) 22 Notes 1 and 4 200 (west draw) Overhead power cable 41°27'40\"N., 72°27'58\"W. 105 Overhead power cables 41°30'44\"N., 72°33'24\"W. 101 Overhead power cable 41°33'30\"N., 72°34'38\"W. 65 Overhead power cable 41°33'30\"N., 72°35'46\"W. 111 Conrail Middleton-Portland Bridge (swing) 41°34'00\"N., 72°38'50\"W. 100 25 Note 1 Arrigoni/Sate Route 66 Bridge (fixed) 41°34'09\"N., 72°38'55\"W. 480 89 William H. Putman Memorial Bridge (fixed) 41°42'52\"N., 72°38'26\"W. 300 80 Vertical clearance is over main channel Overhead power cable 41°45'09\"N., 72°39'12\"W. 120 Charter Oak/State Route 15 Bridge (fixed) 41°45'10\"N., 72°39'16\"W. 215 69 Vertical clearance is over main channel Overhead power cable 41°45'12\"N., 72°39'23\"W. 150 Founders Highway Bridge (fixed) 41°45'57\"N., 72°39'55\"W. 155 49 Note 5 Bulkeley/I-84 Bridge (fixed) 41°46'10\"N., 72°39'55\"W. 100 39 Railroad Bridge (fixed) 41°46'37\"N., 72°39'28\"W. 125 28 Note 1 – See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.205 chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations. Note 2 – Bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KT-5414. Note 3 – Vessels requesting openings are cautioned to confirm by radiotelephone that the bascule span is safely raised and stabilized before making passage. Note 4 – Bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KXR-913. Note 5 – When travellers are in use, minimum vertical clearance is 44 feet. (132) area, about 0.1 mile south of Giants Neck; depth over the rock is not known. Small-craft facilities (133) There are several small-craft facilities just above the entrance at Niantic and Waterford, on the west side (139) Hatchett Point has several large dwellings. A reef and east side of Niantic River, respectively, and in Smith extends about 0.2 mile off the southwest side of the point. Cove. (140) Hatchett Reef, 0.6 to 1 mile south-southwestward of Hatchett Point, has a least depth of 5 feet and is marked by buoys. Close to the southeast side of the reef the depths (134) Harbormasters are at Niantic and Waterford. A 6 are greater than 30 feet. A bar extends westward from mph speed limit is enforced on the river. Hatchett Reef to Saybrook Bar. (135) Black Point, on the west side at the entrance to (141) Niantic Bay, is flat with bluffs at the water and is occupied by many summer cottages. Broken ground extends 0.6 Charts 12375, 12377, 12378, 12372 mile south of the southwest side of the point. (142) Connecticut River rises in the extreme northern (136) Strangers entering the bight between Black Point part of New Hampshire, near the Canadian border, and and Hatchet Point should proceed with caution as there flows southerly between the States of Vermont and New is broken ground with several rocks and ledges. An area Hampshire and across Massachusetts and Connecticut to with covered rocks and shallow ledges extends about 0.6 Long Island Sound. It is approximately 375 miles long mile south of Griswold Island. A rock with a least depth and is one of the largest and most important rivers in of 3 feet is at the outer end of this area; buoys mark the New England. The head of commercial navigation is at west side of the rocky area and the south side of the outer Hartford, about 45 miles from the mouth. Waterborne rock. North Brother, in the northwest part of the bight commerce on the river is mostly in petroleum products and South Brother, in the center, are prominent bare and chemicals. rocks. Johns Rock, covered 6 feet, is in 41°17’12”N., 72°14’57”W., about 0.5 mile southwest of South Brother. (143) The river water is fresh at and above Deep River. Each year after the spring freshets, shoals with least (137) depths of 10 feet are found in places on bars in the upper river; dredging to remove such shoals is begun as soon Anchorage as the water subsides. (138) A special anchorage is east of Giants Neck. (See 33 CFR 110.1and 110.54, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) An unmarked rock is within the anchorage
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 281 (144) Between the entrance and Middletown the river Current Tables for times and velocities of currents at a banks are hard and in some places rocky, but between number of locations in Connecticut River.) Middletown and Hartford the river flows through alluvial (159) During the ebb, a strong current runs from the bottom land, where freshets and ice jams may cause Lyme Landing toward the center of the railroad bridge. shoaling. Towboats with vessels in tow should steer for the east pier of the draw and should not swing out for the draw (145) until almost in it, to avoid being set to the west side of the channel. Because of river discharge, the ebb current Channels usually will be considerably stronger than the flood. Ebb (146) A Federal project for Connecticut River provides for current velocities of 1 knot or more have been observed under normal conditions on the bars in Connecticut River a 15-foot jettied entrance channel and 15-foot dredged between Higganum and Hartford; the velocities of the cuts across the bars to Hartford, 45 miles above the flood currents are much less. entrance. (See Notice to Mariners and the latest editions of the charts for controlling depths.) (147) The channel above the jettied entrance channel usually follows the banks on the outside of the curves of (160) Freshets occur principally in the spring, when the the river, except through the dredged cuts across the bars snow is melting, although occasional floods have occurred which are marked by navigational aids. in every month of the year except July and September. At (148) Saybrook Breakwater Light (41°15'48\"N., Hartford the usual rise due to spring freshets is between 72°20'34\"W.), 58 feet above the water, is shown from 16 and 24 feet. The highest freshets are generally of a white conical tower on a brown cylindrical pier on the short duration, but the period during which the river at south end of the west jetty at the entrance to Connecticut Hartford is at the level of 8 feet or more above mean River. A sound signal is at the light. low water averages nearly 2 months of each year. Below Middletown the height of the crest of a freshet decreases (149) rapidly. At the mouth the variation in water level is due to the tides. Anchorages (150) Secure anchorage can be had eastward or (161) Ice closes the river to navigation a part of every winter for wooden hull boats. The duration of closing is northeastward of Lynde Point Light. Farther up anchorage about 2 months. can be selected in the wider parts of the channel. Special anchorage areas have been established along the river as (162) far north as Middletown. (See 33 CFR 110.1, 110.55 and 110.55b, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) Weather, Hartford and vicinity (163) Hartford is well inside the northern temperate (151) climatic zone in a prevailing west to east movement of air Dangers carrying the majority of weather systems into Connecticut (152) Saybrook Outer Bar, which obstructs the mouth of from the west. The average wintertime position of the “Polar Front” boundary between cold dry polar air and the Connecticut River, is shifting, with depths of 2 to 12 warm moist tropical air is just south of New England, feet extending nearly 2 miles off the mouth; it is marked which helps to explain the extensive winter storm activity off its southeastern end by a lighted bell buoy. and the day-to-day variability of local weather. In the (153) In 1976, obstructions were reported in the channel summer, the “Polar Front” has an average position along at the railroad bascule bridge 3 miles above the mouth of the New England-Canada border and Hartford has a the Connecticut River; a least depth of 13 feet is reported warm and pleasant climate. in the channel in area 40 to 50 feet from the east abutment (164) The location of Hartford, relative to the continent of the bridge. Mariners requiring greater depths are and ocean, is also significant. Rapid weather changes advised to avoid this area of the channel during passages. result when storms move northward along the Mid- Atlantic Coast, frequently producing strong and persistent (155) northeast winds associated with storms known locally as “coastals” or “northeasters”. Seasonally, weather Tides characteristics vary from the cold and dry continental- (156) The time of tide becomes later and the range polar air of winter to the warm, maritimes air of summer, the one from Canada, the other from the Gulf of Mexico, diminishes in progressing up the river. High water and Caribbean Sea, or Atlantic Ocean. low water at Hartford occur about 4.5 and 6 hours later, (165) Summer thunderstorms develop in the Berkshire respectively, than at the entrance. Mountains to the west and northwest, and move over the Connecticut Valley and, when accompanied by (157) wind and hail, sometimes cause considerable damage to crops. Thunderstorm days average 20 each year. June, Currents July, and August are the most favored months. During (158) At the entrance the currents have considerable velocity at times and always require careful attention, as the tidal current of the sound often sets directly across the direction of the current setting out or in between jetties. This condition is reported to be especially dangerous during the first 3 hours of ebb tide. (Consult the Tidal
282 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 the winter, rain often falls through cold air trapped in the (173) valley and creates extremely hazardous ice conditions. On clear nights in the late summer or early autumn, cool Pilotage, Connecticut River air drainage into the valley and the moisture from the (174) Pilotage by a state licensed pilot is compulsory in Connecticut River produce steam and/or ground fog which becomes quite dense throughout the valley and Long Island Sound for foreign flag vessels and U.S. temporarily hampers transportation. An average 162 days vessels which are under register (i.e. engaged in foreign each year report fog. trade). Such vessels can arrange for a state licensed pilot (166) The average annual temperature for Hartford is by contacting the joint rotation administrator, Block 50°F (10°C). The warmest month is July with an average Island Pilots at 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840; temperature of 74°F (23.3°C) and the coolest is January telephone 401–847–9050 (24 hours), 800–274–1216; with an average temperature of 26°F (-3.3°C). The Fax 401–847–9052. Enrolled vessels (i.e. U.S. vessels warmest temperature on record is 102°F (38.9°C) recorded engaged in coastwise trade) see Pilotage, Long Island in July 1966 and the coolest temperature on record is Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8. -26°F (-3.3°C) recorded in January 1961. Each month, (175) Pilot services are arranged in advance through ships’ except June, July, and August has recorded temperatures agents or directly by shipping companies. A 24-hour below freezing. Each month, June through September, advance notice is requested. has recorded temperatures in excess of 100°F (37.8°C). (176) Hartford is a customs port of entry. An average of 18 days each year records temperatures in excess of 90°F (32.2°C) and an average of 134 days (177) each year has a temperature of 32°F (0°C) or cooler. An average of eleven days each year has temperatures of 5°F Wharves (-15°C) or lower. (178) The Connecticut River has more than 20 commercial (167) The average annual precipitation for Hartford is 44.20 inches (1123 mm). Precipitation is fairly uniform piers and wharves, most of which handle petroleum with the difference between the wettest and driest month products from barges or coastal tankers. Most of the being less than one inch (25.4 mm). The wettest month facilities below Rocky Hill, about 34 miles above is November, averaging 4.07 inches (104 mm) and the Saybrook Point, are marginal-type wharves, while those driest month is February averaging 3.13 inches (80 mm). above Rocky Hill are finger-type piers with breasting Average snowfall, on an annual basis, totals 44 inches dolphins. Depths of 11 to 15 feet are reported alongside (1118). February 1961 holds the record of the greatest these facilities. snowfall in a 24-hour period with 14.3 inches (363 mm). (168) The National Weather Service office is at Bradley (179) International Airport, northwest of Hartford. (See Appendix B for Hartford climatological table.) Supplies and repairs (180) Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, and marine supplies are available at the principal towns and landings along the Connecticut River. Boatyards along the river can make engine, hull, and electronic repairs. (181) Charts 12375, 12372 (169) (182) Old Saybrook is a village on the west side of Connecticut River, about 1.4 miles northward of Saybrook Routes Breakwater Light. There are several small-craft facilities (170) To enter Connecticut River from eastward, pass along the west side of the river from Saybrook Point to Ferry Point, about 2 miles to the northward. southward of Hatchett Reef and Saybrook Bar, until Saybrook Breakwater Light bears 315°. Steer for (183) A “Slow no-wake” speed limit is enforced at Old Saybrook Breakwater Light on this course through the Saybrook between the railroad bridge and Buoy 20, 0.25 buoyed opening between the south end of Saybrook Bar mile above the Raymond E. Baldwin/I-95 Bridge. and the east end of Long Sand Shoal to the entrance channel between the jetties. (184) North Cove, a dredged small-boat basin that affords (171) To enter from westward, pass 1 mile southward of excellent anchorage, is entered through a dredged channel Falkner Island Light on course 076°. This will lead about that leads westward from the main channel about 0.4 mile 0.4 mile northward of the lighted bell buoy on the western northward of Saybrook Point. The entrance channel is end of Long Sand Shoal and about 0.2 mile southward marked by private buoys. Special anchorage areas are just of the lighted bell buoy southward of Cornfield Point. south of the entrance and in North Cove. (See 33 CFR Then steer about 067°, with Saybrook Breakwater Light 110.1 and 110.55b, Chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) a little on the port bow to the entrance channel between the jetties. (185) From Saybrook Point to Hartford local knowledge is (172) Boating regulations for waters within the State of required to carry the best water. Small craft should have Connecticut can be found at ct.gov/deep/site/default.asp. no difficulty in following the channel. (186) Lieutenant River, leading to Old Lyme, enters the east side of Connecticut River about 1.4 miles northward of Saybrook Point. Pipe stakes mark the south side of the channel across the bar at the entrance. A midchannel
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 283 depth of about 3 feet can be carried over the bar to about gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, pump- 0.2 mile above the second bridge. A railroad bridge with out facilities, storage, and full repairs. The marina just a 33-foot fixed span and a clearance of 11 feet crosses north of the entrance to Middle Cove has an approach the river 0.4 mile above the entrance. An overhead power depth of 8 feet and an alongside depth of 11 feet. cable with a reported clearance of about 10 feet is on the north side of the bridge. About 0.3 mile above that (194) bridge is a highway bridge with a 24-foot fixed span and a clearance of 6 feet. A harbormaster is at Old Lyme. Anchorages (187) The passage to the east and north of Calves (195) Special anchorages are at Essex. (See 33 CFR Island, about 1 mile above the railroad bridge crossing Connecticut River, is used extensively for mooring small 110.1and 110.55, Chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) craft in the summer. This passage is subject to shoaling, particularly on the north side of Calves Island; caution is advised. A small-craft facility is on the east side of the passage just above the entrance. Berths, electricity, water, (196) Hamburg Cove and Eightmile River, which ice, marine supplies, storage facilities, a 25-ton lift, and empties into the north end of the cove, indent the east side some repairs are available. In 2002, depths of 18 feet were of Connecticut River, 6 miles above Saybrook Point. A reported at the facility. A special anchorage area is west dredged channel leads from Connecticut River to a turning of Calves Island and the dredged channel across Calves basin at Hamburg, a village at the head of navigation. Island Bar. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.55b, Chapter 2 There are boulders in places outside the dredged channel for limits and regulations.) and the entrance channel is outlined by grassy flats on (188) Lord Cove has its entrance about 300 yards each side. Buoys mark the entrance and private seasonal northward of Calves Island. In 1981, a depth of 3½ buoys and daybeacons mark the remainder of the channel feet was available through the unmarked entrance. The to Hamburg. The center of the turning basin has piles used marshlands surrounding Lord Cove and the other coves for moorings. between Essex and the river mouth at Saybrook are frequented by duck hunters in October and November. (197) Because of danger of gunfire, mariners are cautioned not to stray too close to the numerous duck blinds that exist Small-craft facility in this area. (198) Asmall-craft facility, on the east side of the basin, has (189) The dredged section of the main channel in Connecticut River westward of Calves Island has sewage pump-out, water, ice, and some marine supplies. numerous obstructions and sunken rocks close to its A 35-ton travel lift is available for hull and engine repairs. edges; mariners are advised to exercise caution and to avoid the edges of the channel. (199) (190) Haydens Point, about 4.6 miles above Saybrook Point, is marked by a light. Foul ground is between the Charts 12377, 12378 light and the shore. (191) Essex, a town on the west bank about 5 miles above (200) Eustasia Island, 8.5 miles above Saybrook Point, Saybrook Point, is the scene of considerable small-boat divides the Connecticut River into two channels. A light activity. Depths alongside the town landing are about 6 off the southeast end of the island marks the junction of feet. Essex Cove is the area off the main river channel the two channels. The eastern channel crossing Potash skirting the waterfront at Essex. A dredged channel, Bar through a dredged cut is better marked and easier marked by private buoys, leads from the main channel to follow. The western channel leads to Pratt Creek, through the cove, and thence rejoins the main channel to westward of the southerly end of Eustasia Island, and to the northward. In 2007, the controlling depth was 5.5 feet the landing at Deep River and thence crosses Chester in the buoyed channel. A 5 mph speed limit is enforced. Creek Bar through a swash channel to Chester Creek. A privately marked small-boat channel leads westward A sand shoal and a rocky reef, both bare at low water, are from the dredged buoyed channel in Essex Cove to a north of Eustasia Island, between the main channel east yacht basin in Middle Cove, northward of Thatchbed of the island and Chester Creek. Island. In 2008, the small-boat channel had a reported midchannel controlling depth of 4½ feet to the marina at (201) A rock, covered 3 feet, is on the south side of the the north end of the cove. entrance to Chester Creek in about 41°24'24.1\"N., 72°25'46.6\"W. (192) (202) The Chester-Hadlyme vehicular ferry crosses the Small-craft facilities river near Fort Hill, 2 miles above Eustasia Island. The (193) There are several small-craft facilities at Essex. ferry operates from April through November. The facilities provide berths and mooring, electricity, (203) Small-craft facilities (204) There are several small-craft facilities on Pratt Creek and Chester Creek. Berths and moorings, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, ice, marine supplies, a pump-out, storage and a launching ramp are available in the area. Lifts to 55 tons are available for complete hull, engine, and electronic repairs.
284 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 (205) (219) About 0.5 mile westward of Bodkin Rock, a dredged section of the channel leads along the southerly shore of Anchorages Connecticut River and southward of Mouse Island Bar. (206) Special anchorages are off Chester Creek and (220) 2 miles up river at Lord Island and Eddy Rock Shoal. (See 33 CFR 110.1and110.55, Chapter 2, for limits and Anchorages regulations.) (221) Special anchorages are along the north and east sides of the river, between Bodkin Rock and Portland. (See 33 CFR 110.1and 110.55(f) and (g), chapter 2, for (207) On the east side of the river, the turret of the opera limits and regulations.) house at East Haddam, 13.3 miles above Saybrook Point, is prominent. A marina is on the west side of the (222) river just above the swing bridge between East Haddam and Tylerville. Limited guest berths, limited marine Caution supplies, electricity, water, and ice are available. In 1990, (223) Caution is recommended when rounding the point on a reported depth of 5 feet was available in the marina basin. the south side of the river, about 1.5 miles above Bodkin Rock, to avoid a submerged crib that extends northward (208) The shoal off the west side of the river, just north of from the point. East Haddam, is reported to be increasing. (209) Salmon Cove, on the east side of the river, 1 mile above East Haddam, is reported to be navigable only by (224) Portland, 26.3 miles above Saybrook Point, has small craft at high tide. The entrance to the cove is subject several boatyards with marine railways; the largest to shoaling. Considerable grass in the channel and cove railway can handle craft to 60 feet for engine and hull makes boat operation difficult. repairs. Gasoline, water, berths with electricity, ice, storage facilities, marine supplies, a pump-out station, (210) Overhead power cables with a least clearance of 86 launching ramps, and lifts to 50 tons are available at feet cross the cove about 1.2 miles above the mouth. Portland. In 1990, depths of 7 to 9 feet were reported available. (211) (225) Berthing and water are available at Harbor Park in Small-craft facility Middletown, across the river from Portland. Depths of (212) A small-craft facility is on the west side of the river 18 feet are reported to be available along the wharves. about 1.1 miles above East Haddam. Berths, electricity, (226) Two small-craft facilities are on the east side of the water, ice, a 10-ton mobile hoist, and a launching ramp river at Gildersleeve, about 2.5 miles above Portland. are available; hull and engine repairs can be made. In Gasoline, diesel fuel, berths with electricity, water, ice, 1990, a depth of 6 feet was reported at the facility. storage facilities, marine supplies, a launching ramp, and 15- and 35-ton lifts are available, and hull and engine repairs can be made. (213) Haddam Island divides the Connecticut River (227) FromBelamose,6.5milesabovePortland,northward about 3.2 miles above East Haddam. The main river to Hartford, the land is much lower, and the Connecticut channel leads eastward of the island through a dredged River narrows, its curves become more pronounced, and cut known as Haddam Island Bar Channel. A pinnacle both of its shores have numerous wood-stake-and-rock rock, covered 13 feet, is in the approach to Haddam Island groins. Bar Channel in 41°29'31\"N., 72°30'49\"W. (228) A marina on the east side of the river opposite (214) The passage westward of Haddam Island is closed Belamose has gasoline, berths, electricity, water, ice, by a bare sand shoal lying between the island’s southerly marine supplies, and a 15-ton lift; engine and hull repairs tip and the westerly shore of the river. can be made. In 1983, the privately marked channel into the marina basin had a reported controlling depth of 7 (215) The shoal off the east side of the river opposite feet. Higganum Creek, 5.5 miles above East Haddam, is extending westward. (229) At Rocky Hill, 1 mile above Belamose, a seasonal vehicular ferry crosses the river to South Glastonbury. A (216) A rock breakwater extends southward from the east small-craft launching ramp is just above the ferry landing. side of the river, 1 mile above Higganum Creek. In 1969, the shoal, about 200 yards southward of the breakwater, (230) The cove at Crow Point, on the west side of the was found to be extending southward. river about 5.7 miles above Belamose, is used to obtain land fill. Dredging in the cove is uneven, but the bottom (217) A boatyard is on the north side of the river at Cobalt, is soft ooze. In 1981, it was reported that the entrance about 3.5 miles above Higganum Creek. Storage facilities had shoaled to bare and could be used only by small and a 15-ton hoist are available. In 1990, a reported depth outboards. of 7 feet could be carried to the facility. (231) A rock, covered 5 feet, is on the south side of the (218) After passing through the channel in Paper Rock dredged channel about 0.8 mile above Crow Point in Shoal, 9.7 miles above East Haddam, favor the south side about 41°42'43.0\"N., 72°37'46.5\"W.; and a shoal that of the river to about 300 yards southeastward of Bodkin Rock, then cross to the north side and pass it close-to.
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 285 bares is in 41°43'11\"N., 72°38'52\"W., on the west side (239) A ridge with depths of 29 to 30 feet is near the middle of Connecticut River, about 1.9 miles above Crow Point. of Long Island Sound southward of Sixmile Reef and 5 (232) Wethersfield Cove, on the west side of the river 14 miles north-northwestward of Horton Point Light. The miles above Portland, is entered through a narrow dredged ridge is marked by a lighted whistle buoy on the east side. channel that leads to a dredged anchorage basin about 0.3 mile above the entrance. (See Notice to Mariners and (240) the latest editions of the charts for controlling depths.) The channel is marked by daybeacons. The Interstate 91 Charts 12375, 12372 highway bridge over the entrance has a fixed span with a clearance of 38 feet. The speed limit in the channel (241) Cornfield Point, 2 miles westward of Saybrook and cove is 5 knots. Ice, transient berthing, and some Breakwater Light, is marked by a large red-roofed stone supplies can be obtained at the yacht club on the south building. Rocky shoals and foul ground extend 0.5 mile side of the cove. A town marina is on the east side of the south and 1.9 miles. Cornfield Point Shoal, a small cove; a launching ramp is available at the facility. The rocky patch covered 3 feet, is about 0.4 mile south of the Wethersfield harbormaster can be contacted through the point. Westward of this shoal are Hen and Chickens, local police department or town hall. bare in spots at low water, and Crane Reef, an area of (233) The only remaining commercial docks at Hartford broken ground with a least depth of 3 feet; these dangers are the bulk fuel handling facility of the Hartford Electric are buoyed. About 0.5 mile west of the point is Halftide Light Company’s powerplant on the west side of the river, Rock, surrounded by foul ground. about 0.2 mile below the Charter Oak Bridge, and the Hartford Gas Company’s barge unloading facilities on (242) the west side of the river, about 0.5 mile above the Charter Oak Bridge. A public facility with floating docks is on Charts 12374, 12372 the west side of the river just below the Founders Bridge. A flood control dike is along the west side of the river (243) Westbrook Harbor is the western part of the open from just north of the Charter Oak Bridge to the Bulkeley bight between Cornfield Point and Menunketesuck Bridge. Island. It has many unmarked submerged rocks and is (234) Connecticut River above Hartford is practically seldom used as an anchorage; the anchorage in Duck unimproved, but is navigable about 30 miles to Holyoke Island Roads is better. The bight is characterized by for boats not exceeding 3-foot draft, when the river is not boulders. low. The channel is constantly shifting. (244) Westbrook, a town on the north side of Westbrook (235) Harbor, is marked on its east side by an elevated tank. A harbormaster is at Westbrook and can be contacted Chart 12354 through the town hall. (236) Long Sand Shoal extends 6 miles westward from (245) Menunketesuck Island is the outermost of several off the entrance of Connecticut River and has a greatest low narrow islands connected to the mainland at low water width of nearly 0.3 mile; the shoal is constantly shifting. on the west side of Westbrook Harbor. It has boulders at The general depths on the shoal are 4 to 15 feet; bottom the south end. A boulder reef extends nearly 0.5 mile is hard and lumpy. Shoaling is abrupt on both sides, but south-southeastward from the point to the 18-foot curve. especially on the south side, where the 30-foot curve is Tide rips frequently occur on this reef. A private seasonal only 100 yards from it in places. The shoal is marked at buoy is about 0.3 mile southeastward of Menunketesuck its eastern end by a buoy, and on the south side and west Island. end by a lighted buoy and gong buoy, respectively. (246) Between Menunketesuck Island and Hammonasset (237) At the western end of Long Sand Shoal and 1 mile Point, about 4 miles westward, broken ground extends southward is an area about 0.6 mile long with rocky and about 1.5 miles offshore. A boulder reef extends 0.5 mile broken bottom, and with a least found depth of 21 feet. southward from Duck Island to the 18-foot curve and is marked by a buoy. A rock with 1 foot over it is on this (238) Sixmile Reef, about 3 miles southwestward of Long reef about 300 yards south of Duck Island. Tide rips have Sand Shoal, is an area of migrating sandwaves about 2.5 been reported to extend from the vicinity of these rocks miles long in a west-northwesterly direction with depths to the buoy. During strong flood currents and a southwest of 22 to 32 feet. Shoaling is abrupt in places. A lighted wind, tide rips extend from the shoal water southwest of buoy is off the southerly edge of this reef. With extreme Duck Island to the vicinity of Southwest Reef over 1 low tides, due to northerly and westerly winds, this shoal mile southwestward. Caution is advised when navigating may be dangerous to vessels with 15-foot draft. Tide rips small boats in this vicinity during these conditions. occur on the reef whenever the direction of the tidal currents is opposed to that of the wind. This is especially (247) Duck Island Roads, between Menunketesuck true during spring tides and a southwest wind. Island and Kelsey Point, is a harbor of refuge protected by breakwaters 1,100 feet northward and nearly 0.5 mile westward from Duck Island, with the added protection of Kelsey Point Breakwater on Stone Island Reef. A prominent landmark on Duck Island is a stone chimney.
286 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 Both breakwaters extending from Duck Island are marked be marked by seasonal private aids; local knowledge is by lights. advised. (248) The dredged anchorage enclosed by the breakwaters (256) A 6 mph speed limit is enforced on both rivers. extending northward and westward from Duck Island is (257) Kelsey Point Breakwater extends south- subject to shoaling. General depths of 3 to 8 feet are in southeastward from Stone Island and is marked by a light the protected area, and 4 to 16 feet in the western end. on the outer end.The rocky, broken ground southwestward In addition to the area inside the breakwaters, a small of the light has a least depth of 16 feet; the outer shoal area northward and northeastward of Duck Island is marked by a buoy. Tide rips occur frequently between North Breakwater Light can be used as an anchorage in the end of the breakwater and the buoy. Stone Island, at southwesterly weather. the north end of the breakwater, is mostly covered at high (249) The western entrance of Duck Island Roads is easy water. There are several rocks of unknown depth between of access and should be used by vessels with greater draft Stone Island and Kelsey Point. Anchoring should be than 8 feet. avoided in the area surrounding the breakwater as the bottom is broken and rocky. (250) (258) The bight at the entrance of Clinton Harbor and westward of Kelsey Point Breakwater affords anchorage, Routes but is exposed to southeasterly and southwesterly winds. (251) Pass southward of Duck Island and keep the light on (259) Clinton Harbor, the bight westward of Kelsey Point Breakwater, is the entrance to Hammonasset River, the end of Kelsey Point Breakwater bearing northward of a stream used chiefly by fishing and recreational craft. 264° until Duck Island West Breakwater Light 2DI bears Wheeler Rock, awash at low water, is just outside the bar 010°, then steer northward. Approaching from westward, and is marked by a lighted buoy. A dredged channel leads the main dangers are the a 17-foot and 16-foot spot, north, around Cedar Island to the town dock at Clinton. south-southwestward of Kelsey Point Breakwater Light; The channel is marked by buoys to Cedar Island and the 16-foot spot is marked by a buoy. thence by seasonal private buoys to the anchorage basin at (252) The eastern entrance of Duck Island Roads is Clinton. Buoys are shifted often due to changing channel obstructed by a sand shoal with a least depth of 8 feet conditions. Local knowledge is advised. From opposite about 0.3 mile eastward of Duck Island, and by boulder the basin to the upstream limit of the Federal project, the reefs which extend about 0.2 mile off the western side of southwest and south side of the channel is obstructed by Menunketesuck Island. This entrance is easy of access a series of pilings. Boats may be moored between the for vessels drawing up to 8 feet. pilings; caution is advised. Above the dredged channel, (253) Anchorage, bottom generally sticky, can be had the midchannel controlling depth is about 2 feet in the between the Duck Island West Breakwater Light 2DI and Hammonasset River to the overhead pipeline and bridge the 17-foot rocky patches southeastward of Kelsey Point. crossing about 2 miles above Clinton. Private daybeacons This anchorage is exposed to winds southward of east and mark this section of the channel. west. (260) Several boatyards and marinas are in the harbor. Mooring facilities are available by arrangement with the town dockmaster who can be contacted through the town hall or police department. A 6 mph speed limit is (254) Patchogue River, used chiefly by fishing and enforced in the harbor. The town maintains a fireboat at recreational craft, empties into Duck Island Roads just Clinton Harbor. The vessel can be contacted through the west of Menunketesuck Island.AFederal project provides Clinton Police Department or the Coast Guard. for a depth of 8 feet from deep water in Duck Island Roads (261) Northeastward of Cedar Island in Clinton Harbor to about 40 yards below the first fixed highway bridge, are two narrow crooked channels close together, with about 0.6 mile above the mouth; an anchorage basin is depths of about 1 foot. The eastern one is usually marked adjacent to the east channel limit between buoys 8 and by bush stakes; it leads to a marina and boatyard just 10. The approach channel is marked by buoys, and the inside the mouth of Hammock River. The western river channel is marked by private aids. A light is on the channel, marked by a private range, leads to a boatyard outer end of the breakwater on the west side of the river on Indian River. mouth. Several small-craft facilities are on the river. (262) Hammonasset Point, on the southwest side of Clinton Harbor, is a low marshy area with many wooded knolls. The end of the point is a rocky knoll. Hammonasset State Park is marked by a conspicuous (255) Menunketesuck River, sharing the same entrance flagstaff and the buildings at the recreational center. In the channel as Patchogue River, is a shallow stream summer it is an active resort. Broken ground with rocky westward of Patchogue River. A shoal was reported irregular bottom and least depths of 10 to 11 feet extends extending south from shore at the junction of Patchogue 0.5 mile southward of Hammonasset Point. A reef, with a and Menunketesuck Rivers; caution is advised. The least depth of 3 feet and a groin on its inner part, extends junction is marked by a private seasonal buoy. Small- craft facilities on the river can provide berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage, marine supplies, a pump-out station, and engine, hull and electronic repairs; a 12-ton mobile hoist and an 80-ton lift are available. The privately maintained channel in the river is reported to
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 287 0.4 mile southwestward from the point and is marked The dredged channel leads northward through the harbor by a buoy, northeastward of which tide rips frequently and eastward of Guilford Point to a junction with Sluice occur. When rounding the point, vessels should not pass Creek and East River, about 0.6 mile above the channel between the buoy and Hammonasset Point. West Rock entrance. At the junction, the dredged channel leads is the outermost of the bare rocks which extend a short northwesterly into Sluice Creek for about 0.1 mile and distance off the east end of Hammonasset Point. northeasterly into East River for about 0.4 mile to an (263) Madison Reef, over 2 miles westward of anchorage basin. A lighted buoy marks the entrance to Hammonasset Point, extends over a mile east and west. the channel and unlighted buoys mark the channel to the This reef consists of several rocky patches with depths junction. of 4 to 17 feet, with deeper water between them. Charles (271) At high water and with local knowledge, small boats Reef, with a least depth of 7 feet, is about 0.5 mile can go above the anchorage basin in East River to the southwest of Madison Reef and marked by a buoy. fixed railway bridge, about 1.3 miles above the basin. A (264) Kimberly Reef, about 1.9 miles southward of town marina, just above the entrance to Sluice Creek, has Charles Reef, is an area of broken ground with a least berths with electricity, water, ice and a launching ramp. depth of 12 feet. Rocks with a least depth of 20 feet, In 1993, depths of 1½ to 6 feet were reported alongside marked by a lighted bell buoy, are about 0.2 mile south the marina. of the shoal. A bank with depths of 14 to 28 feet extends (272) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. about 1.5 miles west of Kimberly Reef to Falkner Island. (273) West River empties into the western side of Guilford (265) Vessels of 10-foot draft can anchor northward of Harbor 0.2 mile westward of Guilford Point. The entrance Madison Reef, but should proceed with caution to avoid channel is marked by buoys and a 321.3° lighted range. the rocky patches at lesser depths. (274) There are two boatyards with several marinas and (266) Tuxis Island, northward of Madison Reef and 0.2 marine railways on West River. The largest marine railway mile south of Middle Beach, is high and rocky. Between can handle craft up to 40 feet; berths with electricity, the island and the shore the water is shallow and the water, ice, gasoline, diesel fuel, limited supplies, a 12- ground foul. Rocks awash are 200 to 600 yards eastward ton mobile crane, a 25-ton lift, and complete engine and of the island, and an islet is 100 yards westward of the hull repairs are available. island. A steel bulkhead in ruins, the top of which is awash (275) Falkner Island and Goose Islands, with Stony at high water, extends from shore to Gull Rock, a high Island to the southward, are about 3 miles south of bare ledge about 300 yards east-northeastward of Tuxis Guilford Harbor. Each is surrounded by reefs and rocks Island. that bare at low water. A depth of about 16 feet can be (267) Madison, a town on the railroad, has one landing carried between Goose Islands and Falkner Island by which bares alongside at low water and is in disrepair. A staying in the middle of the passage and avoiding the few small craft moor in the cove on its north side. Rocks, 8-foot and 11-foot spots, about 0.35 mile 244° and 0.4 mile bare at low water, are 100 yards eastward of the landing. 300° from the light on Falkner Island, respectively, and A beach club building, with a small stone landing, is the shoals and reefs extending from the islands. Falkner northward of Tuxis Island. A church with a prominent Island Light (41°12'43\"N., 72°39'13\"W.), 94 feet above tower and gilded dome is 0.8 mile northward of Tuxis the water, is shown from a 46-foot white octagonal tower Island. near the center of Falkner Island. A lighted gong buoy marks the shoal off the northern end of Falkner Island, (268) and a lighted bell buoy is off the southern end of Stony Island. Charts 12373, 12372 (276) From Indian Reef westward are rocky shoals and islets extending from 0.2 to 0.7 mile off Vineyard Point (269) Guilford Harbor, a bight 5.5 miles westward of and Sachem Head.Chimney Corner Reef, about 0.3 Hammonasset Point, is used only by small craft. East mile south of Sachem Head and marked by a buoy, is River and Sluice Creek empty into Guilford Harbor from a rocky broken area on which the least depth is 9 feet. the northward. The approach to the harbor is obstructed Westward of it are Goose Rocks Shoals, on which are by rocks and foul ground. The outermost dangers are Goose Rocks, the northerly of which is bare and the Half Acre Rock (41°15'17\"N., 72°39'10\"W.), Outer southerly one covered at high water. The outer limit of White Top (41°15'03\"N., 72°40'00\"W.) and Indian Goose Rocks Shoals is marked by a lighted bell buoy. To Reef (41°14'52\"N., 72°40'21\"W.) extending about 1 ensure clearing the westerly end of Goose Rocks Shoals, mile southwestward of Outer White Top. Indian Reef care must be taken not to round the buoy too closely. is marked on its south side by buoys. Stakes and fish (277) Sachem Head Harbor, an anchorage for small craft traps may exist northward of Riding Rock (41°15'32\"N., on the southwest side of Sachem Head, is 0.3 mile long 72°39'52\"W.) and 0.1 mile wide, and has depths of 3 to 8 feet at the floats and in the moorings; it is sheltered except from (270) The approach channel to Guilford Harbor, marked westerly winds. The island forming the south point at the by buoys, leads along the southeasterly side of Indian entrance is connected with the shore by a bridge. A yacht Reef, thence westward of Half Acre Rock to a dredged channel about 0.5 mile northwestward of Half Acre Rock.
288 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 clubhouse is on the island. From the north point of the more open water westward of The Thimbles; it is good island a breakwater extends 100 yards in a northwesterly for about 13 feet. direction; a rock awash, marked by a private seasonal (286) Stony Creek, a village on the railroad, extends light, is off the end of the breakwater. A rock covered at southward to Flying Point (41°15.5'N., 72°45.1'W.). A half tide is 50 yards off the southeast side of the harbor, dredged channel west of Flying Point leads north to a about 350 yards eastward of the end of the breakwater. turning basin at Stony Creek. The channel is marked by (278) The approach to Sachem Head Harbor for small craft buoys. Rocks were reported in the northwest corner of from eastward is along the south side of the rocks making the basin. Gasoline, marine supplies, inside storage, and off from the south side of Sachem Head. Approaching a small-craft launching ramp are available at marinas eastward of Goose Rocks, give the rocks a berth of over eastward of the turning basin; small craft can be hauled 300 yards. The approach from westward is clear between out on a flatbed trailer for hull and engine repairs. The Goose Rocks and Leetes Rocks. village dock is on the southeast side of the turning basin. (279) Uncas Point, the western extremity of Sachem (287) Between the rocks westward of Rogers Island and Head, is marked by a rocky islet on its west side and Blackstone Rocks, a privately dredged channel, about a privately maintained seasonal light. Just northward of 0.9 mile westward of Flying Point, leads northeastward the islet a stone jetty with a bulkhead on its north side to a quarry wharf on the west side of a dredged basin. In extends about 100 yards in a northwesterly direction from 1995, the reported controlling depths were 14 feet from the shore. Vessels can anchor in the angle near the shore the channel entrance to the basin, thence a depth of 14 where the depth is about 4½ feet. feet was available in the basin except for lesser depths (280) Joshua Cove, northwestward of Sachem Head, is along the north and west edges. The entrance channel is little used, but affords good anchorage in its entrance for marked by a private 028° range consisting of a front and small vessels in northerly or easterly winds in 6 to 10 feet, middle light and a rear daybeacon. soft bottom. The approach from southwestward is clear (288) Thimble Island Harbor, in the western part of The between Goose Rocks and Leetes Rocks. Thimbles, affords good shelter for small craft between (281) Leetes Rocks, midway between Sachem Head Pot Island and Money Island on the east and High and the north end of The Thimbles, are two rocks bare Island and West Crib on the west. Although open at low water, with an area of broken ground around southwestward, the sea from that direction loses much them. A 9-foot spot is about 200 yards southward of the of its force before reaching the inner harbor. A rock with southerly rock, and a 3-foot spot is 0.3 mile northeast of 3 feet over it and marked by a buoy is 80 yards off the the southerly rock. east side of High Island, just above its south end. Vessels (282) Leetes Island Quarry is a prominent feature on the sometimes anchor near midchannel, between this rock south side of Hoadley Point; on the north side of the cove and the north end of Pot Island in depths of 13 to 18 feet, eastward of the point are the ruins of an old dock. soft bottom, but care should be taken to avoid the cables (283) The Thimbles, about 1.6 miles west of Sachem in the area. The harbor is easy of access between Outer Head, comprise many islands, islets, and rocks that bare. Island and Inner Reef. All of the area, extending over 2 miles from Hoadley (289) Pine Orchard, about 3 miles westward of Sachem Point southwestward to East Reef, is foul with rocky Head, is a summer resort extending northward and bottom and many shoals. To lesser extent, the area from westward of Brown Point. A breakwater extending about East Reef for 2 miles westward and northwestward to 300 yards southeastward from Brown Point protects a Branford Harbor entrance is dotted with islets and rocks. yacht basin entered through a privately dredged channel The whole area is suitable only for small pleasure craft, that leads from southward of St. Helena Island north- which are very active here in summer. Many oyster stakes northwestward to the basin. In 1994, the entrance channel are encountered; these do not mark channels and caution and basin had reported depths of 5 feet.The basin approach should be used to avoid fouling them. Caution also is northward of St. Helena Island has depths of 3 to 5 feet. advised to avoid fouling the pipelines and cables in the Gasoline, diesel fuel, ice, and water may be obtained at area. the yacht club landing. (284) The outermost of The Thimbles proper is Outer (290) From Brown Point to Branford Harbor, 2.5 miles Island, marked by a house chimney. A boat landing westward, bare rocks and shoals extend up to about 2 protected by a stone jetty is on the northeast side of this miles offshore. A seawall extends westward from Brown island, and an unmarked rock, bare at lowest tides, is 200 Point, and the shore is thickly settled. A rock bare at half yards eastward. The reefs southwestward of Outer Island, tide is 600 yards westward of Brown Point and 300 yards to and including East Reef and Browns Reef, are buoyed. from shore. (285) From eastward a buoyed channel leads through The (291) Rocks bare at low water are eastward of Haycock Thimbles. The channel passes between Wayland Island Point, and rocks that bare at half tide are off the southeast and a buoy marking the foul area southward of Cat Island. side and southwest end of Green Island. The foul ground The channel extends between Davis Island and Dogfish extends about 0.6 mile south-southwestward from Island, thence north of East Crib and West Crib into the Haycock Point, including Foot Rocks which are partly above water.
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 289 (292) Branford Reef, about 1.8 miles southward of Indian bell buoy marking Cow and Calf, thence westward of the Neck and 5 miles eastward of New Haven entrance, is buoys marking Blyn Rock and Bird Rock to the buoyed marked by a light. This reef is surrounded by shoal water channel in the harbor. for a distance of 150 to 450 yards from the light. (301) Local craft pass northwestward of Cow and Calf Shoal and midway between Johnson Point and Blyn (293) Deep water is between Branford Reef and Negro Rock. Heads, a reef bare in one place at low water about 0.9 mile northward. Shoreward of Negro Heads are Spectacle Island, Sumac Island, and Clam Island, together with numerous rocks bare and covered. (302) Branford River, narrow and crooked, extends northeasterly from Branford Harbor. At low water the (294) A private boat landing is on the northwest side of channel aboveBranford Pointis defined by bare shoals Clam Island. Small craft can enter Maltby Cove between on each side. During the summer numerous stakes used the bare rocks off the southwest end of Clam Island and as moorings mark both sides of the channel. A privately Jeffrey Rock, favoring the northwest side of Clam dredged channel and basin at a marina 0.5 mile east of Island. Private markers are sometimes at the entrance. Branford Point had reported depths of 9 feet in 1999. The northwest side of the cove is foul, the principal danger being a rock bare at low water near the middle, (303) The principal waterborne commerce at Branford northwestward of Clam Island; the rock is sometimes is in petroleum products. There are several marinas and marked by a seasonal private spindle. boatyards on the river. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12372 for services and supplies (295) Jeffrey Point, the eastern point at the entrance of available.) Branford Harbor, has a bare rock close to its western end. (304) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced on the river. (296) Branford Harbor is a shallow cove between (305) The harbormaster at Branford controls all moorings Jeffrey Point and Johnson Point. Vessels up to 10-foot draft can select anchorage in the harbor southward of and anchoring; he can be contacted through the small- the Mermaids in 10 to 14 feet, protected against all but craft facilities. southerly and southwesterly winds. Boats up to 5-foot (306) Johnson Point is the western entrance point to draft can select a well-sheltered anchorage in the upper Branford Harbor; a rock covered 2 feet is about 100 yards part of the harbor above the Mermaids. The harbor is used off its south side. A small privately dredged basin on the chiefly for recreational boating and by the small local southwest side of the point is well protected in all but lobster fishing fleet. southerly winds. In 1971, it was reported that 4 feet could be carried to and in the basin. (297) The dangers in the approach and entrance to (307) Gull Rocks, about 0.3 mile westward of Johnson Branford Harbor either show above water or are marked Point, consist of small islets and submerged rocks that by buoys. Cow and Calf, 1.3 miles southwestward of extend about 0.5 mile southwestward from shore on the Jeffrey Point, are two boulders close together bare at low easterly side of the entrance to a large cove. A rock, bare water. Boulders, reported covered 10 feet, are about 0.2 at half tide, is in the northwestern part of the cove about mile northward of Cow and Calf. Five Foot Rock, 0.5 350 yards southward of Short Beach. The northwest end mile northeastward of Cow and Calf, has 5 feet over it. of the cove has a yacht club landing with a reported depth Taunton Rock, 0.9 mile northeastward of Cow and Calf of 2 feet alongside. near the middle of the entrance to Branford Harbor, is (308) Farm River Gut, a small bight on the west side large but low and bare. Blyn Rock, midway between of the cove, is a good anchorage for small craft. Depths Johnson Point and Taunton Rock, is covered at extreme range from 4 to 5 feet in the eastern part of the gut with high tide. Bird Rock, 0.2 mile northward of Blyn Rock, shoaling to bare in the northern and western parts. Two has 5 feet over it. rocks awash are on the north side of the gut about 125 yards inside the entrance. The gut offers good protection (298) Little Mermaid, showing a little above high water, from all but easterly winds, mud bottom.Amarine railway and Big Mermaid, a high rock marked by a light, are at a boatyard on the north side of the gut can handle boats near the middle of Branford Harbor. Two bare rocks are to 36 feet for hull repairs; storage facilities are available. near the head of the harbor. A rock, bare at low water The yard can be reached only at high tide. Old Clump is and usually marked by stakes, is about 100 feet north- a bare rock about 400 yards south of the bight. northeastward of the north end of Lovers Island. (309) Farm River, locally known as East Haven River, about 1.5 miles westward of Branford Harbor, is used (299) by local craft. In 1981, it was reported that depths of 3 feet could be carried in the river to the fixed bridge Routes with a clearance of 4 feet about 1 mile above the mouth. (300) To enter Branford Harbor from eastward, pass Several boatyards on the river provide gasoline, berths, electricity, water, storage, and limited marine supplies; southward of the lighted buoy marking Negro Heads, diesel fuel can be delivered by truck. A 10-ton mobile steer about 306° heading for Taunton Rock, and enter between Taunton and Jeffrey Rocks; or a 333° course with Branford Reef Light astern will lead into the harbor between Jeffrey and Taunton Rocks. From westward, pass southward and over 100 yards eastward of the lighted
290 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 hoist and a 12-ton crane can handle vessels for complete (318) engine and hull repairs. (310) East Indies Rocks, about 0.4 mile south of the Channels entrance to Farm River, cover at half tide and are marked (319) A Federal project for New Haven Harbor provides by a buoy to the eastward; a rocky shoal with a least depth of 5 feet is 0.2 mile to the eastward. A small ledge, bare for an entrance channel 35 feet deep to a point just below at low water, is midway between East Indies Rocks and the junction of Mill River and Quinnipiac River. The the south side of Mansfield Point, the western entrance channel is well marked. (See Notice to Mariners and point to Farm River. Darrow Rocks, a group of bare latest editions of the charts for controlling depths.) rocks, are on the east side of the entrance to the river. (320) West River, marked by buoys, is located on the west The westernmost rocky knoll is marked by a flagstaff. A side of the main channel about 3 miles above Southwest ledge, bare at low water, with a buoy off its southern end, Ledge Light. A Federal project provides for a depth of 12 is 200 yards south of the flagstaff. feet to a point about 100 feet south of the first highway (311) Mansfield Point and the shore westward of bridge (Kimberly Avenue Bridge), thence 8 feet to about the entrance to Farm River are thickly settled. Bus 0.1 mile above the bridge; an anchorage area on the south communication is available to New Haven. side of the channel about 0.9 mile above the entrance has a project depth of 6 feet. (See Notice to Mariners and (312) latest editions of charts for controlling depths.) Principal waterfront facilities are at City Point. Charts 12371, 12372 (321) Mill River, on the west side of Fair Haven about 4 miles above Southwest Ledge Light, is entered from (313) New Haven Harbor, an important harbor of refuge, the main channel through a dredged entrance channel is about 68 miles from New York, 179 miles from Boston that branches into an east and west fork to the Grand via Cape Cod Canal, and 171 miles from Nantucket Avenue Bridge, 0.6 mile above the mouth. In 2000, the Shoals. It comprises all the tidewater northward of the controlling depths were 6.2 feet (8.2 feet at midchannel) breakwaters constructed across the mouth of the bay, to the Chapel Street Bridge about 0.25 mile above the including the navigable portions of the West, Mill, and entrance, thence 9 feet through the east bridge opening Quinnipiac Rivers. It is about 2 miles wide. The inner and 6.3 feet through the west bridge opening, thence 6.5 harbor, northward of Sandy Point and Fort Hale, is feet to the junction with the east and west forks, thence shallow for the most part, except where the depths have 1.4 feet at midchannel in the east fork for about 320 yards been increased by dredging. The main entrance channel, and 4.9 feet at midchannel in the west fork for about 480 between Middle Breakwater and the East Breakwater, yards, thence in 1980, 1 foot at midchannel in the east fork leads northward to Tomlinson Bridge at New Haven. and 1.5 feet at midchannel in the west fork to the head of Anchorage basins for medium draft vessels are on the the channel. west side of the channel north of Sandy Point. Waterborne (322) Quinnipiac River, on the east side of Fair Haven commerce in the harbor consists of petroleum products, about 4 miles above Southwest Ledge Light, has a scrap metal, lumber, automobiles, gypsum, paper and dredged channel to Grand Avenue Bridge, about 1 mile pulp products, steel products, chemicals, rock salt, and above the mouth. In 2000, the controlling depth was 15.7 general cargo. feet at midchannel to the Ferry Street Bridge about 0.5 mile above the mouth, thence 8.4 feet at midchannel to (314) New Haven, at the head of the harbor, is an important the Grand Avenue Bridge. manufacturing city. (323) (315) Anchorages Prominent features (324) Inside West Breakwater and the southwest part of (316) On the approach from well offshore in clear weather, Middle Breakwater, anchorage is available for vessels the prominent landmarks are: on East Rock (41°19.7'N., up to a 19-foot draft. Caution should be exercised to 72°54.4'W.), the Soldiers and Sailors Monument; in avoid the fish stakes in this area. Vessels anchoring in New Haven, the Knights of Columbus Building, a tall the area should also be aware that water levels may drop rectangular structure with circular pillars at its corners; significantly following a long continuous northwesterly the lighted stack of the powerplant on the east side of the wind. harbor opposite City Point. The lights on the ends of the (325) Vessels may anchor northward of Southwest Ledge breakwaters, the aerolight at Tweed-New Haven Airport, Light in depths of 18 to 20 feet, soft bottom in places. and the abandoned tower on Lighthouse Point are also Care should be taken to avoid the ledges northward of the prominent. East Breakwater. Deep-draft vessels awaiting berthing (317) Southwest Ledge Light (41°14'04\"N., assignments can anchor about 1 mile southward of the 72°54'44\"W.), 57 feet above the water, is shown from sea buoy; holding ground is excellent. a white octagonal house on a brown cylindrical pier at (326) Morris Cove, on the east side of the main channel the westerly end of East Breakwater. A sound signal is just above Lighthouse Point, affords good anchorage and sounded at the light. is used by yachts, but is rough in westerly and southerly
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 291 (336) Structures over Tributaries of New Haven Harbor Clear Width of Clear Height above Draw or Span Mean High Water Name•Description•Type Location Opening (feet) (feet) Information West River Kimberly Avenue Bridge (fixed) 41°16'52\"N., 72°56'18\"W. 75 23 Quinnipiac River Tomlinson Bridge (vertical lift) 41°17'54\"N., 72°54'21\"W. 241 62 (up), 13 (down) Notes 1, 2 and 3 60 Note 2. Bridges are under construction Pearl Harbor Memorial/I-95 Bridges 41°17'56\"N., 72°54'16\"W. 283 96 25 Note 1 Overhead power cable 41°17'58\"N., 72°54'19\"W. 9 Note 1 7 Ferry Street Bridge (bascule) 41°18'07\"N., 72°53'34\"W. 101 Grand Avenue Bridge (swing) 41°18'33\"N., 72°53'18\"W. 70 Interstate 91 Bridge (fixed) 41°19'15\"N., 72°53'23\"W. 40 Mill River Chapel Street Bridge (swing) 41°18'13\"N., 72°54'20\"W. 72 8 Note 1 6 Grand Avenue Bridge (fixed) 41°18'30\"N., 72°54'21\"W. 39 86 Crosses West Branch of Mill River 80 Crosses West Branch of Mill River Overhead power cable 41°18'17\"N., 72°54'22\"W. 2 Crosses West Branch of Mill River Overhead power cable 41°18'26\"N., 72°54'30\"W. Grand Avenue Bridge (fixed) 41°18'31\"N., 72°54'27\"W. 30 Note 1 – See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.213 chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations. Note 2 – See 33 CFR 165.1 through 165.13 and 165.150 chapter 2, for limits and regulations. Note 3 – Bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KXJ-688. winds. In 1981, isolated, uncharted 40-foot spots were (333) Shoals with 16 to 18 feet over them extend over 0.5 reported in the cove. Caution is advised when anchoring. mile southeastward from the breakwaters on both sides of New Haven Coast Guard Station is on the north side of the dredged entrance channel. A spoil area with reported the jutting point, about 1.5 miles northward of Lighthouse depths of 15 feet is on the eastern side of the entrance Point. channel. An 18-foot spot is on the east side of the main (327) An anchorage basin on the west side of the main channel, at the first turn westward of Southwest Ledge channel southward of New Haven Long Wharf is Light. sometimes used, but considerable shoaling is gradually extending into the anchorage from westward. A sunken (334) The bights on the west shore of New Haven Harbor barge with 5 feet over it is in this anchorage about 550 from Pond Point northward are shoal with bare rocks yards southward of New Haven Long Wharf. In 1985, and foul ground in most of them. The shore is rocky at depths of 10 to 5 feet were available in the anchorage Woodmont, about 2 miles northeastward of Pond Point. basin with lesser depths along the edges. (328) Small craft and scows may anchor northward of the (335) Black Rock, bare at low water and marked by a New Haven Long Wharf (Naval Reserve Pier), northwest seasonal buoy, is 0.2 mile off the north end of Morris of the main channel where depths range from about 5 to Cove. Opposite, on the west side, is a breakwater, partly 6 feet. covered, extending from Sandy Point and marked by a (329) No special regulations prescribe the limits within light. Shag Bank, a flat extending about 0.5 mile which vessels must anchor, except that the dredged northward from Sandy Point, has a sand tip about 0.1 mile channels must be kept clear. long. (330) (337) Dangers Currents (331) Townshend Ledge, 2.7 miles southeastward of (338) In the entrance between the breakwaters, the tidal Southwest Ledge Light, has a least depth of 18 feet and current has a velocity on flood of 1.4 knots, and ebb 0.9 is marked by a lighted bell buoy. knot. The flood sets 319° and the ebb 152°. In the draw of (332) Stony Islet, 2.2 miles eastward of Southwest Ledge Tomlinson Bridge, the velocity is 0.4 knot. The flood sets Light, is low, bare, and surrounded by ledges bare at low 015° and the ebb 215°. Ebb velocities are increased by water to a distance of about 100 yards. A partly bare ledge freshets. (Consult the Tidal Current Tables for predicted is about 0.2 mile north-northwestward of Stony Islet. times and velocities of currents.) From this ledge and Stony Islet westward to the entrance of New Haven Harbor, an area of foul ground with many (339) rocks bare at low water extends about 0.5 mile offshore. This area should be avoided. Ice (340) Ice generally obstructs navigation to some extent for low-powered vessels from December to March and sometimes extends to the mouth of the harbor. During severe winters the accumulation of ice is local. Except
292 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 in severe weather, powered vessels can always enter and (345) Since 1871, 17 tropical systems have passed within leave the harbor without much difficulty. In New Haven 50 miles of New Haven, Connecticut. The most infamous Harbor northerly winds tend to clear the harbor of ice if perhaps, was the hurricane of 1938. This storm passed the formation is light; southerly winds are apt to force in with 15 miles west of the city on September 21 raking drift ice from the sound. the city with 85-knot winds while moving at a forward speed in excess of 40 knots. Most recently, hurricane (341) Gloria passed within 20 miles to the west on September 27, 1985. Highest winds at time of landfall were barely Weather, New Haven and vicinity hurricane strength but two days prior, Gloria had (342) New Haven’s climate is typical of coastal areas been supporting winds in excess of 125 knots. Due to geographical orientation, all tropical systems approach of southern New England. It is vigorous without being the coastline from the south or southwest. overly severe. New Haven is located at the widest part of Long Island Sound, and the tempering effect of the water (346) The National Weather Service maintains an office at is most pronounced in this vicinity. During the summer the Tweed-New HavenAirport, about 3 miles southeast of season, the sea breeze holds temperatures 5 to 15°F (3 to the city. (See Appendix B for New Haven climatological 8°C) lower in the afternoon; during the winter season, table.) minimum temperatures in the southern section of the city are usually 5 to 10°F (3 to 6°C) higher than those (347) reported from northern sections. The highest summertime temperatures occur with a moderate northerly wind. Routes The lowest winter readings also occur with a northerly (348) To enter New Haven Harbor from eastward, it is wind. The average temperature for New Haven is 51.7°F (10.9°C). July is the warmest month with average safer for large vessels to pass southward of Branford extremes of 81°F (27.2°C) and 64°F (17.8°C). January is Reef and Townshend Ledge to the entrance channel. To the coldest month with average extremes of 37°F (2.8°C) enter from westward, pass northward of Stratford Shoal and 22°F (-5.6°C). The warmest temperature on record Light at a distance of 1.8 miles and head for the entrance is 100°F (37.8°C) recorded in August 1948 and again channel. in July 1957. The coldest temperature on record is -7°F (349) The passage eastward of East Breakwater has boulder (-21.7°C) recorded in January 1961. patches and is very broken, but can be used by small (343) Precipitation is quite evenly distributed throughout craft drawing less than 6 feet, taking care to avoid the the year with only a 1.25 inch (32 mm) spread between foul ground along the northeast side of the passage. This the wettest and driest months. The annual average passage is buoyed, and local vessels of 10- to 12-foot draft precipitation is 42 inches (1067 mm). The wettest use it at high water. Avoid Quixes Ledge, which extends month, December, averages 4.24 inches (108 mm) and about 200 yards southeastward from the eastern end of the driest month, June, averages 2.93 inches (74 mm). the breakwater, and pass about 100 yards eastward of the The elevation of the land increases northward from breakwater. The principal danger inside the breakwater the station and results in somewhat higher amounts of is the reef, marked by a buoy, that extends 300 yards precipitation in the northern suburbs as well as a few more southwestward from Lighthouse Point. Adams Fall, a thunderstorms each year. During the winter, a variety of rock with 5 feet over it and marked by a buoy, is 0.4 mile precipitation is found in most storms. It is common to southwestward of Lighthouse Point. have rain along the shore, freezing rain and sleet a short distance inland, and snow in the northern parts of the city. (350) Heavy snow is rather uncommon in the immediate coastal area and usually melts in a few days. Farther inland, the Pilotage, New Haven snow becomes progressively heavier and a layer of snow (351) Pilotage by state licensed pilot is compulsory in covers the ground most of the winter. Annual average snowfall totals 34 inches (864 mm). February is the Long Island Sound for foreign flag vessels and U.S. snowiest month averaging over nine inches (229 mm). vessels which are under register (i.e. engaged in foreign Snow has fallen in each month, October through May. trade). Such vessels can arrange for a state licensed pilot The 24-hour record snowfall is 17.1 inches (434 mm) by contacting the joint rotation administrator, Block recorded in April 1957. Island Pilots at 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840; (344) Prevailing wind direction varies with the seasons. telephone 401–487–9050 (24 hours), 800–274–1216; From late spring until fall, winds are predominantly south FAX 401–847–9052. Enrolled vessels (i.e. U.S. vessels to southwest due to the effect of the sea breeze. During engaged in coastwise trade) may be required to have a the winter, the prevailing winds are northerly. Strong U.S. Coast Guard Federally licensed pilot unless the southeast winds cause unusually high tides and some master has recency for the intended area. See Pilotage, local flooding in low-lying coastal areas two or three Long Island Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8. times a year. (352) Pilot services are arranged in advance through ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. (353) Towage (354) Tugs up to 1,800 hp are available at New Haven, and tugs to 4,000 hp can be obtained by prior arrangement.
U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ¢ 293 Vessels usually proceed to the harbor without assistance. alongside; deck height, 11 feet; receipt and shipment of Large vessels normally require tugs for docking and petroleum products; owned and operated by Wyatt, Inc. undocking. Arrangements for tug service should be made (369) Wyatt Heavy Oil Wharf: 50 yards east of Wyatt 24 hours in advance, usually through ships’ agents or Light Oil Pier; west side 210 feet, 480 feet of berthing directly by shipping companies. The tugs monitor VHF- space with dolphins; 30 feet alongside; deck height, 11 FM channels 13 and 16 and use channel 19A as a working feet; receipt and shipment of petroleum products, receipt frequency; call sign KEE-234. of asphalt; owned and operated by Wyatt, Inc. (355) Launch service to ships at anchor is available. (370) Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Wharf: on each Launches monitor VHF-FM channel 16 and use channel side of harbor, 200 yards south of Tomlinson Bridge; 60- 19A as a working frequency. foot face, 735 feet of berthing space with dolphins; 35 feet (356) New Haven is a customs port of entry. alongside; deck height, 13 feet; vessels normally moor starboardside-to; receipt and shipment of petroleum (357) products; owned and operated by Gulf Oil Refining and Marketing Co. Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural (371) Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Pier: 100 yards quarantine southward of Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Wharf; (358) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and north side 400 feet, 25 feet alongside; south side 380 Appendix A for addresses.) feet, 25 feet alongside; deck height, 10 feet; receipt and (359) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with shipment of petroleum products; owned and operated by regulations of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Health Service, chapter 1.) (372) ARCO Petroleum Products Co. Wharf: 300 yards (360) New Haven has many public and private hospitals. southwestward of Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Pier; 110-foot face, 760 feet with dolphins; 35 feet alongside; (361) deck height, 15 feet; vessels normally moor starboardside- to; receipt and shipment of petroleum products; owned Coast Guard and operated by ARCO Petroleum Products Co. (362) The Captain of the Port maintains an office in New (373) New Haven Terminal, Scrap Metal Dock: 275 yards southward of ARCO Petroleum Products Co. Wharf; Haven. The nearest vessel documentation office is in 640-foot face; 35 feet alongside; deck height, 14 feet; Bridgeport, CT. (See Appendix A for addresses.) two 30-ton traveling gantry cranes, crawler cranes to 250 (363) The harbormaster at New Haven has charge of the tons; receipt and shipment of general and containerized anchoring of vessels; he can be contacted through the cargo and steel products, shipment of scrap metal, receipt local police department. of copper, zinc, and lumber; owned and operated by New (364) The city police maintain a harbor patrol during the Haven Terminal, Inc. summer. (374) New Haven Terminal Pier: 50 yards southward of Scrap Metal Dock; north and south sides, 650 feet (365) usable, can accommodate tankers up to 700 feet; 35 and 39 feet alongside, north and south sides, respectively; Wharves deck height, 13 feet; cranes up to 50 tons; 36,000 square (366) The deep-draft facilities at the Port of New Haven feet covered storage; receipt and shipment of general cargo, receipt of petroleum products, petrochemicals, are along the north and east sides of the inner portion chemicals, copper, zinc, lumber, and steel products; of New Haven Harbor. Facilities for smaller vessels owned and operated by New Haven Terminal, Inc. and barges are along the sides of the harbor and in Mill, (375) Exxon Co. Terminal Wharf: 175 yards southward Quinnipiac, and West Rivers. Depths alongside the of New Haven Terminal Pier; 80-foot face, 700 feet with facilities in Quinnipiac River range from about 5 to 15 dolphins; 35 feet alongside; deck height, 13 feet; vessels feet; Mill River, 12 to 13 feet; and West River about 12 normally moor starboardside-to; receipt and shipment of to 18 feet. Only the deep-draft facilities are described. petroleum products; owned and operated by Exxon Co., For a complete description of the port facilities refer to U.S.A. Port Series No. 4, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (See Appendix A for address.) (376) The alongside depths for the facilities described are reported; for information on the latest depths contact the Supplies private operator. All the facilities have direct highway (377) OilbunkeringterminalsatNewHavenaremaintained connections, and most have railroad connections. Water and electrical shore power connections are available at by the major oil companies. Fuel oil and diesel oil in most piers and wharves. the usual commercial grades are obtainable. Barges are (367) General cargo at the port is usually handled by available for bunkering in the anchorages outside the ship’s tackle; special handling equipment, if available, breakwaters or at the piers; 24-hour advance notice is is mentioned in the description of the particular facility. required, and arrangements should be made through Cranes up to 250 tons and warehouses and cold storage facilities adjacent to the waterfront are available. (368) Wyatt Light Oil Pier: north end of harbor 0.35 mile northeastward of New Haven Long Wharf; 150-foot face, 715 feet of berthing space with dolphins, 38 feet
294 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 2, Chapter 8 ships’ agents. Water, provisions, and marine supplies can The island is connected to the mainland by The Bar, a be procured. narrow neck about 0.5 mile long and surrounded by rocks awash and shoals. A buoy marks the end of a shoal that (378) extends 250 yards east-northeastward from the island, and a lighted bell buoy marks the end of a rocky area that Repairs extends 0.4 mile southward from the island. Northward (379) New Haven has no facilities for making major repairs of Charles Island is a good anchorage in 10 to 16 feet, sheltered from southerly to southwesterly winds. or for drydocking deep-draft vessels; the nearest such (388) Between Charles Island and Stratford Point, about facilities are at Boston, MA, and New York. Machine 3 miles southwestward, several summer resorts are along shops in the area can make limited repairs to machinery the shore and the Housatonic River empties into Long and boilers, and fabricate shafts and other pieces of Island Sound just above the point. The shoals which equipment. extend southward from Stratford Point toward Stratford Shoal Light (see chart 12354) consist of narrow ridges (380) of hard sand with deeper water between, and have oyster beds marked with stakes. Depths of 12 feet or less extend Small-craft facilities 1 mile offshore. (381) There are excellent facilities on the east and west (389) Stratford Point Light (41°09'07\"N., 73°06'12\"W.), 52 feet above the water, is shown from a white conical sides of the harbor and on West and Quinnipiac Rivers. tower, with dark red band midway of its height, from the southerly part of the point. (382) (390) Charts 12370, 12364 Chart 12370 (383) Pond Point, about 5 miles southwestward of the New Haven Harbor entrance, has a rocky shoal with little (391) Housatonic River rises in the Berkshire Hills of depth over the greater part of it that extends about 0.3 mile western Massachusetts and Connecticut, and empties southward. It is marked by a buoy. A prominent white into Long Island Sound about 10 miles southwestward mast is on the point. of the New Haven Harbor entrance. The river is joined by the Naugatuck River, which is not navigable, in the (384) Welches Point, 0.8 mile westward of Pond Point, vicinity of Derby, CT. Housatonic River is navigable to a forms the east side of the entrance of the Gulf. A reef point about 1 mile above Shelton, CT, where it is closed extends 0.2 mile southward from the point and is marked by a power dam. The head of navigation for all practical by a buoy. Several scattered rocks extend a southeasterly purposes is at the towns of Derby and Shelton, 11.5 miles direction for about 0.5 mile from the buoy. above the entrance. Small vessels can anchor in the river abreast of Stratford, where the channel has an available (385) The Gulf, a bight betweenWelches Point and Charles width of about 500 feet. The waterborne commerce on the Island, about 6.5 miles westward of New Haven Harbor river is principally in barge shipments of aggregate, fuel entrance, affords anchorage in 6 to 15 feet and is sheltered oil to the power plant at Devon, and seasonal commercial in all but southerly and southeasterly winds. The entrance shellfishing. Navigation above Devon is limited to is clear. The shoaling is gradual, and soundings are the recreational boating. best guide on the northwest side of the bight; the western side of Welches Point and the reefs around Charles Island (392) On the east side of the entrance to Housatonic River, extending to the mainland should be approached with a breakwater extends out from Milford Point across the caution, as the shoaling is abrupt. bar and is marked at its south end by Housatonic River Breakwater Light 2A. The inner section of the breakwater (386) Milford Harbor, comprising the lower portion of is awash at high water. the Wepawaug River, is entered at the mouth of the river between two jetties at the head of The Gulf. The (393) westerly jetty extends southward from Burns Point, and the easterly jetty is marked by Milford Harbor Light Channels 10. The harbor is used chiefly for recreational boating, (394) A Federal project provides for an 18-foot dredged and occasionally for the receipt of shellfish and fish. A dredged channel leads from The Gulf through the jettied channel from Long Island Sound between the breakwater entrance to a point about 400 feet above the town wharf, on the east and Stratford Point on the west upriver for 0.6 mile above Burns Point. The channel is marked by a about 4.3 miles to the lower end of Culver Bar. (See lighted buoy at the entrance and unlighted buoys in the Notice to Mariners and the latest editions of the charts approach. There are several small-craft facilities and a 5 for controlling depths.) Above the lower end of Culver mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. The National Bar, the river channel extends through several dredged Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, sections across river bars to the towns of Derby and maintains a laboratory and research vessel base on the Shelton about 11.5 miles above the river entrance. In west side of the harbor, about 0.2 mile northward of Burns 2005, the controlling depths were 2.2 feet in the buoyed Point. (387) Charles Island, on the southwest side at the entrance to The Gulf, is low and partly covered with trees.
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