Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 243 (55) The river north of Fogland Point is usually closed (61) Nannaquaket Pond, on the east side of Sakonnet by ice for short periods each winter. Ice packs occur at River eastward of Gould Island, has a narrow entrance 8 the railroad bridge. feet deep crossed by a fixed bridge with a clearance of 12 feet. The deeper water in the entrance is along the (56) Vessels proceeding up Sakonnet River should fol- northern shore; several rocks are off the southern low a midriver course to the constricted part of the shore. The currents have considerable velocity. The river, thence follow the channel marked by buoys into northern part of the pond has depths up to 26 feet; the Mount Hope Bay. remainder has depths of about 3 feet. (57) Sakonnet Harbor, a small-boat harbor on the (62) The Cove, on the western side of the river south of northerly side of Sakonnet Point, about 2 miles north- the bridges, has a depth of about 9 feet in the entrance; eastward of the entrance lighted whistle buoy, is pro- the 31-foot-wide fixed highway bridge across the en- tected by an 800-foot breakwater extending in a trance has a clearance of 25 feet. Depths are generally 3 northerly and easterly direction from Breakwater to 4 feet in the cove. Point. A light marks the outer end. In 2001, the harbor had a controlling depth of 6.7 feet except for shoaling to (63) Tiverton is a town on the eastern bank of Sakonnet 4.8 feet along the southern edge and 1.5 feet along the River north and south of the bridges. Oil tankers call at NW edge. The holding ground in the harbor is reported Tiverton. The oil piers northward of the bridges have to be poor. A marina on the southwest side of the har- reported depths of about 32 to 35 feet alongside. bor provides berths, gasoline, diesel fuel, and electric- ity. In August 1981, depths of 6 feet were reported (64) Small-craft facilities at Tiverton and at Almy Point alongside the berths. on the west side of Sakonnet River across from Tiverton can provide berths and mooring, electricity, gasoline, (58) The western shore of Sakonnet River from the en- diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, storage, a trance to Sandy Point should be given a berth of 0.4 launching ramp, a pump-out, and hull, engine and mile to avoid shoals with depths of 7 to 17 feet. Rocks electronic repairs. Marine railways on both sides of the extend up to 500 yards offshore between Sachuest river, at Tiverton and Almy Point, can handle craft to 55 Point and Flint Point, about 1 mile northward. Flint feet. Mobile hoists to 35 tons are available at Almy Point. Point Ledge, about 0.5 mile north-northeast of Flint Point, has a least depth of 7 feet; a buoy marks the (65) The channel at the north end of Sakonnet River, 0.6 ledge. Black Point is a rocky bluff on the western side of mile above Gould Island, is restricted to a width of 100 the river, 2.6 miles northward of Flint Point. Sandy feet between the abutments of a former highway Point and McCorrie Point, low and backed by high bridge. The fixed highway bridge, 0.8 mile to the north- land, are 3.9 and 5.4 miles, respectively, northward of ward, has a clearance of 65 feet. About 200 feet north of Flint Point. the highway bridge, a railroad bridge across the river has a swing span with a clearance of 12 feet in the west (59) The channel passes eastward of Gould Island, a opening. (See 117.1 through 117.49, chapter 2, for high wooded island, 2.5 miles north-northeastward of drawbridge regulations.) In July 1991, the bridge was McCorrie Point. This Gould Island should not be con- reported to be maintained in the open position. The fused with one of the same name in East Passage. A overhead power cable at the railroad bridge has a clear- rock with a depth of 1 foot is northwestward of the is- ance of 81 feet. land and is marked by a buoy. Chart 13223 (60) The eastern side of Sakonnet River is bolder than the western side. The east shore should be given a berth (66) The southern shore of Rhode Island is rocky with of 0.7 mile from Sakonnet Point to Church Point, a flat numerous offlying rocks and ledges. Numerous promi- point with bluffs at the water, about 2.8 miles north- nent residences are on the eastern side of Newport ward of Sakonnet Point. Old Bull, with a depth of 1 Neck, the southwestern part of Rhode Island. A large foot, is about 0.5 mile southward of Church Point and brick residence with several towers is on the southeast- marked by a buoy. A church spire at Little Compton, ern point of Newport Neck. Easton Point is about 1.3 about 1.7 miles east of Church Point, is prominent. miles eastward of Newport Neck. A stone tower with a High Hill Point, about 3 miles north of Church Point, short spire at each corner can be seen from offshore, is a prominent small hill with bluffs at the water. about 0.7 mile northward of Easton Point. Westward of Fogland Point, about 0.9 mile northward of High Hill Easton Point is a bathing beach with a prominent pavil- Point, is a projecting prominent point; the westerly and ion. Several private landings are northward of Goose- northerly sides should be given a berth of over 200 berry Island, a small islet south of Newport Neck. Local yards. Almy Rock, bare at low water, is 0.3 mile south- knowledge is required to proceed to the landings. west of Fogland Point. The broad bights between Fogland Point and the bridge are shoal.
244 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 (67) East Passage, the principal passage in Narragansett The Dumplings, northeast of Bull Point, are numerous Bay, extends between Rhode Island on the east and bare and covered rocks and islets. The most southerly Conanicut and Prudence Islands on the west. It is the islet has a tall house on it, covering almost the entire most direct route to Newport, Bristol, Providence, islet. Mount Hope Bay, and Taunton River. (76) Fort Adams is on a peninsula off the north side of Newport Neck. The buildings and masonry of the fort (68) The Newport Bridge, a fixed highway suspension are prominent on the western slope of the peninsula. A bridge, crosses East Passage about 3.6 miles above the dock extending northward from the fort is marked by a entrance, between Jamestown and Newport. Clear- light and fog signal. ances through the 1,500-foot center span are 213 feet (77) Newport Harbor, on the western shore of Rhode Is- at the center, 205 for the mid 1,000 feet, and 194 feet for land and the eastern side of East Passage, 3.5 miles the remainder of the center span. A privately main- above Beavertail Light, is an important harbor of ref- tained fog signal is sounded at the bridge. uge for coasters, tows, and yachts. Its approach is well marked by navigational aids, and the harbor is of easy (69) Brenton Point is the southwestern extremity of access day and night. A State regulatory buoy in the en- Rhode Island and the eastern entrance point of East trance to the inner harbor marks a “5 mph no wake” Passage. zone. Goat Island, 0.6 mile long in a north-south direc- tion, is a major pleasure boating center and divides (70) Brenton Reef, bare in places, extends 0.5 mile Newport Harbor into an outer and inner harbor. The south-southwestward of the point and is marked by a outer harbor, on the western side of Goat Island, is gong buoy. Another reef extends 0.5 mile offshore just northward of The Dumplings and southward of Gould eastward of the point; Seal Rock is at the southeastern Island. The inner harbor is on the eastern side of Goat end of the reef. Island and extends along the western front of Newport. (78) A marina, hotel, recreational and service facilities, (71) Seal Ledge, about 0.5 mile south of Seal Rock, has and marine supplies are available on Goat Island. depths of 12 to 30 feet and is marked by a bell buoy. (79) Newport, a city on the inner harbor, is one of the Haycock Ledge, 0.4 mile eastward of Seal Rock, has a principal summer resorts on the Atlantic Coast. Some least depth of 11 feet. coastwise traffic uses the port, but few foreign vessels enter it. A Naval Education and Training Center is here, (72) Beavertail Point is the southern extremity of from which several Navy ships operate. Conanicut Island, on the western side of the entrance to East Passage. Beavertail Light (41°26'58\"N., Prominent features 71°23'58\"W.), 64 feet above the water, is shown from a (80) The following objects are prominent when ap- square granite tower attached to a white dwelling at Beavertail Point. A fog signal is at the light. Several an- proaching Newport Harbor either from the southward tennas and radar towers are north of the light. Newton or northward: a hotel on Goat Island; a white building Rock, a covered rock, is about 0.1 mile southward of of the yacht club near Ida Lewis Rock in the southerly the point; a bell buoy is about 0.2 mile southwestward part of the harbor; church spires in the town; and the of the rock. buildings of the Naval Education and Training Center and Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island in the (73) Hull Cove, about 1 mile northeastward of north part of the harbor. To the westward on Conanicut Beavertail Light, is rocky and exposed to southerly Island are several large hotels and a standpipe. Numer- winds. Castle Hill, the westernmost point of Rhode Is- ous navigational aids mark the passages through the land, is marked by Castle Hill Light; a fog signal is at harbor. the light. Castle Hill Coast Guard Station is close east (81) The entrance to the outer harbor from the south- of the light. Butter Ball Rock, about 0.2 mile south of ward is unobstructed; the entrance from northward, the light and marked by a bell buoy, uncovers 1 foot. passing either side of Gould Island, is clear, but the pas- sage eastward of Rose Island is partly obstructed by the (74) Mackerel Cove indents the southern shore of rocks and ledges between Rose and Coasters Harbor Is- Conanicut Island about 1.6 miles northeastward of lands. Beavertail Light. A house with a cupola is prominent on (82) The inner harbor has two entrances north and Southwest Point, the eastern entrance point of the south of Goat Island. A fixed highway bridge with a cove. The cove is exposed to southerly weather and is 40-foot span and a clearance of 14 feet connects the seldom used. The Jamestown Bridge shows promi- Newport mainland to the northern part of Goat Island. nently over the bar at the head of the cove on entering East Passage. Kettle Bottom Rock, about 0.2 mile southeastward of Southwest Point, is bare and marked by a gong buoy. (75) Bull Point, the southeastern point of Conanicut Is- land, is rugged and rocky, and fringed by shoals which are marked by buoys. Fort Wetherill is on the point.
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 245 This bridge limits the size of vessels that can enter the island to Newport have 31-foot fixed spans with clear- inner harbor from the northern approach. ances of 3 feet. Overhead power cables of unknown (83) General anchorages are in the outer and inner har- clearance cross the harbor 0.1 mile north of the north- bor and, except in emergencies, vessels must anchor in ern bridge. these areas. (See 110.1 and 110.145, (a) (1), (a) (3) (91) The western portion of the outer harbor is gener- through (a) (5), and (d), chapter 2, for limits and reg- ally free of dangers northward of The Dumplings. ulations.) Special anchorages are in Brenton Cove and in the inner harbor east and northeast of Goat Island. Tides (See 110.1, 110.1a, and 110.46, chapter 2, for limits (92) The mean range of tide is 3.5 feet. (See the Tide Tables and regulations.) Vessels of more than 18-foot draft an- chor in the outer harbor in depths of 36 to 100 feet with for predictions.) good holding ground. (84) Good anchorage is in Brenton Cove, the bight east- Currents ward of Fort Adams, which is used frequently by yachts. (93) In the entrance off Bull Point the flood current is When entering, the western shore should be given a berth of 200 yards. often irregular. There may be a long period of slack wa- (85) In 1981, the harbormaster requested that transient ter preceding the flood, or there may be a double flood. craft anchor only in the northern part of the Brenton The flood reaches a strength of about 1.2 knots; the ebb Cove anchorage and in the anchorage northeast of Goat is regular and averages 1.5 knots at strength. Island. (94) Northward of Bull Point, tidal current velocities (86) Shoals with little water over them make out nearly seldom exceed 1 knot. In the inner harbor they are usu- 300 yards from the southern shore of the inner harbor ally less than 0.5 knot. (See the Tidal Current Tables for to Ida Lewis Rock and Little Ida Lewis Rock; the latter predictions, and the Tidal Current Charts, Narragansett is marked by a daybeacon. Bay, for hourly velocities and directions of the current.) (87) Goat Island is marked by a light at its northern end and a lighted bell buoy at its southern end. Buoys mark Weather, Newport and vicinity the shoals along the southeasterly and southwesterly (95) The prevailing winds are southwesterly in the sum- sides of the island. (88) Rose Island, privately owned, is surrounded by a mer and northwesterly in the winter. The heaviest gales shoal with little water over it. The shoal extends about are usually from the northwest and northeast. 0.4 mile northeastward of the island where it rises (96) The harbor and its approaches are navigable abruptly from deep water. A rocky area extends south- throughout the year, although in severe winters ice ward from Rose Island and is marked by a buoy. A pri- may interfere with navigation in the inner harbor for vate light marks the southwest point of the island. short periods. Vessels and tugs keep ice well broken up Mitchell Rock, with a depth of 14 feet and marked by a in the main channel through the inner harbor. gong buoy, is about 0.1 mile southeast of the dock on (97) July is the warmest month with an average maxi- the southeast side of the island. Citing Rock, 2 feet mum of 79°F (26.1°C) and average minimum of 63°F high, is 350 yards east of the north end of the island and (17.2°C). January is the coldest month, having normal on the edge of the shoal surrounding Rose Island. mean temperatures near freezing, that is, average max- Tracey Ledge, covered 10 feet, is about 0.3 mile east- imum of 38°F (3.3°C) and average minimum of 23°F ward of Rose Island and marked by a buoy. (-5°C). The extreme maximum temperature for New- (89) Gull Rocks are about midway between Rose Island port is 98°F (36.7°C) recorded in August 1975 while the and Coasters Harbor Island. Buoys mark the ends of the extreme minimum is -9°F (-22.8°C) recorded in Janu- shoals and rocks that extend northward and southward ary 1982. of the rocks. There is deep water between Gull Rocks, (98) Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed through- Rose Island, and Coasters Harbor Island. A rock, cov- out the year averaging about 45 inches (1143 mm) in ered 17 feet and marked by a buoy, is about 0.3 mile any given year. The wettest month is November averag- north-northwestward of Gull Rocks. ing 4.57 inches (116 mm) and the driest month is July (90) Off the northern and southern sides of Coasters averaging only 2.94 inches (75 mm). Total snowfall for Harbor Island are numerous rocks and ledges. A pri- the winter season averages about 20 inches (508 mm); vate light marks an obstruction in the channel south of however, melting is usually rapid and snow cover rarely the island. St. Patrick Rock, covered 5 feet, is about 0.3 lasts more than a few days. The greatest snowfall in a mile southeastward of the island. The island has nu- 24-hour period was 20.0 inches (508 mm) in February merous buildings. Two highway bridges connecting the 1978. January is the snowiest month averaging over seven inches (178 mm). Snow is absent from May through September. An average of only five days each
246 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 year has snowfall amounts greater than 1.5 inches (38 Communications mm). (111) Newport has bus and rail transportation. In the (99) (See page 427 for the Newport climatological table.) summer the ferry between Block Island and Providence Pilotage, Newport calls at Newport. (100) See Pilotage, Narragansett Bay and Other Rhode Is- (112) Jamestown is a town on the east side of Conanicut land Waters (indexed as such), early this chapter. Island in a bight on the west side of East Passage. A standpipe in the southern part of the town and a hotel Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural near the waterfront are prominent. The bight is a popu- quarantine lar summer anchorage for local craft. A marina basin (101) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and Ap- protected by a detached breakwater is in the center of pendix A for addresses.) the bight. Jamestown has two boatyards. The largest (102) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with regula- marine railway can handle craft to 80 feet, and the larg- tions of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public est lift is 50 tons. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel Health Service, chapter 1.) fuel, water, ice, some marine supplies, and complete (103) Newport is a customs port of entry. hull, engine, and electronic repairs are available. (104) The Coast Guard vessel documentation office at Providence serves Newport. (See Appendix A for ad- (113) Potter Cove is about 1 mile above the marina basin dress.) just north of Taylor Point. This cove should not be con- fused with the Potter Cove off Prudence Island. About 1 Harbor regulations mile north of Taylor Point are the ruins of a pontoon (105) The harbormaster, under the supervision of the pier. Recreation Department, is charged with the enforce- (114) Coddington Point is about 0.5 mile northward of ment of harbor regulations, the movement of vessels, Coasters Harbor Island on the east shore of East Pas- and assignment of moorings and anchoring. The sage. Bishop Rock Shoal, 0.6 mile southwestward of harbormaster may be contacted through the Police De- the point, is covered 9 feet and marked by a lighted bell partment. The speed limit inside the harbor is 5 mph. buoy. The Sisters, rocks awash westward of the point, are marked by a buoy. Wharves (106) Facilities include a city wharf and numerous pri- (115) Coddington Cove, eastward of Coddington Point, is protected on its north side by a curving breakwater 0.7 vate piers. The depths alongside the principal piers mile long, marked at its end by a light and fog signal. range from about 7 to 18 feet. Two long finger piers are inside the cove; the north side of the northerly pier is used by the Navy, and the south- Supplies erly pier is used by a shipyard. Depths of 30 feet are re- (107) Gasoline, diesel oil, diesel fuel, water, provisions, ported alongside both piers. Navy buildings on shore and buildings at the shipyard are conspicuous. and marine supplies may be obtained at Newport. (108) Launch services are available in the harbor. Restricted Area (116) Coddington Cove is within a naval restricted area. Repairs (109) Newport has a commercial shipyard specializing in (See 334.81, chapter 2, for limits and regulations). repair, construction, and conversion of steel and alumi- Danger Zone num vessels. The marine railway is at the shipyard in (117) A prohibited area surrounds Gould Island and ex- the inner harbor and can handle vessels to 330 feet long, 63 feet wide, and 21.6 feet in draft. Cranes to 60 tends north to include waters between Conanicut Is- tons are available. land and Prudence Island. (See 334.80, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) Small-craft facilities (118) Gould Island, a military reservation, is about 2 (110) There are numerous facilities in Newport harbor. miles north of Rose Island and 0.8 mile east of Conanicut Island. A light is on the south end of the is- Mobile hoists up to 60 tons are available. Complete land. The island is sparsely wooded. small-craft hull and engine repairs can be made. (119) Halfway Rock and Fiske Rock are about 1.8 miles northeastward of Gould Island, on a small ledge bare at its southern end. Halfway Rock is marked by a daybeacon
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 247 and Fiske Rock by a buoy. Strangers should not pass be- River and Taunton River. There are two approaches to tween these aids. the bay. The approach from the Sakonnet River, previ- (120) A mussel farming area is about 1.3 miles northeast ously discussed, is little used. The approach from East of the breakwater at Coddington Cove in the vicinity of Passage is well marked, and with care 34 feet can be the pier at Lawtons. Submerged equipment and nu- carried in the channel into the bay. merous buoys extend several hundred yards offshore (128) Fall River, on the eastern shore of the mouth of and for about 0.5 mile north of the pier. Caution is ad- Taunton River and head of Mount Hope Bay, is an im- vised in the area. portant manufacturing center as well as distribution (121) Dyer Island, about 0.8 mile eastward of the south- point of petroleum products. Principal products han- ern portion of Prudence Island, is low and brush cov- dled through the port are petroleum products, latex, ered. A reef, partly bare, extends 0.4 miles southward shellac, cotton, and some lumber. and southwestward of the island, and is marked by a (129) Somerset, about 5.3 miles, and Dighton, about 7.5 buoy. Between the shoal area south of Dyer Island and miles above the Fall River, are towns on the west side of Rhode Island is a bar with depths of 9 to 18 feet over it. Taunton River. Taunton, a manufacturing city, is at the North of Dyer Island is a reef with depths of 6 to 18 feet. head of navigation about 12.5 miles above Fall River. (122) Melville, a military fueling facility, is on the west (130) Mount Hope Bridge crosses the entrance to Mount shore of Rhode Island, east of Dyer Island. Depths Hope Bay between Bristol Point and Rhode Island. The alongside the fuel piers range from 30 to 35 feet. An ele- bridge has two lighted towers which are visible for vated spherical tank, about 0.6 mile south-southeast- many miles in clear weather and a racon. It is a high- ward of the fuel facility, is prominent. level suspension highway bridge with a clearance of (123) A small-craft facility is in a basin at Coggeshall 135 feet. Point, just north of Melville. Berths, gasoline, diesel (131) Mount Hope is a prominent hill on the western side fuel, electricity, water, ice, complete marine supplies, of the bay 2 miles northeastward of the suspension and a 50-ton mobile hoist are available; engine, hull, bridge. The eastern and western slopes are wooded. and electronic repairs can be made. In July 1981, Spar Island is a small, low island near the center of depths of 9 to 15 feet were reported in the basin. A Mount Hope Bay. lighted wind turbine is about 0.9 mile northeast of (132) Borden Flats, the shoal area northward of the Coggeshall Point. channel in Fall River Harbor, is marked by a light (124) Near Arnold Point, about 2 miles north of Melville equipped with a fog signal. on Rhode Island, is a large prominent lumber mill with (133) Three shallow streams that empty into the north- a conspicuous stack. A privately dredged channel with a ern part of Mount Hope Bay are entered only by local reported depth of about 29 feet in July 1981 leads to a small craft. Kickamuit River, the westerly one, has a 600-foot pier at the mill. In July 1981, the pier was not narrow buoyed entrance through which the currents in use and was reported to be in disrepair. have considerable velocity. The buoyed channel has a depth of about 6 feet. Cole River, the middle of the Chart 13224 three, is buoyed on the east side of the entrance. South Swansea, on the west shore of Gardners Neck, has a (125) Hog Island, about 1 mile north of Arnold Point, lies boatyard with a 25-ton mobile hoist and a marine rail- in the entrance to Bristol Harbor, dividing the waters way that can handle craft up to 50 feet for hull, engine, into two channels. The island has a rolling wooded ter- and electronic repairs or storage. Berths, electricity, rain on which are a few houses and cottages. Shoal wa- gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, and marine supplies are ter surrounds the island extending as much as 0.4 mile available. In August 1981, a reported depth of 6 feet southward and 0.8 mile northward. The shoal area is could be carried to the boatyard. marked by lights and buoys. (134) A highway bridge, about 1.5 miles above the en- trance, has a 41-foot fixed span with a clearance of 7 (126) About 0.6 mile east-northeastward of Hog Island feet. Lee River, the easterly stream, is navigable to a Shoal Light is Musselbed Shoals, marked on the outer fixed bridge about 1.2 miles above the entrance. A shoal end by a light. From the light structure a directional in midchannel just north of the narrow opening light is shown to mark the channel to Mount Hope Bay. through the fill, 0.8 mile above Brayton Point, has a depth of 1 foot. Charts 13221, 13227 Channels (127) Mount Hope Bay, in the northeastern part of (135) A Federal project provides for a channel 35 feet Narragansett Bay, is the approach to the city of Fall deep through Mount Hope Bay to about 0.9 mile above
248 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 the Brightman Street Bridge across Taunton River at the fixed railroad bridge, about 0.2 mile upstream from Fall River. (See Notice to Mariners and latest editions of Weir Bridge, has a clearance of 9 feet. (See 117.1 the charts for controlling depths.) through 117.59 and 117.619, chapter 2, for draw- (136) A dredged side channel, about 0.2 mile north of bridge regulations.) The overhead power cables cross- Common Fence Point (41°39.3'N., 71°13.3'W.) at the ing Taunton River have least clearances of 145 feet at north end of Rhode Island, leads eastward from the Fall River and 65 feet near Taunton. main channel into North and South Branch channels. In April-June 2004, the side channel had a reported Caution controlling depth of 33.1 feet, with 20.7 feet available in (142) The fender protection on the southeast side of the the North Branch channel, along the North Tiverton waterfront, and 23.7 feet available in the South Branch Brightman Street bridge has been destroyed, and the channel. Captain of the Port, Providence, has ordered that out- (137) A privately dredged side channel, about 3.3 miles bound barges in excess of 1,000 gross tons pass northeastward of Common Fence Point and marked by through the bridge only on the flood tide. buoys and a 326° private lighted range, leads northwestward from the main channel to a powerplant Tides wharf on the east side of Brayton Point. In July 1998, (143) The mean range of tide is 4.4 feet at Fall River and the channel had a reported controlling depth of 34 feet, except for shoaling to 33 feet in the entrance widening 2.8 feet at Taunton. (See the Tide Tables for predic- and 24 feet along the west edge of the widening. tions.) (138) A dredged channel in Taunton River leads from Somerset to Peters Point, 6.7 miles above the Currents Brightman Street Bridge, thence to Taunton, 12.5 (144) In Taunton River the currents generally follow the miles above Fall River. In May 2001, the channel had a controlling depth of 6.4 feet to Peters Point, thence 4 direction of the channel and, except at bridges, do not feet was reported to be available to Taunton. Local hinder navigation. The ebb is usually stronger than the knowledge is required from Dighton to Taunton. Buoys flood. (See the Tidal Current Tables for predictions, and mark the channel to about a mile beyond the Berkley the Tidal Current Charts, Narragansett Bay, for hourly Bridge, about 3.5 miles below Taunton. velocities and directions of the current.) Anchorages Weather, Narragansett Bay and vicinity (139) Fall River Harbor has no designated anchorages. (145) The prevailing winds are northeasterly for all but Vessels may anchor on either side of the dredged ap- the summer months, when the direction is southwest- proach channel in the outer harbor or at any locality in erly. The heaviest gales are usually from the northwest. Mount Hope Bay where depth and bottom are suitable; The approach channel and harbor are generally free the chart is the best guide. from ice and are navigable throughout the year. Taunton River is commonly closed from December to Bridges March. During severe winters the harbor and Mount (140) At Fall River, two highway bridges cross Taunton Hope Bay are occasionally frozen over, but the chan- nels to the principal wharves are kept open by vessels River. The first, a fixed bridge at State Pier, has a clear- and tugs operating in the harbor. ance of 135 feet; a privately maintained fog signal is sounded from the bridge. The second, Brightman Pilotage, Fall River Street Bridge, about 1.1 miles above the fixed bridge at (146) See Pilotage, Narragansett Bay and Other Rhode Is- State Pier, has a bascule span with a clearance of 27 feet. The bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 16 land Waters (indexed as such), early this chapter. and works on channel 13; call sign WQA-833. In Octo- ber 2000, a replacement bascule bridge was under con- Towage struction about 0.2 mile above the existing Brightman (147) Tugs to 2,200 hp are available at Fall River and tugs Street Bridge with a design clearance of 60 feet. (141) Between Fall River and Taunton, the river is to 3,300 hp are available from Providence for use at Fall crossed by three bridges. The highway bridge at River. Vessels are usually met 2 miles below their berth. Berkley, about 5 miles above Fall River, has a swing Large vessels normally require tugs for docking and span with a clearance of 7 feet. Weir Bridge, the fixed undocking. Arrangements for tug service should be highway bridge at Taunton, has a clearance of 10 feet; made at least 6 hours in advance, usually through ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. Tugs are dispatched 24 hours a day. The tugs monitor VHF-FM channels 10, 13, 16, and 18A, and use channel 7A as a working frequency.
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 249 Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural alongside; deck height, 10 feet; receipt of latex and quarantine caustic soda; owned by Tillotson Co. and operated by (148) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and Ap- Borden and Remington Corp. pendix A for addresses.) (161) State Pier: 0.2 mile northeast of Borden and (149) Fall River is a customs port of entry. Remington Corp. Wharf; 398-foot face, 18 to 35 feet (150) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with regula- alongside; lower side 620 feet long, 35 feet alongside; tions of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public deck heights, 17 feet; 85,000 square feet covered stor- Health Service, chapter 1.) Fall River has several hospi- age, about 7 acres of open storage; receipt and ship- tals. ment of general and roll-on/roll-off cargo; owned by (151) The Coast Guard vessel documentation office at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, operated by Fall New Bedford, MA, serves Fall River. (See Appendix A for River Line Pier, Inc. address.) (162) The battleship USS MASSACHUSETTS, World (152) The harbormaster can be contacted through Fall War II memorial, and three other U.S. Navy vessels are River City Hall. berthed just northward of the State Pier. (163) Shell Oil Co. Wharf: about 2 miles above State Pier; Wharves 570-foot face, 700 feet with dolphins; 30 feet alongside; (153) The piers and wharves at Fall River are along the deck height, 13 feet; receipt and shipment of petroleum products, receipt of naphtha; owned and operated by Taunton and Sakonnet Rivers and in Mount Hope Bay. Shell Oil Co. Only the deep-draft facilities are described. For a com- (164) Facilities on west side of Taunton River (chart plete description of the port facilities refer to Port Se- 13227): ries No. 4, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of (165) Brayton Point Station Dock: (41°42'33\"N., Engineers. (See Appendix A for address.) The alongside 71°11'21\"W.); 1,017 feet long; 34 feet alongside; deck depths are reported; for information on the latest height, 15 feet; coal unloading tower serves conveyor depths contact the operator. All the facilities described belt system, unloading rate 1,000 tons per hour; receipt have highway connections. Fresh water is available at of fuel oil and coal; owned and operated by New Eng- most of the piers and wharves. Cargo in the port is usu- land Power Co. ally handled by ship’s tackle. (166) Montaup Electric Co. Wharf: about 2.5 miles above (154) The speed limit is 5 knots in the channel off the Brayton Station Dock; 645 feet long, 34 feet alongside; piers and wharves. deck height, 10 feet; two coal unloading towers serve (155) Facilities at Tiverton, RI (chart 13221): conveyor belts, combined unloading rate 1,200 tons (156) Texaco Inc. Tiverton Terminal: (41°38'50\"N., per hour; receipt of coal and fuel oil; owned and oper- 71°12'40\"W.); 50-foot face, 721 feet with dolphins; 35 ated by Montaup Electric Co. feet alongside; deck height, 11 feet; receipt of petro- leum products; owned by Texaco, Inc.; not being oper- Supplies ated in 1983. (167) Provisions, marine supplies, gasoline, and water (157) Northeast Petroleum Corp., Pier 1: about 250 yards north of Texaco Inc. Terminal; 120-foot face, 700 feet can be obtained in Fall River. Water is available at most with dolphins; 32 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; re- of the berths. ceipt of petroleum products; owned and operated by Northeast Petroleum Corp. Repairs (158) Northeast Petroleum Corp., Pier 2: about 250 yards (168) Fall River has no drydocking or major repair facili- north of Northeast Petroleum Corp., Pier 1; 40-foot face, 700 feet with dolphins; 34 feet alongside; deck ties for deep-draft vessels; the nearest such facilities are height, 9 feet; receipt of petroleum products; owned at Boston, MA. and operated by Northeast Petroleum Corp. (169) Fall River has two small shipyards, on the west side (159) Fuel Storage Co., Tiverton Terminal Pier: east side of the harbor about 0.6 mile above the fixed bridge and of Mount Hope Bay, 1.5 miles northward of Northeast on the east side of the harbor about 0.9 mile below the Petroleum Corp., Pier 2; 50-foot face, 795 feet with dol- fixed bridge. The northerly shipyard has a marine rail- phins; 35 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; receipt of way that can handle vessels to 100 feet long with drafts petroleum products; owned and operated by Fuel Stor- of 7 feet forward and 13 feet aft. The yard can make re- age Co. pairs to wooden, steel, and aluminum vessels at their (160) Facilities at Fall River, east side of Taunton River berths. The southerly yard specializes in the construc- (chart 13227): Borden and Remington Corp. Wharf: tion and conversion of steel vessels. Cranes to 250 tons (41°42'10\"N., 71°10'09\"W.); 380-foot face, 28 feet are available for hauling out vessels. In August 1981, depths of 22 to 23 feet were reported alongside.
250 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Small-craft facilities (180) Potter Cove, on the northeast side of Prudence Is- (170) Small-craft facilities are at Fall River, Somerset land, is a small nearly landlocked harbor. Buoys mark the entrance channel off Gull Point. In November opposite Fall River, Taunton, and at Dighton. Berths, 2002, a sunken wreck in about 41°38.2'N., 71°19.2'W. electricity, gasoline, water, ice, storage, launching was about 0.75 mile southeast of the entrance to Potter ramps, marine supplies, and hull and engine repairs Cove. The north and south ends of Prudence Island are are available. The largest marine railways, at Dighton, a State park. Ohio Ledge, about 2.5 miles northward of can handle craft to 55 feet; mobile hoists to 35 tons are Potter Cove, has a least depth of 8 feet and is marked on also available at Fall River. its southeast side by a bell buoy. Communications (181) Warren River, emptying into the head of (171) Fall River has railroad freight service and bus ser- Narragansett Bay westward of Bristol Neck, is the ap- proach to the towns of Warren and Barrington, and vice. Barrington River, which joins Warren River at Warren. A church spire in Warren is prominent. Chart 13224 (182) From the bay, the channel to Warren passes be- (172) Bristol Harbor, between Bristol Neck on the east tween numerous shoals and rocks and is crooked and end and Popasquash Neck on the west, is in a cove winding, but well marked. A depth of about 9 feet is in about 2 miles long and 1.3 miles wide at its southern the channel to the lower wharves at Warren, and the end, narrowing to 0.4 mile wide at its northern end. same depth is in Barrington River to the fixed highway The harbor proper, the northern part of the cove, has bridge about 0.5 mile above the entrance. depths of 15 to 17 feet. (183) In November 2002, a sunken wreck in about (173) Bristol is a town on the eastern side of the harbor. 41°43.65'N., 71°17.25'W. is on the west side of Warren In approaching the harbor the most prominent mark is River. Mount Hope Bridge. Also prominent are the navigation lights, a stone tower, a stack, and an elevated tank on (184) A State regulatory buoy, about 0.9 mile above the high ground back of the town. The town has bus ser- mouth of Warren River, marks a “Slow no wake” zone. vice. A ferry operates daily from Bristol to Prudence Is- land, and summer ferry service is available to Hog (185) An excellent anchorage may be found at the mouth Island. of the Warren River about 0.2 mile from the eastern shore in depths of 14 to 15 feet, soft bottom. There is (174) Hog Island is in the middle of the entrance to Bris- not room for anchorage in the river for any but small tol Harbor. A natural channel with depths of 19 to 25 craft. Abreast the lower end of Warren the channel is feet extends on each side of the island. Excellent an- about 0.1 mile wide, with depths of 13 to 17 feet in chorage may be found in the harbor abreast the town in midchannel, and small vessels can anchor temporarily depths of 15 to 17 feet, soft bottom. A general anchor- at this point. age is in Bristol Harbor. (See 110.1 and 110.145 (c) and (d), chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (186) Vessels approaching the river must take care to avoid Rumstick Shoal, which extends nearly 0.6 mile (175) Usher Rocks, about 0.7 mile northeastward of south of Rumstick Point, the southernmost point of Popasquash Point, are bare at low water. A buoy is east- Rumstick Neck and the western entrance point of the ward of the rocks and a lighted bell buoy is on the west- river. The shoal has depths of 2 to 12 feet and is marked ern side of the western passage to the harbor. by buoys. Rumstick Rock, 6 feet high, and Rumstick Ledge, with rocks that uncover 1 to 5 feet, are on the (176) The mean range of tide at Bristol is 4.1 feet. westerly side of the shoal. (177) Depths alongside the piers and wharves range from (187) About 0.5 mile above the mouth of Barrington 9 to 13 feet. River is a fixed highway bridge with a clearance of 9 (178) A Coast Guard vessel is moored at Bristol. The feet. In 2004, the highway bridge was being demol- ished; a new fixed highway bridge with a design clear- Coast Guard pier is marked by a light. ance of 10 feet was under construction at the same (179) A marina and yacht club are on the west side of the location; upon completion it will replace the demol- ished bridge and a temporary highway bridge. The tem- harbor. Guest moorings, electricity, water, ice, marine porary highway bridge is in use just south of the supplies, and hull and engine repairs are available. A demolished bridge, and has a clearance of 9 feet. About mobile hoist at the marina can handle craft to 42 feet 100 yards upstream from the highway bridge is a fixed long. Launching ramps are available on the east side of bicycle bridge with a 30-foot span on the east side of the the harbor. In 1993, a reported depth of about 8 feet river and a clearance of 5 feet. In 1978, rocks were re- could be carried to the marina. ported under the bicycle bridge.
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 251 (188) The mean range of tide at Warren is 4.6 feet. The rock awash was in about 41°45'25\"N., 71°23'10\"W., on tidal current off the town of Warren has a velocity of the west edge of the anchorage basin. A 12-foot-high about 1 knot. Strong currents may be encountered in protective dike along the east side of the anchorage ba- Barrington River. sin extends southward from Marsh Island, on the south side of the entrance channel, to Rock Island. (189) The harbormaster controls docking, mooring, and Pawtuxet is a village on the west side of the cove. anchoring, and can be contacted through the Warren (196) The harbormaster in the cove controls anchoring Police Department. and berthing; he can be contacted through the Warwick City Hall. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel (190) A shipyard on the east side of the Warren River at fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, and a 15-ton mobile Warren has a hydraulic lift that can handle vessels to hoist are available. A flatbed trailer can haul out craft to 300 tons or 130 feet long. In August 1981, a reported 50 feet long for complete hull and engine repairs. depth of 7 feet could be carried to the shipyard. (197) A yacht club is on the west side of Providence River about 1 mile northward of the entrance to Pawtuxet (191) Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, Cove. Gasoline and guest berths are available. and marine supplies are available in Warren. Depths re- (198) A privately dredged channel leads from the main ported alongside the major wharves range from 7 to 20 channel in Providence River, eastward of Pawtuxet, to a feet. A yacht club is on the point near the confluence of small-craft facility about 0.45 mile southwestward of the two rivers. Several boatyards are in the vicinity; Fields Point (41°47.2'N., 71°22.9'W.). The channel is mobile hoists to 25 tons are available. Covered storage marked by buoys and, in December 1998, had a re- and complete engine, electronic, and hull repairs are ported controlling depth of 8 feet. The ruins of the piers available. of a former Naval Reserve facility are on the south side of Fields Point immediately eastward of the yacht club; Charts 13224, 13225 this area should be avoided. (199) Bullock Cove, on the east side of Providence River (192) Providence River, which empties into the head of 2 miles north of Conimicut Point, is the scene of con- Narragansett Bay between Nayatt Point and Conimicut siderable pleasure boat activity. A dredged channel Point, is the approach to the city of Providence, numer- leads from the Providence River to a mooring basin on ous towns and villages, and to Seekonk River. the east side of Bullock Point, thence northward 0.5 mile to a mooring and turning basin. In March 2002, (193) Providence is at the head of navigation on the Prov- the controlling depths were 0.2 feet in the east half and idence River, about 7 miles above the entrance, at the 6.1 feet in west half of the entrance channel to the junction of the Providence and Seekonk Rivers. The mooring basin east of Bullock Point, thence 3.3 to 6 port area includes both sides of the upper navigable feet in the basin, thence 3.8 feet to the upper basin and channel of the river. The port’s chief waterborne com- 1.3 to 3.9 feet in the basin. The entrance channel is merce is in petroleum products, cement, lumber, steel marked by buoys and daybeacons. In September 1982, a scrap metal, general cargo, and automobiles. sunken wreck was reported on the west side of the channel at Bullock Point. There are numerous (194) Occupessatuxet Cove, on the west side of the river small-craft facilities in Bullock Cove. The largest ma- north of Conimicut Point, is a shallow bight south of rine railway, on Bullock Neck about 300 yards north- Gaspee Point. The cove is frequented only by small ward of Bullock Point, can handle craft up to 60 feet; craft with local knowledge. berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, stor- age, launching ramps, marine supplies, a pump-out fa- (195) Pawtuxet Cove, used by pleasure and fishing craft, cility, a 45-ton mobile crane, a 99-ton mobile hoist, and on the west side of Providence River, is entered about 1 hull, engine and electronic repairs are available. Sail mile northward of Gaspee Point through a dredged repairs can be arranged nearby. channel. The entrance channel leads westward to the (200) Seekonk River, which branches off northeasterly cove, thence the channel turns northward and leads to from Providence River at Providence, is the approach a turning basin at the head of the cove. An anchorage to Phillipsdale and Pawtucket. The head of navigation basin extends southward from the entrance channel. is at Pawtucket, 5 miles above the mouth. Commerce The entrance channel is marked by lighted and on the river is chiefly in petroleum products. A marina unlighted buoys. A State regulatory buoy, at the junc- at Pawtucket can provide berths, electricity, water, gas- tion of the entrance channel and the channel to the oline, storage facilities, marine supplies, and hull and head, marks a “Slow-no-wake” zone. In February 2006, engine repairs. A flatbed trailer at the marina can haul the controlling depths were 6 feet in the entrance channel, thence 3.9 feet (6 feet at midchannel) to the turning basin at the head of the cove with 4.7 to 6 feet in the basin; 3.6 to 6 feet was available in the anchorage basin southward of the entrance channel. In 1976, a
252 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 out craft to 40 feet long. In July 1981, a reported depth in the area where a portion of Green Jacket Shoal was of 12 feet was available alongside the marina berths. removed. Preferred small-craft anchorages are in Bull- ock Cove and Pawtuxet Cove. Prominent features (201) Conimicut Light (41°43'01\"N., 71°20'42\"W.), 58 Dangers (206) Numerous rocks and ledges border Providence feet above the water, is shown from a white conical tower on a brown cylindrical pier on the west side of the River Channel on either side. Navigational aids mark entrance to Providence River. A fog signal is sounded at the shoal areas off Bullock Point, about 1.5 miles above the light station. An abandoned lighthouse on Nayatt the mouth; off Sabin Point, about 3 miles above the Point is also prominent in the approach to the river. Mouth; off Pomham Rocks, about 3.5 miles above the mouth; off Fuller Rock, about 5 miles above the mouth Channels and Green Jacket Shoal, east of Fox Point about 7.4 (202) The Federal project for Providence River provides miles above the mouth. for a channel 40 feet deep from just below Prudence Is- (207) Providence River channel, between Narragansett land Light to Fox Point near the junction of Provi- Bay Entrance Lighted Whistle Buoy NB and Fox Point, dence and Seekonk Rivers. (See Notice to Mariners and is a regulated navigation area. (See 165.1 through latest editions of the charts for controlling depths.) The 165.13, and 165.122, chapter 2, for limits and regula- channel is well marked with navigational aids. tions.) (203) A hurricane barrier crosses the Providence River about 200 yards above Fox Point. The barrier includes Bridges three gates which normally will be kept in the opened (208) There are no bridges over Providence River be- position until the approach of hurricane weather. The clearances at each of the three river gates are: horizon- tween the mouth and the principal wharves. In Novem- tal, 20 feet; vertical (gate fully opened), 21 feet at mean ber 2003, a fixed highway bridge with a design high water; and depth over the gate sill, 12.9 feet at clearance of 35 feet was under construction close south mean low water. Red lights mark the channel ends of of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier. Point Street Bridge, each gate. about 0.3 mile above Fox Point, has a fixed span with a (204) Seekonk River empties into the easterly side of clearance of 7 feet. Two overhead power cables cross Providence River at Fox Point. A marked dredged chan- the river between this bridge and the Fox Point Hurri- nel leads from Cold Spring Point, about 1.3 miles cane Barrier; least clearance is 60 feet. A fixed highway above Fox Point, to a point about 150 yards southward bridge about 300 yards north of Point Street Bridge has of Division Street Bridge at Pawtucket, about 2.9 miles a clearance of 26 feet. above Cold Spring Point. The lower section of the river, (209) In Seekonk River, an overhead power cable cross- from Fox Point to Cold Spring Point, is crooked and ing at India Point, 0.5 mile above the mouth, has a winding and marked by buoys. Local knowledge and clearance of 130 feet. Just above India Point several use of the chart are required to carry the best water. bridges cross the river within 0.9 mile. The name of the Three areas of submerged boulders with angle iron bridge, type, and clearance follows: Washington Bridge protrusions, the remains of the approaches and pivot South, bascule span maintained in closed position, 40 pier of a former swing bridge, are in the river channel feet; Washington Bridge North, fixed span, 42 feet; Tun- at Cold Spring Point in about 41°49'36\"N., 71°22'49\"W., nel Bridge, bascule span, 17 feet; and New Red Bridge, 41°49'36.5\"N., 71°22'50\"W., and 41°49'37\"N., 71°22'51\"W. fixed span, 42 feet. Just below the State Pier at The shoreward areas have a least depth of 3½ feet, and Pawtucket are overhead power cables with clearances the area at about midchannel has a least depth of 12 of 125 feet. (See 117.1 through 117.49, chapter 2, for feet. In May 2006, the controlling depths were 4.7 feet drawbridge regulations.) (7.7 feet at midchannel) to Buoy 27, thence 4.3 feet (5.5 feet at midchannel) to the head of the project just be- Tides low Division Street Bridge. A 5 mph no wake zone, (210) The mean range of tide at Providence is 4.6 feet, marked by State regulatory buoys, is in the entrance channel and above Cold Spring Point. and the maximum range due to the combined effect of wind and other causes may reach 8 feet or more at Anchorages times. (205) Vessels anchor as directed by the harbormaster on Currents the edge of the channel between Fields Point and Fox (211) Tidal currents are weak in the approach channel Point. Eastward of Fox Point, a few vessels may anchor and the harbor, except in the constricted parts of
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 253 Seekonk River. At India Street Bridge the tidal currents seven days each year have snowfall greater than 1.5 have velocities of about 1.4 knots. In Seekonk River the inches (38 mm). double flood is very pronounced. The velocity near the (217) In early fall, severe coastal storms of tropical origin middle of the flood period is generally less than 0.5 sometimes bring destructive winds to this area. Even at knot and is sometimes in an ebb direction. (See the other times of the year, it is usually coastal storms that Tidal Current Tables for predictions, and the Tidal Cur- produce the most severe weather. Between 1871 and rent Charts, Narragansett Bay, for hourly velocities and 1996, twelve tropical storms have come within 25 miles directions of the current.) of Providence. In August 1991, Hurricane Bob passed within 20 miles east of the city with 85-knot winds. Weather, Providence and vicinity Only twelve hours earlier, Bob was packing winds in ex- (212) The proximity of Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic cess of 100 knots. In September 1960, Hurricane Donna passed about 20 miles west of the city. At the Ocean plays an important part in determining the cli- time, Donna had maximum winds of 90 knots. Coastal mate for Providence and vicinity. In winter, the temper- areas of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Long Island atures are modified considerably, and a good many of were raked with winds in excess of 100 knots compli- the major storms drop their precipitation in the form ments of Hurricane Donna. of rain, rather than snow. In summer, many days that would otherwise be uncomfortably warm are cooled by Ice refreshing seabreezes. At other times of the year, sea (218) The approach channel and the harbor are generally fog may be advected over land by onshore winds. In fact, most cases of dense fog are produced in this way; free of ice and navigable throughout the year. During but the number of such days is few, averaging 2 or 3 severe winters, the harbor and several miles of Provi- days per month. dence River and Upper Narragansett Bay are occasion- (213) The temperature for the entire year averages ally broken over, but the ice is usually broken up in the around 51°F (10.6°C). January is the coldest month av- channels to the principal wharves by the traffic in the eraging 29°F (-1.7°C), and July the hottest month aver- harbor. aging 73°F (22.8°C). Freezing temperatures occur on (219) The National Weather Service maintains an office the average about 117 days per year and the days with at the T.F. Green State Airport; barometers may be minimums below 5°F (-15°C) average six each year. An compared here. (See Appendix A for address.) average nine days each year record maximums in ex- (220) (See page 428 for the Providence climatological ta- cess of 90°F (32.2°C). The all-time maximum for Provi- ble.) dence is 104°F (40°C) recorded in August 1975 and the all-time minimum is -13°F (-25°C) recorded in January Pilotage, Providence 1976. (221) See Pilotage, Narragansett Bay and Other Rhode Is- (214) Measurable precipitation occurs on about 178 days each year. November is the wettest month averaging land Waters (indexed as such), early this chapter. 4.48 inches (114 mm) and June the driest averaging 2.89 inches (74 mm). Average annual precipitation is Towage 45.12 inches (1144 mm). (222) Tugs up to 3,300 hp are available at Providence. (215) Thunderstorms are responsible for much of the rainfall from May through August. They usually pro- Large vessels normally require tugs for docking and duce heavy, and sometimes even excessive, amounts of undocking. Arrangements for tug service should be rainfall but since the duration is relatively short, dam- made 4 hours in advance, and usually through ships’ age is ordinarily light. The summer thunderstorms are agents or directly by shipping companies. Tugs are dis- frequently accompanied by extremely gusty winds, patched 24 hours a day. Tugs monitor VHF-FM chan- which may cause some damage to property, especially nels 10, 13, 16, and 18, and use channel 7A as a working small pleasure and fishing craft. frequency. (216) The first measurable snowfall of winter usually co- (223) Providence is a customs port of entry. mes in October. The month of greatest snowfall is usu- ally February which averages about ten inches (254 Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural mm). It is unusual for the ground to remain well cov- quarantine ered with snow for any long period of time. The average (224) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and Ap- annual snowfall total is 45 inches (1143 mm). Snow has pendix A for addresses.) fallen in every month, October through May. About (225) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with regula- tions of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public Health Service, chapter 1.) (226) Providence has several hospitals.
254 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Coast Guard (237) Municipal Wharf, Berths 1, 2, 3, and 4: immediately (227) A marine safety office is in Providence. (See Ap- NW of Berths 5 and 6; 2,190-foot face, 35 to 40 feet alongside; deck height, 10½ feet; cranes to 200 tons; pendix A for address.) 47,000 square feet of covered storage; 12 acres open (228) Harbor regulations are enforced by the harbor- storage; electrical shore power connections; receipt and shipment of general cargo, lumber, paper products, master/port director, whose headquarters are at the automobiles, petroleum products, liquefied petroleum municipal wharf. The harbormaster regulates the gas, scrap metal, pig iron, and caustic soda; owned by movement and anchoring of vessels in the harbor. The city of Providence; various operators. speed limit in the harbor is 5 knots. (238) New England Bituminous Wharf: about 500 yards Wharves above Municipal Wharf; 384-foot face, 30 feet along- (229) The piers and wharves of the port of Providence are side; deck height, 10½ feet; receipt of asphalt; owned and operated by New England Bituminous, Division of along both sides of the Providence River below Fox John J. Hudson, Inc. Point. Only the deep-draft facilities are described. For a complete description of the port facilities refer to Port (239) Lehigh Portland Cement Co. Wharf: about 600 Series No. 4, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps yards above Municipal Wharf; 350-foot face, 20 feet of Engineers. (See Appendix A for address.) The along- alongside; deck height, 10½ feet; receipt of bulk ce- side depths are reported; for information on the latest ment; owned by city of Providence, operated by Lehigh depths contact the operator. All the facilities described Portland Cement Co. have highway connections, and most have rail connec- tions. Water is available at most of the piers and (240) Lone Star Industries Wharf: about 750 yards above wharves. Cargo in the port is usually handled by ship’s Municipal Wharf; 210-foot face, 28 to 30 feet alongside; tackle. Cranes to 200 tons are available. deck height, 12 feet; receipt of bulk cement; owned and (230) Facilities on the east side of Providence River: operated by Lone Star Industries, Inc. (231) Mobil Oil Corp. Wharf: (41°46'56\"N., 71°22'19\"W.); 1,225-foot face, 700 feet of berthing space; 20 to 38 feet (241) Algonquin LNG Wharf: about 0.4 mile above Mu- alongside; deck height, 8 feet; pipelines to storage nicipal Wharf; 450-foot face, 25 feet alongside; deck tanks; receipt and shipment of petroleum products, height, 12 feet; receipt of liquefied natural gas; owned bunkering vessels; owned and operated by Mobil Oil by Providence Gas Co., operated by Algonquin LNG, Corp. Inc. (232) Amoco Oil Co. Wharf: at Kettle Point about 0.9 mile above Mobil Oil Corp. Wharf; 500-foot face, 700 feet (242) Texaco U.S.A., Harbor Junction Pier: about 0.7 mile with dolphins; 36 feet alongside; deck height, 12 feet; above Municipal Wharf; 80-foot face, south side 1,040 receipt and shipment of petroleum products, bunker- feet long, 720 feet usable, 32 feet alongside; north side ing vessels; owned by Amoco Oil Co., operated by 1,040 feet long, 600 feet usable, 25 feet alongside; deck Amoco Oil Co. and Atlantic Richfield Co. height, 9 feet; receipt and shipment of petroleum prod- (233) Wilkes-Barre Pier: about 2 miles above Mobil Oil ucts, bunkering vessels; owned and operated by Texaco, Corp. Wharf; 75-foot face, 700 feet of berthing space Inc. with dolphins; 40 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; re- ceipt of petroleum products and naphtha; owned by (243) Promet Marine Services Pier: about 1 mile above Providence and Worcester Railroad Co., operated by Municipal Wharf; 120-foot face, 37 to 31 feet alongside; Union Oil Co. of California, Getty Refining and Mar- south side 596 feet long, 22 feet alongside; north side keting Co., and Astroline Corp. 596 feet long, 37 feet alongside; deck height, 12 feet; (234) In January 1982, fill operations and pier construc- cranes to 100 tons; 11 acres of open storage; receipt and tion were in progress at the site of the future rail/ship shipment of general cargo and dry bulk materials; re- cargo terminal just south of the Wilkes-Barre Pier. pairs to vessels; owned and operated by Promet Marine (235) Facilities on the west side of Providence River Services Corp. (236) Municipal Wharf, Berths 5 and 6: (41°47'25\"N., 71°22'54\"W.); 1,283-foot face; 35 to 40 feet alongside; (244) Northeast Petroleum Corp. Pier: about 1.2 miles deck height, 10½ feet; two 45-ton container cranes; 60 above Municipal Wharf; south side 620 feet long, 600 acres open storage; electrical shore power connections; feet of berthing space; 30 feet alongside; deck height, receipt and shipment of general and containerized 11 feet; receipt of petroleum products; owned and oper- cargo and heavy equipment; owned by city of Provi- ated by Northeast Petroleum Corp. dence, operated by Cranes Associates. (245) C. H. Sprague & Son Co. Pier: about 1.25 miles above Municipal Wharf; north side 500 feet long, 520 feet with platforms, 37 feet alongside; deck height, 12 feet; receipt and shipment of petroleum products; bunkering vessels; owned and operated by C. H. Sprague & Son Co.
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 255 (246) The principal wharves at Pawtucket have depths of ahead. On the southward approach from off Point Ju- 9 to 14 feet alongside. dith Light, a north-northeasterly course will bring the vessel to the lighted gong buoy off Whale Rock. (See Supplies also chart 13218). At night a careful study of the light (247) Gasoline, diesel fuel, diesel oil, bunker fuels, provi- characteristics is necessary as the lights marking East Passage will be seen on the starboard bow when ap- sions, and marine supplies of all kinds are available. Oil proaching from Point Judith. bunkering facilities, for deep-draft vessels, are available (252) The course should pass westward of, and 500 yards at most of the petroleum companies facilities in Provi- off, Dutch Island; thence through the James- dence. Fuel tank barges are also available for bunkering town-North Kingston Bridge opening; and thence vessels anywhere in the harbor. Water is available at northerly until about 0.8 mile westward of, and abeam, most of the wharves and piers. the south tangent of Hope Island. From here a north-northeasterly course will make the buoys mark- Repairs ing the entrance of the natural channel westward of (248) Providence has no facilities for drydocking deep- Pine Hill Point on Prudence Island. Then a heading to- ward Warwick Light until abeam the lighted bell buoy draft vessels; the nearest such facilities are at Boston, off Northwest Point on Patience Island will bring the Mass. Repairs to boilers, machinery, electrical equip- vessel in position to swing northeasterly and easterly to ment, and hull can be obtained in the port. Several the dredged channel to Providence. well-equipped machine and welding shops are also (253) Narragansett Pier, on the west side of West Passage available. Some of these concerns also maintain porta- about 3 miles west-southwestward of Beavertail Point, ble equipment for making above-waterline repairs to is a summer resort. The large hotels and a square gran- vessels at their berths. ite tower are prominent. A municipal bathing beach and pavilion at the Upper Pier are prominent from an Small-craft facilities easterly direction. (249) Small-craft facilities at Bullock Cove and Pawtuxet (254) River Ledge, about 0.9 mile northeastward of Narragansett Pier, has a least depth of 9 feet and is have been discussed earlier in this chapter. A marina on marked by a buoy. Whale Rock, on the western side of the west side of Providence River between Pawtuxet the passage about 0.8 mile northeast of River Ledge, is and Fields Point can provide berths, electricity, gaso- marked by a lighted gong buoy to the eastward. Little line, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage, marine supplies, Whale, covered 4 feet, is about 200 yards north of Whale and hull and engine repairs; a flatbed trailer can haul Rock. Strangers should pass eastward of the lighted out craft to 60 feet long. In July 1981, 10 feet was re- gong buoy off Whale Rock. ported in the approach to the marina, with 3 to 6 feet (255) Bonnet Shores Beach is on the north shore of the alongside. bight formed by Bonnet Point, the point about 1.5 miles north of Whale Rock. A bathing pavilion at the Communications beach is prominent from a southeasterly direction. (250) Providence is served by rail, bus, and air. A ferry op- (256) The Bonnet, a prominent hill with the shoreward face bold and rocky, is north of Bonnet Point. The shore erates daily in the summer to Newport and Block Is- between Bonnet Point and South Ferry, 1.3 miles land. northward, should be given a berth of 400 yards. Pil- ings extend 130 yards eastward just south of the old Chart 13223 pier at South Ferry. A 200-foot L-shaped pier of the Uni- versity of Rhode Island is about 150 yards southeast- (251) West Passage, between Conanicut and Prudence ward of the old pier. In July 1981, depths of 20 feet were Islands on the east and Boston Neck on the west, is the reported along the outer face with 10 feet reported approach to Dutch Island Harbor, Wickford, Quonset along the inner face. The buildings of the university, a Point, and East Greenwich. Vessels may also go to Prov- church spire, and a standpipe are prominent from idence by West Passage, although the route through southward to north of Dutch Island. East Passage is deeper and generally used. The follow- (257) Fox Hill, on the southern side of the entrance to ing directions for West Passage to Providence River are Dutch Island Harbor, 2.5 miles north of Beavertail good for a draft of 19 feet, but local knowledge is re- Point, is a point which terminates to the northward in quired for a draft greater than 12 feet. Approaching Beaverhead, a bluff rocky face. from the eastward, pass clear of Brenton Reef Light and steer for the lighted gong buoy off Whale Rock until southwest of Beavertail Light, and thence lay down a northerly course in midchannel with Dutch Island
256 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 (258) Dutch Island Harbor is in the West Passage of aforementioned highway bridge. The northerly fixed Narragansett Bay about 3 miles north of Beavertail highway bridge will replace the current southerly fixed Light. The harbor is a semicircular indentation 0.5 by 1 highway bridge at an unspecified future date. mile in extent in the west side of Conanicut Island. (267) From the bridge northward, Great Ledge extends along the west shore of Conanicut Island for about 1.5 (259) A boatyard in the southeastern part of the harbor miles. This ledge is from 175 to 500 yards offshore, cul- has a marine railway that can handle craft up to 50 feet minating in America Ledge at its northern end. Nu- for hull and engine repairs. Berths, electricity, gaso- merous rocks are on Great Ledge. Between Plum Beach line, diesel fuel (by truck), water, ice, storage, a launch- and Rome Point, on the west side of the passage, 1.2 ing ramp, some marine supplies, and a 20-ton lift are miles north of the bridge, are several rocks, including available. Red Rock and Old Sergeant. Bare and covered rocks are northeastward and eastward of Rome Point. (260) Dutch Island, a State park about 3.2 miles north of (268) Fox Island, 0.4 mile northeast of Rome Point and Beavertail Point, is surrounded by shoals and foul southward of Wickford Harbor, is small and low. A shoal ground. A bell buoy is off the northern end of the island with numerous submerged rocks including Seal Rock and a lighted gong buoy is off the southern end. A extends southward of the island. A narrow channel, square white tower on the southern end of the island is suitable only for small craft, is between this shoal and prominent marked by a light. the shoals extending northeastward of Rome Point. Halfway Ledge with a depth of 18 feet is about 0.5 mile (261) Dutch Island Harbor may be approached from east of Fox Island. northward or southward. The southward entrance is (269) Wickford Harbor, on the western side of good for a depth of about 28 feet; the northern entrance Narragansett Bay 8 miles above Beavertail Light, com- has an extensive shoal with depths of 15 to 18 feet. As prises an outer and an inner harbor. The outer harbor is the harbor is of easy access, it is frequently used as a a broad bight between Quonset Point on the north and harbor of refuge. Excellent anchorage may be had in Wild Goose Point, about 0.6 mile westward of Fox Is- depths of 12 to 48 feet, sticky bottom. A harbormaster land, on the south. The entrance is about 2 miles wide. controls all mooring and berthing. Vessels of over Depths in the middle and southern parts of the outer 18-foot draft seeking anchorage should give the eastern harbor average 13 to 17 feet. The inner harbor entrance shore of the harbor a berth of at least 0.4 mile. The east- is between Poplar Point, 1.3 miles northwest of Fox Is- ern shore of Dutch Island should be given a berth of land on the south, and Sauga Point, about 0.4 mile 100 yards. north of Poplar Point, on the north. The harbor is used chiefly by recreational craft, and by oyster and lobster (262) General anchorages are in West Passage of boats. The town of Wickford is on the southwestern Narragansett Bay. (See 110.1 and 110.145 (b) and (d), side of the inner harbor. chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (270) Several prominent landmarks are visible when ap- proaching Wickford Harbor. A standpipe at North (263) A bell buoy marks the shoal area off the northern Kingston (chart 13221), and a church spire in Wickford side of Dutch Island. The piers off the east side of the is- may be seen for many miles. An abandoned lighthouse land are in ruins. A shoal extends about 200 yards west- on Poplar Point and the light off the point are promi- ward and 350 yards northward of Beaverhead. At its nent. northern extremity this shoal rises abruptly from (271) The channel to the inner harbor, marked by buoys, depths of about 40 feet to a depth of 8 feet; a buoy marks is restricted to a width of about 150 yards by the break- the shoal. The southeastern part of the harbor has a waters and the shoals off Sauga and Poplar Points. The shallow cove. north breakwater is marked by a light. The channel leads to the junction of three coves, Fishing Cove to (264) Tidal currents of 1 to 1.5 knots may be encountered the northward, Mill Cove to the northwestward, and in the vicinity of Dutch Island. Elsewhere in West Pas- Wickford Cove to the southwestward. A State regula- sage velocities are usually less than 1 knot. (See the tory buoy just inside the jetties marks a “Slow no Tidal Current Tables for predictions, and the Tidal Cur- wake” zone. rent Charts, Narragansett Bay, for hourly velocities and (272) Wickford Cove is the scene of considerable plea- directions of the current.) sure-boat activity. A dredged channel in the cove ex- tends between flats, many of which are dry at low water, (265) Saunderstown is on the western shore of West Pas- to a highway bridge about 0.9 mile above the breakwa- sage abreast Dutch Island. A former ferry dock off the ters. Numerous piles, used as moorings, border the town is in ruins. A yacht club is at Saunderstown. (266) The Jamestown-North Kingstown Bridge crossing the passage from just north of Plum Beach has a fixed span with a clearance of 135 feet; a private fog signal is sounded from the west pier of the main channel open- ing. A replacement fixed highway bridge with a clear- ance of 135 feet is about 300 feet north of the
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 257 channel for about 0.35 mile below the highway bridge. depths of 30 feet are reported alongside the pier. In De- In March 2001, the channel had a controlling depth of cember 1965, the controlling depth in the channel to 5.3 feet. Davisville was 31 feet, thence 27 feet in the turning ba- (273) A marked dredged channel in Mill Cove leads to an sin or 28 feet for a middle width of 800 feet through the anchorage basin about 0.7 mile above the breakwaters. basin to the piers; depths of 29 feet were available on In March 2001, the channel had a controlling depth of the southwest side of Pier 1 and in the slip between 11.3 feet to the dock off of Cedar Tree Point, thence 6.6 Piers 1 and 2. feet to the head of the project except for gradual shoal- (279) Hope Island, about 1.6 miles north of Conanicut ing to bare in the north half of the channel between Point, has low grassy hills with a few trees. The island is Cornelius Island and Point Wharf. The anchorage basin a State estuarine sanctuary and is off limits to visitors had depths of 4½ to 6 feet. during the bird nesting season. Bare and submerged (274) Good anchorage may be had in the middle and rocks surround the island for about 0.2 mile. Despair southern parts of outer Wickford Harbor in depths of Island is on the outer end of a rocky ledge extending 0.2 14 to 17 feet. The northern part of the outer harbor has mile northeastward of Hope Island; a buoy is off the numerous rocks and ledges with a depth of 6 feet. Gen- northeast side of the ledge. Scup Rock and Round Rock eral Rock, with a depth of 9 feet over it, is the southerly are off the eastern side of Hope Island, and Gooseberry limit of this shoal, 0.9 mile north-northeastward of Fox Island and Seal Rock are off the western side. A hazard- Island. A rock with a depth of 8 feet over it is about 500 ous reef with piles and a boiler awash on it is about 0.4 yards westward of General Rock. Brig Ledge, about 0.5 mile southwestward of the southwest point of Hope Is- mile north of General Rock, is covered 9 feet. The land; a lighted buoy marks the area. southern shore of the outer harbor is foul. Charles (280) Allen Harbor is 2 miles north of Quonset Point. Rock, with a depth of 4 feet, is just inside of the north- The harbor is entered through a buoyed channel which ern breakwater and marked by a buoy. has a depth of about 8 feet. Depths of 8 to 10 feet are in- (275) Vessels approaching Wickford Harbor from the side. southward, after passing through the main span of the (281) Calf Pasture Point is on the north side of the en- Jamestown-North Kingston Bridge, steer 340°. When trance to Allen Harbor. Abreast the point and for some northeastward of Fox Island, steer for Wickford Harbor distance northward of it, a shoal extends 0.5 mile from Light on any bearing between 313° and 290°, anchor- shore. ing 0.2 mile or more southeastward of the light in depths of 13 to 15 feet, soft bottom. Chart 13224 (276) In severe winters the inner harbor is closed by ice, but the outer harbor is usually open although drift ice (282) Potowomut River, entering the west side of West is occasionally encountered. Passage, 1.7 miles north of Calf Pasture Point, is sepa- (277) Wickford has several small-craft facilities and rated from Greenwich Bay on the north by Potowomut boatyards. The largest marine railway, on the east of Neck. A dredged channel leads through the entrance of Wickford Cove, can handle craft up to 60 feet. Berths, the river. In December 2004, the channel had a control- electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine sup- ling depth of 2.7 feet. Caution is necessary to avoid plies, a launching ramp, mobile hoists to 30 tons, and rocks with depths of 1 foot over them in the entrance. hull, engine, and electronic repairs are available; wet Strangers should not enter the river. and dry storage is also available. In July 1981, a re- ported depth of about 7 feet could be carried to the ma- (283) Round Rock, about 0.7 mile eastward of Potowomut rine railway at Wickford Cove. River entrance, uncovers 3 feet and is marked by a sea- (278) Quonset Point, on the north side of Wickford Har- sonal lighted buoy close eastward. Several other rocks, bor, is marked by elevated tanks. Near the eastern end awash and submerged, lie between Round Rock and the of the point are the conspicuous buildings of the Quon- entrance to the river; caution is advised. set Point Industrial Park. The piers at Quonset Point, and at Davisville, about 1.5 miles northward, are usu- (284) The natural channel of West Passage extends be- ally approached from East Passage until north of tween the shoal area eastward of Round Rock and the Conanicut Island, thence through a buoyed dredged shoal area westward of Patience Island. The channel channel to a turning basin off the point from which a has depths of 21 to 70 feet. Buoys mark the entrance channel leads to the piers at Davisville. A depth of about from the southward, and a lighted bell buoy marks the 33 feet can be carried in the channel to the turning ba- northwestward edge of the shoal off Patience Island. sin. With the exception of 27- and 30-foot spots, depths The channel is the approach from southward to Green- of 32 to 35 feet are available throughout the basin; wich Bay, Warwick Point, and the channel from West Passage to Providence River.
258 ■ Chapter 6 ■ Coast Pilot 2 (285) Patience Island, 0.2 mile west of the northern end the railroad bridge. The anchorage basin had depths of of Prudence Island, is surrounded by shoals and foul 5.2 to 6 feet. In 1979, depths of less than 1 foot were ground. The island is a State park and estuarine sanctu- above the bridge. Small-craft facilities can be found in ary. the cove and at the west end of Greenwich Bay south- west of the entrance channel to the cove. (See (286) Warwick Point, the southernmost point of Warwick small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 13221 for ser- Neck, 0.7 mile northwest of Patience Island, is marked vices and supplies available.) by a light and fog signal. (292) Chepiwanoxet Island, on the western side of the bay northward of the entrance to Greenwich Cove, is a (287) Greenwich Bay, at the northwestern end of small neck of land with a yellow bluff facing eastward. Narragansett Bay, is entered between Warwick Neck From this island, shoals with little water over them ex- and Potowomut Neck. Shoal water borders the shore of tend about 500 yards northward and 300 yards east- the bay, but the general depths are 10 feet or more. ward and southeastward. Shoals extend about 300 yards northward and westward of Long Point, the (288) Warwick Cove, between Warwick Neck and Horse northwestern extremity of Potowomut Neck. Neck, is in the northeastern part of Greenwich Bay. A (293) Greenwich Cove, in the southwest end of Green- marked dredged channel leads from the bay to an an- wich Bay, is about 1.3 miles long and 300 to 600 yards chorage basin at the head of the cove; other anchorage wide. Buoys mark the entrance channel into the cove. basins in the cove are on the west side of the channel, State regulatory buoys at the entrance mark a “Slow 0.5 mile above the channel entrance, and on each side no wake” zone. On the western shore is the town of of the channel 0.7 mile above the channel entrance. A East Greenwich. Depths of about 7 to 11 feet are avail- State regulatory buoy off Horse Neck marks a 5 mph able in the cove to about 0.5 mile from the head. Good speed limit. In August-September 2003, the control- anchorage may be had off some of the small-craft facili- ling depths were 3.5 feet (6.0 feet at midchannel) from ties on the west side of the cove in depths of 8 to 11 feet. the entrance to the anchorage basin at the head of the (294) The mean range of tide is 4.0 feet. cove, except for shoaling to 0.8 foot in the left outside (295) The cove has several boatyards. Berths, electricity, quarter of the channel just above Buoy 5. The anchor- gasoline, water, diesel fuel, ice, marine supplies, wet age basin, 0.5 mile above the entrance, had depths of and dry storage, launching ramps, lifts to 21 tons, and 4.7 to 6.0 feet and the two anchorage basins, 0.7 mile complete engine and hull repairs are available. The above the entrance, had depths of 5.6 feet to 6.0 feet. harbormaster in the cove controls anchoring and The anchorage basin at the head of the cove had a depth berthing; contact can be made through the Warwick of 5.1 feet with gradual shoaling to 2.2 feet towards the City Hall. northeast end. The cove is the scene of considerable (296) From Sandy Point, the eastern extremity of pleasure boat activity. Potowomut Neck, shoals with depths of 2 to 9 feet ex- tend northeasterly for about 0.6 mile. Extensive shoals (289) The harbormaster in the cove controls berthing extend off the eastern side of Warwick Neck to Ohio and anchorage; contact can be made through the Ledge. Rocky Point is on the eastern side of the neck, Warwick City Hall. The cove has several marinas and 1.7 miles north-northeastward of Warwick Point. boatyards. Berths, electricity, gasoline, water, ice, stor- (297) The natural channel between the shoals off age, launching ramps, marine supplies, and hull and Warwick Neck and the shoals northward of Patience engine repairs are available. The largest mobile hoist, and Prudence Islands has depths of 19 to 50 feet. A buoy on the west side of the cove about 0.8 mile above the marks the shoal off Providence Point, the northern- mouth, can handle craft up to 20 tons. most point of Prudence Island. (290) Brush Neck Cove, about 0.5 mile west of Warwick Chart 13218 Cove, is fronted by a flat with a general depth of about 2 feet. This channel is used by small local craft at high (298) The shoreline of Point Judith Neck between West water as far as the pier at Oakland Beach. Oakland Passage and Point Judith should be given a berth of at Beach, on Horse Neck, between Brush Neck and Warwick least 0.6 mile. From Narragansett Pier to Black Point, a Coves, is a summer resort with bus communication. rocky promontory 1.9 miles southward, the shoreline is a rugged rocky ledge with deep water close inshore. (291) Apponaug Cove, in the northwestern part of Green- The waters between Black Point and Point Judith are wich Bay, is entered through a marked dredged chan- boulder-strewn and shoal up gradually. nel that leads from the bay to an anchorage basin on the southwest side of the channel just below a fixed railroad bridge about 0.7 mile above the channel en- trance. A State regulatory buoy at the entrance to the cove marks a 5 mph speed zone. In September 2005, the controlling depth was 6 feet to Buoy 8, thence 2.5 feet to the head of the channel, about 150 yards below
Narragansett Bay ■ Chapter 6 ■ 259 (299) Three very prominent landmarks are Point Judith stone bathing pavilion at the State-operated Scar- Light, the elevated water tank 1.7 miles north of Point borough Beach, 0.5 mile south of Black Point, and an Judith, and Hazard’s Tower, a high, square stone tower open stone tower on a house 0.4 mile north of Black 0.5 mile south of Narragansett Pier. Closer inshore the Point are prominent.
72°30’ 72° 71°30’ 260 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Connecticut River 41°30’ CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND 13219 New London Groton Stonington Point Judith Harbor Mystic Watch Hill 12354 Fishers Island Sound Point Judith Fishers Island Block Island 13214 12358 Greenport 13212 Block Island Sound 13217 Long Island Sound Montauk Point Gardiners Bay Gardiners Island 41° Little Peconic 13209 13215 Bay Great Peconic Bay Long Island SMALL-CRAFT CHARTS AND MARINE FACILITIES CHARTS NORTH ATLANTIC These specially designed charts are published with small craft information OCEAN and are labeled in green 13205 CONVENTIONAL CHARTS HARBOR CHARTS (outlined in red) - scales 1:50,000 and larger. COAST CHARTS (outlined in purple) - scales from 1:50,001 to 1:150,000. GENERAL CHARTS (outlined in purple) - scales from 1:150,001 to 1:600,000. Note: not all charts are shown
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 261 Block Island Sound (1) This chapter describes Block Island Sound, Fishers vessels. The shoreline is marked by many indentations Island Sound, Gardiners Bay, Little Peconic Bay, Great and shallow harbors. These waters are much used by Peconic Bay, and the ports and harbors in the area, the commercial fishing vessels and small pleasure craft be- more important of which are Point Judith Harbor, cause of the protection afforded and the many anchor- Great Salt Pond, Stonington, Mystic Harbor, and ages. Greenport. (8) Recommended Vessel Route (Block Island Sound) COLREGS Demarcation Lines has been established for Block Island Sound. (2) The lines established for this part of the coast are (9) The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Provi- described in 80.150 and 80.155, chapter 2. dence, in cooperation with the Southeastern Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island Port Safety and Security Charts 13205, 13215 Committees, has established a Recommended Vessel Route for deep draft vessels and tugs/barges transiting (3) Block Island Sound is a deep navigable waterway Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, and Buzzards forming the eastern approach to Long Island Sound, Bay. Deep draft vessels and tugs/barges are requested to Fishers Island Sound, and Gardiners Bay from the At- follow the designated routes. These routes were de- lantic Ocean. The sound is a link for waterborne com- signed to provide safe, established routes for these ves- merce between Cape Cod and Long Island Sound. It has sels, to reduce the potential for conflict with two entrances from the Atlantic: an eastern entrance recreational boaters, fishing gear, and other small from Rhode Island Sound between Block Island and craft, and to reduce the potential for grounding or col- Point Judith, and a southern entrance between Block lision. Vessels are responsible for their own safety and Island and Montauk Point. The sound is connected are not required to remain inside the route nor are fish- with Long Island Sound by The Race and other pas- erman required to keep fishing gear outside the route. sages to the southwestward, and with Fishers Island Small vessels should exercise caution in and around Sound by several passages between rocky reefs from the Recommended Vessel Routes and monitor VHF Watch Hill Point to East Point, Fishers Island. channels 16 or 13 for information concerning deep draft vessels and tugs/barges transiting these routes. (4) The north shoreline of Block Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound from Point Judith to New London (10) Block Island North Reef is a sand shoal with is generally rocky and broken with short stretches of depths of 14 feet or less extending 1 mile northward sandy beach. Many inlets and harbors, especially in the from Sandy Point at the north end of Block Island. The vicinity of Fishers Island, afford harbors of refuge for shoal should be avoided by all vessels; its depths change vessels. Most of the rocks and shoals near the channels frequently, and its position is also subject to a slow are marked with navigational aids. change. It is practically steep-to on all sides, so that soundings alone cannot be depended on to clear it. A (5) The southern part of Block Island Sound is lighted bell buoy is 1.5 miles northward of the point. bounded by Block Island on the east, the eastern ex- tremity of Long Island, and Gardiners Island on the (11) Southwest Ledge, 5.5 miles west-southwestward of west. Plum Island and Fishers Island are at the western Block Island Southeast Light, has a least known depth end of the sound. of 21 feet and is marked on its southwest side by South- west Ledge Lighted Whistle Buoy 2. Rocky patches with (6) The deep water in the central part of Block Island least depths of 27 and 29 feet extend 1.5 miles north- Sound will accommodate vessels of the greatest draft. eastward from the ledge. The sea breaks on the shoaler places on the ledge in heavy weather. (7) Westward of Gardiners Island, enclosed between the northeastern and eastern ends of Long Island, are (12) Several other dangers that must be guarded Gardiners Bay, Shelter Island Sound, Little Peconic against are northward and westward of Southwest Bay, and Great Peconic Bay. This area is well protected Ledge Lighted Whistle Buoy 2. These dangers are: but generally shallow, and is not suited for deep-draft
262 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 37-foot sounding, marked by a lighted buoy, about 2.2 (19) The tidal currents throughout Block Island Sound miles 280° from the lighted whistle buoy, and two rocks have considerable velocity; the greatest velocities oc- covered 21 and 22 feet, about 0.75 mile north of the cur in the vicinity of The Race and in the entrances be- lighted whistle buoy. tween Montauk Point, Block Island, and Point Judith. (13) The deepest passage in the southern entrance to Soundings alone cannot be depended upon to locate Block Island Sound is just westward of Southwest the position; the shoaling is generally abrupt in ap- Ledge and has a width of over 2 miles; this is the best proaching the shores or dangers. passage for deep draft vessels. The area between South- west Ledge Lighted Whistle Buoy 2 and Block Island (20) In the middle of the passage between Point Judith Sound South Entrance Obstruction Lighted Buoy BIS and Block Island, the velocity is 0.7 knot. The flood sets is known locally as Montauk Channel. Mariners should westward, and the ebb eastward. keep in mind that vessels with a draft in excess of 38 feet will not be allowed to transit this area. Further, pi- (21) In the passage between Block Island and Montauk lots using Montauk Channel shall consider draft, sea Point, the flood sets generally northwestward and the and swell, wind, visibility, current and vessel traffic. ebb southeastward. In the middle of the passage the ve- When these conditions pose a threat to the safety of any locity is 1.5 knots on the flood and 1.9 knots on the ebb. person, vessel, prudent navigation or safety of the envi- About 1.2 miles eastward of Montauk Point, the flood ronment, Montauk Channel shall not be used. sets 346°, ebb 162°, with a velocity of 2.8 knots. (14) Between the inner patch of rocks and the shoals, which extend 0.9 mile from Block Island, is a channel (22) In Block Island Sound and in the eastern part of 1.3 miles wide, with a depth of about 34 feet. Vessels us- Long Island Sound, fogs are generally heaviest with ing this channel should round the southwest end of southeast winds. In these waters the usual duration of a Block Island at a distance of 1.5 miles. It is not advis- fog is from 4 to 12 hours, but periods of from 4 to 6 days able to use this passage during heavy weather. have been known with very short clear intervals. In the (15) The entrance between Point Judith and Block Is- autumn, land fogs, as they are termed locally, some- land is used by vessels coming from the bays and times occur with northerly breezes, but are generally sounds eastward to Long Island Sound. The route gen- burned off before midday. erally used is through The Race. Tows of light barges and vessels of 14 feet or less draft sometimes go (23) The Race may be said to be the only locality where through Fishers Island Sound, especially during day- tidal currents have any decided influence on the move- light with a smooth sea. This entrance is clear with the ments of the ice. Large quantities of floe ice usually exception of Block Island North Reef and the numerous pass through The Race during the ebb, especially if the large boulders extending about 4 miles south-south- wind is westerly, and in severe winters this ice causes eastward of Point Judith. The coast from Point Judith some obstruction in Block Island Sound and around nearly to Watch Hill should be given a berth of over 1 Montauk Point. These obstructions are the most exten- mile, avoiding the broken ground with depths less than sive around the middle of February. 30 feet. Weather, Block Island Sound and vicinity Tides and currents (24) Land influences the weather only at the northern (16) (Full tidal information, including daily predic- edge of the Sound, with a northerly wind. Otherwise tions, is given in the Tide Tables.) the waters are open, similar to the nearby ocean. Winds (17) The effect of strong winds, in combination with the from all other directions have ample time to increase in strength and the Sound can be as turbulent as any wa- regular tidal action, may at times cause the water to fall ter off the coast. Wind speeds can be double those found several feet below or rise the same amount above the on the coast, especially in winter, when average speeds plane of reference of the chart. The mean range of tide of 16 to 17 knots are common. Gales occur up to 5 per- throughout Block Island Sound varies from about 3 cent of the time in winter and are most likely from the feet at Point Judith to 2 feet at Montauk Point. west and northwest. Seas built by winds from the (18) Tidal current data for a number of locations in southeast through southwest are usually highest since Block Island Sound are given in the Tidal Current Ta- there is no land to interfere with the fetch. Seas of 10 bles. Current directions and velocities throughout the feet (3 m) or more are likely 5 to 7 percent of the time in sound for each hour of the tidal cycle are shown on winter. Tidal Current Charts, Block Island Sound and Eastern (25) Because of relatively cold water, summer fog oc- Long Island Sound. curs two to three times more often in these waters than in either Narragansett or Buzzard Bays. For example, in June visibilities drop below ½ mile nearly 9 percent of the time.
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 263 North Atlantic Right Whales cumulonimbus clouds, and local thunderstorms do not (26) Endangered North Atlantic right whales may occur occur. Fog occurs on one out of four days in the early summer, when the ocean is relatively cold and foggy in Block Island Sound, in particular in the days average about 22 each year. Narragansett/Buzzards Bay Traffic Separation Scheme. (32) Winters are distinguished for their comparative They may also occur 30 nautical miles south of Block mildness; maximums average 36°F to 42°F (2.2°C to Island Sound (peak season: November through April). 5.6°C) and minimums average 26°F (-3.3°C) in January The Northeast Marine Pilots distribute educational and February. Since the surface winds are usually east- material to mariners in an effort to reduce right whale erly when snow begins it soon changes to rain or melts ship strikes. (See North Atlantic Right Whales, indexed rapidly after it piles up. The ocean temperatures are of as such, chapter 3, for more information on right course always somewhat above freezing and not far off whales and recommended measures to avoid collisions shore are relatively high. with whales.) (33) The ocean has a dampening effect on hot winds in summer and an accelerating effect on cold winds from Pilotage: Block Island Sound and Long Island Sound the mainland in the winter. Katabatic winds from (27) Pilotage is compulsary for foreign vessels under Narrangansett Bay and Long Island reach as high as 35 knots when anticyclonic conditions prevail on the register in Block Island Sound and Long Island Sound. mainland in winter. The wind velocity averages 15 A vessel traversing Block Island is enroute to or from knots for the year, but the mean is 17 knots in the win- Long Island Sound. See Pilotage, Long Island Sound ter, when gales are frequent. In the early fall most of the (indexed as such), chapter 8. Vessels bound for Long Is- tropical storms moving up the coast affect the island to land Sound ports may board pilots at any point south or some extent. Since 1871 and 1996, 13 storms have east of the Point Judith Pilot Station, centered on come within 25 miles of Block Island. In August 1991, 41°17.0'N., 071°30.5'W., and outside the waters of the the center of Hurricane Bob passed about ten miles to State of Rhode Island, and at any point south of the the west of the island with 85- knot winds. Montauk Point Pilot Station, centered on 41°02.0'N., (34) (See page 429 for Block Island climatological ta- 071°42.0'W. ble.) Chart 13217 Communications (35) A ferry operates daily from Galilee to Great Salt (28) Block Island, 5 miles long, is hilly with elevations up to about 200 feet. The shore of the island is fringed Pond or Old Harbor, carrying mail, passengers, freight, in most places by boulders and should be given a berth and vehicles. There is summer ferry service from Old of over 0.5 mile even by small craft; the shoaling is gen- Harbor to Providence, via Newport, and to New Lon- erally abrupt in approaching the island. don. The island has telephone service to the mainland. Air service is also available. Weather, Block Island and vicinity (29) Block Island, formed by glaciers, consists of nearly (36) Block Island Southeast Light (41°09'10\"N., 71°33'04\"W.), 261 feet above the water, is shown from a 7,000 acres (2,830 hectares) and lies in the Atlantic red-brick octagonal, pyramidal tower attached to a Ocean about 12 miles east-northeast of Long Island and dwelling to Mohegan Bluffs on the southeast point of about the same distance south of Charlestown, RI. the island. Hence, the climate is typically maritime, but under conditions of extreme cold or heat the effect is felt on (37) About 0.2 mile southeast of the light is the wreck of the island as well as on the mainland. Temperatures of the large tanker SS LIGHTBURNE. The wreck is -10°F (-23.3°C, February 1992) and 95°F (35°C, August marked by a buoy. At Clay Head, on the northeast side 1948) have been recorded. of Block Island, is a lone white house on top of the bluff. (30) Summers are usually dry. Recorded rainfall for any Two nearby silos are conspicuous. one month ranges from a trace to 11.51 inches (292 mm). November is the wettest month averaging 4.08 (38) Block Island North Light (41°13'39\"N., 71°34'33\"W.), inches (104 mm) and June is the driest averaging 2.46 58 feet above the water, is shown from a brown tower inches (64 mm). on a gray granite dwelling on Sandy Point at the north (31) The warmest month is July with an average high of end of the island. 76.5°F (24.7°C) and an average low of 63.7°F (17.6°C). The coolest months are January and February. Each av- (39) Old Harbor, frequently used as a harbor of refuge, erage 32°F (0°C). The island is too small to build up is an artificial harbor formed by two breakwaters on the east side of Block Island, 1.4 miles northward of Block Island Southeast Light. In May 2007, the controlling
264 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 depths were 7.2 feet (13.2 feet at midchannel) in the en- No-Discharge Zone trance channel, thence 12.1 to 15 feet in the anchorage (47) The State of Rhode Island, with the approval of the basin, with lesser depths along the edges. Depths of 11.3 to 15 feet were available in the inner harbor. The Environmental Protection Agency, has established a harbor is occupied by pleasure craft during the sum- No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in Great Salt Pond. The mer. The eastern part of the inner harbor is left clear NDZ includes all waters east of a line from the landward for the passage of the ferry to the wharf. The basin in end of the jetty located at the northwestern channel en- the southeast corner of the inner harbor is usually oc- trance to the red marker located approximately 600 feet cupied by fishing boats and local craft which tie up northwest of the United States Coast Guard facility along the sides. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and berths are dock (see chart 13217 for limits). available. The harbormaster has an office at the Old (48) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether Harbor town dock. treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. (40) The east breakwater extends about 300 yards Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by northward of the entrance of the inner harbor, and is 40 CFR 140 (see chapter 2). marked at its end by a light and fog signal. A bell buoy is 0.55 mile northward of the breakwater. A light marks Chart 13219 the end of the breakwater on the west side at the en- trance to the inner harbor. (49) Point Judith Light (41°21'39\"N., 71°28'53\"W.), 65 (41) Great Salt Pond (New Harbor), on the west side of feet above the water, is shown from an octagonal tower, Block Island, is the best harbor in Block Island Sound 51 feet high, with the lower half white, upper half for vessels of 15-foot draft or less. In easterly gales brown. The station has a fog signal. About 100 yards when the sea is too heavy to enter Old Harbor, a landing north of the light is Point Judith Coast Guard Station. can be made at Great Salt Pond. The entrance, about 2 A lighted whistle buoy is about 2.4 miles southward of miles south-southwestward of Block Island North the light. (See chart 13218.) Light, is a dredged cut through the narrow beach. The southwestern side of the entrance is protected by a (50) The area around Point Judith, including the ap- jetty, which is marked by a light and a fog signal at its proaches to Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, is irregular outer end. with rocky bottom and indications of boulders. Caution (42) In May 2007, the controlling depth was 5.4 feet in is advised to avoid the shoal spots, even with a smooth the left half of the channel and 1.3 feet in the right half sea, and to exercise extra care where the depths are not of the channel, with shoaling to bare in the right out- more than 6 feet greater than the draft. side quarter just shoreward of the inner end of the breakwater. Local knowledge is advised before enter- (51) Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, on the west side of ing. Point Judith, is formed by a main V-shaped breakwater (43) The usual anchorage in Great Salt Pond is near the and two shorearm breakwaters extending to the shore. southeast end, off the ferry landing, in 15 to 48 feet, The harbor is easy of access for most vessels except with taking care to leave a fairway to the landing. A channel a heavy southerly sea. It is little used by tows. The only with a reported depth of about 8 feet in July 1981 leads soft bottom in the harbor is found in the southern part to Trim Pond, where local fishing craft are moored. of the deeper water enclosed by the main breakwater. (44) Small-craft facilities in Great Salt Pond can provide On the north side the shoaling is gradual; the 18-foot berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, and curve is about 0.3 to 0.5 mile offshore. marine supplies. The marina about 0.3 mile westward of the ferry landing had a reported depth of 16 feet at (52) Near the central part of the harbor are two shoals; the face of the dock in July 1981. Sail and engine re- the northernmost one has depths of 14 to 18 feet, and pairs are available nearby. the southernmost one has depths of 14 to 16 feet and is marked by a buoy. Tides and currents (45) The mean range of tide is about 2.6 feet. (53) The area within the V-shaped breakwater affords (46) Tidal currents in the entrance to Great Salt Pond protected anchorage for small craft. The breakwater should be given a berth of 200 yards to avoid broken have a velocity of 0.3 knot. (See Tidal Current Tables for and hard bottom; a rocky shoal area about 100 yards predictions.) wide, paralleling the west side of the main breakwater northward from the angle should be avoided. A good berth for a vessel is on a line between Point Judith Har- bor of Refuge East Entrance Light 3 and Point Judith Harbor of Refuge West Entrance Light 2, midway be- tween them in 22 to 30 feet. This position falls on the
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 265 edge of the east-west thorofare used by pleasure craft areas westward of Galilee and southward of Little and fishing boats. Comfort Island. (54) In August 1984, a submerged obstruction was re- (62) In March 2006-April 2007, the controlling depths ported about 270 yards southeast of Point Judith Har- were 11.8 feet (13.7 feet at midchannel) to the junction bor of Refuge West Entrance Light 2 in about with the Galilee branch channel, thence 13.1 feet to the 41°21'37\"N., 71°30'40\"W. A dangerous wreck, covered State Pier at Jerusalem, thence 2.3 feet to the turning 4½ feet, is about 450 yards westward of Point Judith basin at Wakefield with 5.5 to 6 feet in the basin; deeper Harbor of Refuge East Entrance Light 3 in 41°21.6'N., water can be carried in the channel from Jerusalem to 71°29.1'W. Wakefield; however, local knowledge is advised. The (55) The southern entrance to the Harbor of Refuge, east branch channel had a controlling depth of 14.7 feet known locally as the East Gap, is 400 yards wide; in July to the State Pier at Galilee, thence 14.1 feet to the end 1981, it had a reported controlling depth of about 24 of the project at Buoy 3 southward of Little Comfort Is- feet with deeper water in the western half of the chan- land; the anchorage westward of Galilee had depths of nel. 10 feet. (56) The western entrance to the Harbor of Refuge, known locally as the West Gap, is 500 yards wide; in Tides and Currents July 1981, it had a reported controlling depth of about (63) The mean range of tide in the pond is 2.8 feet and 18 feet, with lesser depths on the north side of the en- trance. occurs later than in the Harbor of Refuge by about 10 minutes just inside the entrance and 30 minutes at the Tides and Currents north end. The tidal currents in the entrance have a ve- (57) The mean range of tide in the Harbor of Refuge is locity of 1.8 knots on the flood and 1.5 knots on the ebb, and cause slight rips and overfalls at changes of tide. 3.1 feet. The tidal currents have a velocity of about 0.7 Higher current velocities are reported to occur. (See knot at the south entrance. The currents off the west Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) entrance are rotary, with a velocity at strength of 0.5 (64) Several boatyards and marinas are at Galilee, Jeru- knot. (See Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) salem, Wakefield, and at Snug Harbor, on the west side (58) Considerably stronger currents have been reported of the pond about 0.8 mile above the entrance. Berths, to develop especially when the tide is ebbing. electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine sup- plies, storage, launching ramps, and hull and engine (59) Point Judith Pond is a saltwater tidal pond entered repairs are available. The largest marine railway in the between two rock jetties at The Breachway in the area, at the southern end of the waterfront at Snug northwestern part of Point Judith Harbor of Refuge. Harbor, can handle craft up to 150 feet long or 400 tons. The east jetty is marked near its seaward end by a In July 1981, a reported depth of 12 feet could be car- daybeacon. The pond extends 3.3 miles northerly to the ried to the railway. town of Wakefield. It is used extensively by small fish- (65) Daily ferry service is available to Block Island from ing vessels and pleasure craft, and numerous fish Galilee. Daily bus service is operated to Providence. wharves are inside the entrance. The north end of Point (66) Potter Pond, shallow and landlocked, is joined with Judith Pond affords good anchorage for boats of 4 feet Point Judith by a narrow channel near Snug Harbor. draft or less during a heavy blow. Local knowledge should be obtained before using this channel, which has depths of 2 to 4 feet and is crossed (60) The village of Galilee on the east side of the en- by overhead power and telephone cables with a clear- trance and Jerusalem on the west side at Succotash ance of 30 feet at the channel entrance and by a fixed Point have State piers and numerous small piers highway bridge with a clearance of 5 feet about 0.4 mile chiefly used by fishermen. A State fisheries laboratory above the entrance. A current of more than 3 knots de- is just above the State pier at Jerusalem. A State pier velops through the channel on the ebb. The mean superintendent controls the State piers at Galilee and range of tide in the pond is about 1 foot, and it occurs Jerusalem; his office is at the head of the Galilee State about 2.5 hours later than in the Harbor of Refuge. Pier. Chart 13215 (61) A channel with three dredged sections marked by buoys and a daybeacon extends from Point Judith Har- (67) From Point Judith to Watch Hill the shore is low bor of Refuge along the west side of the pond to the and for the most part consists of sandy beaches which State Pier at Jerusalem, and thence northerly to the are broken by several projecting rocky points. Back turning basin at Wakefield. A branch channel, on the east side, extends northeasterly from the entrance to the pond to the State Pier at Galilee, and into anchorage
266 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 from the immediate shore are areas of cultivation in- (70) Quonochontaug, 10.8 miles westward of Point Ju- terspersed with rolling grass-covered or wooded hills. dith, is a summer settlement at the outlet of Except for Point Judith Pond, most pond outlets are Quonochontaug Pond. In July 1981, a reported depth used only by small local craft. The coast is fringed by of about 3 feet could be carried in Quonochontaug broken ground and boulders in places, which should be Breachway, with depths of 15 to 20 feet reported in the avoided by deep-draft vessels where the depths are less pond. Vessels favor the west side of the entrance to than 36 to 42 feet. avoid rocks in the easterly half of the entrance. (68) Matunuck is a summer resort about 3 miles west of Point Judith. Southwest of Matunuck Point is Ne- (71) Weekapaug Point, 12.5 miles west of Point Judith, braska Shoal, a patch of boulders covered 18 feet and is bold, rocky, and prominent from the southwest and marked by a buoy. The shoal is at the south end of bro- southeast. Two stone jetties, 1,500 feet long, protect ken ground, with depths less than 30 feet offshore; the the entrance to Winnapaug Pond just westward of the water deepens abruptly around the patch. point. In July 1981, a reported depth of about 5 feet (69) Charlestown Breachway, 4.5 miles westward of could be carried in Weekapaug Breachway to the pond; Matunuck Point, is a narrow inlet which leads to vessels favor the west side of the breachway above the Ninigret Pond, also known as Charlestown Pond, to bridge. Reported depths in Winnapaug Pond vary from the westward, and the village of Charlestown to the bare to 10 feet. There are numerous shoals and sand- northward. In 1994, a reported depth of about 1½ feet bars. Southerly winds cause breakers at the ends of the could be taken in the inlet, with depths of about 3 to 6 jetties; extreme caution is advised. The fixed bridge feet inside. The southern part of Ninigret Pond is over the entrance has a clearance of 6 feet. mostly mud flats. Local knowledge is required in enter- ing and moving about inside. A small-craft facility is at (72) Old Reef, with a depth of 5 feet over it, is about 1.5 Charlestown, and one is at the western end of Ninigret miles west of Weekapaug Point and about 0.5 mile off- Pond; berths, gasoline, electricity, marine supplies, and shore. launching ramps are at both facilities.
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 267 Chart 13214 (79) Sugar Reef, some 500 to 600 yards in extent, is cov- ered 2 to 12 feet and should be avoided; it is marked by a (73) Watch Hill, about 17.5 miles west of Point Judith, buoy off its north side. is a high bare bluff on its easterly side with several large hotels and summer houses. (80) Catumb Passage, between Sugar Reef and Catumb Rocks, has a width of 150 yards; its least depth is 13 feet. (74) Watch Hill Light (41°18.2'N., 71°51.5'W.), 61 feet above the water, is shown from a square gray granite (81) Catumb Rocks, the highest of which are awash, are tower, 45 feet high, attached to a white building with a marked by buoys on the north, southeast, and south- red roof, on Watch Hill Point. west sides. Rocks covered 1 to 18 feet extend 0.8 mile westward of Catumb Rocks to the buoy that marks the (75) Gangway Rock, awash at low water, is part of a east side of Lords Passage. This passage, about 0.3 mile boulder reef extending about 0.2 mile southward from wide, has a least depth of 16 feet. Watch Hill Light. A lighted bell buoy marks the south end of the reef. A submerged rock is about 50 yards (82) Wicopesset Rock, on the northwesterly side of northward of the buoy. Lords Passage, is the easterly part of foul ground ex- tending about 0.3 mile to Wicopesset Island, which is (76) Watch Hill Passage is the principal entrance to low and rocky. Fishers Island Sound from eastward, and the only one used by strangers. It has a least depth of about 17 feet. A (83) Wicopesset Passage, between Wicopesset Island spot with 12 feet over it in the passage is marked by a and East Point, is narrow and is obstructed by a rock in buoy; the best channel is northward of this buoy, giving the middle marked by a buoy; it is suitable only for it a berth of about 150 yards. small craft and should not be used by strangers. A bell buoy marks the southern entrance. Extreme caution is (77) Watch Hill Reef, on the southwest side of Watch recommended when using the passage as the ebb cur- Hill Passage, has rocks that bare and is marked by a rent is apt to set boats on the foul ground. gong buoy. (84) Information about the tides and tidal currents in (78) Sugar Reef Passage, between Watch Hill Reef and the passages is given with the discussion of Fishers Is- Sugar Reef, has a width of 0.3 mile; the least depths are land Sound. about 22 feet.
268 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Charts 13214, 13212 ridge with a least depth of 28 feet extends about 120 yards SSW of Race Rock. Another ridge, extending in a (85) Fishers Island, 6 miles long, is hilly and sparsely north-south direction with a least depth of 38 feet is wooded. Chocomount, 136 feet high, is the highest about 320 yards east of Race Rock. point on the island. East Point, at the east end of the is- (88) Race Rock Light (41°14'37\"N., 72°02'49\"W.), 67 land, is marked by several large houses. The former feet above the water, is shown from a granite tower at- Coast Guard station at East Harbor, about 1 mile from tached to a dwelling on a granite pier on the rock. A fog East Point of Fishers Island, is prominent; numerous signal is sounded at the station. The fog signal is re- buildings on the western part of Fishers Island and a ported at times to be inaudible when a vessel is ap- large yellow hotel building are conspicuous. The radar proaching from eastward and is close southward of antenna on Mount Prospect, near the west end of the Fishers Island. island, south shore, is the most prominent landmark on Fishers Island from seaward. The south side of the Charts 13209, 13212 island is fringed with foul ground which rises abruptly from depths of 42 to 48 feet, but by giving the shore a (89) The Race, the main entrance to Long Island Sound berth of 0.5 mile, all dangers will be avoided. from eastward, extends between Fishers Island and Lit- tle Gull Island, between which is a width of about 3.5 (86) Race Point Ledge, partly bare at low water, extends miles. The only dangers are Valiant Rock, nearly in the about 0.2 mile southwestward from Race Point, the middle, and Little Gull Island with its reefs. southwest extremity of Fishers Island, and is marked at its end by a buoy. Inside the buoy are boulders with 2 to Current 9 feet over them. The passage between the buoy and (90) In the middle of The Race, the flood sets 295° and Race Rock Light has very irregular bottom; the least depth is about 20 feet. It is suitable only for small ves- the ebb 100°, with average velocities of 2.9 knots and sels with a comparatively smooth sea. 3.5 knots, respectively. There are always strong rips and swirls in the wake of all broken ground in The Race, (87) Race Rock, on the northeast side of The Race, is nearly 200 yards in diameter, with a depth of 8 feet. A
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 269 except for about one-half hour at slack water. The rips (98) Bedford Reef is broken ground, on which the least are exceptionally heavy during heavy weather, and es- found depths are 14 to 16 feet, extending about 1.5 pecially when a strong wind opposes the current, or the miles southward from broken ground lying between current sets through against a heavy sea. (Predicted Great Gull and Plum Islands. It should be avoided. Con- times of slack water and times and velocities of stellation Rock, on the southeasterly extension on this strength of current are given in the Tidal Current Ta- broken ground, has 17 feet over it, is marked by a buoy, bles.) and lies 1.9 miles southward of Little Gull Island Light. (91) During the flood stage of the tide, a significant eddy Chart 13209 exists on the northwest side of Valiant Rock. (99) Montauk Point, the easterly extremity of Long Is- (92) Little Gull Reef, with little depth and foul ground, land, is a high sandy bluff, on the summit of which is extends 0.3 mile east-northeastward from Little Gull the light. The land is grass covered, with a height of 165 Island and is marked at the northeast end by a buoy. feet at Prospect Hill, 2 miles westward of the point. The Mariners are advised that the buoy is sometimes sub- south side of the point is bold, the 10-fathom curve is merged by the strong current and deep-draft vessels about 0.5 mile from shore; depths of 24 feet and less ex- should avoid this locality. Little Gull Island Light tend 0.8 mile off the northeast side of the point. (41°12'22\"N., 72°06'24\"W.), 91 feet above the water, is shown from a gray granite tower, 81 feet high, attached (100) Montauk Point Light (41°04'15\"N., 71°51'26\"W.), to a red dwelling on a pier. A fog signal is at the light. 168 feet above the water, is shown from a white octago- The light and Race Rock Light are the guides, as nal, pyramidal tower with a brown band midway of its soundings cannot be depended upon. height and a covered way to a gray dwelling. A fog sig- nal is at the light. (93) In passing north of Valiant Rock, vessels should keep from 0.5 to 0.8 mile southwestward of Race Rock (101) Surrounding Montauk Point for about 4 miles is a Light, and craft passing southward of Valiant Rock shoal area that has been closely surveyed (see also chart should hold to a course about 1 mile northeastward of 13215); the bottom is very broken, and extra caution Little Gull Island Light. should be observed where the depths are less than 10 feet greater than the draft. In general, the shoals are a (94) Cerberus Shoal, 6 miles southeast of Race Rock series of long narrow ridges, in places only a few yards Light, is about 0.4 mile in diameter, with a least depth wide, and their positions are indicated by the rips over of 19 feet on a small rocky patch near its north end. The them at the strength of the tidal currents. seas break on this shoal during heavy swells. It is marked by a lighted gong buoy. Near the shoal, tide rips (102) Montauk Shoal, about 2.5 miles south-southeast- are unusually strong. ward of the light, has least depths of 30 feet. Great East- ern Rock, 1.5 miles east-northeast of the light, has a (95) Great Gull Island, 0.6 mile southwest of Little Gull least depth of 25 feet. Phelps Ledge, just northerly of Island, was formerly a military reservation, but is now Great Eastern Rock, is covered by 24 feet. Endeavor privately owned. The pier on the north side is in ruins. Shoals, about 2.3 miles northeast of the light, are cov- A lookout tower on the island is conspicuous. ered by 19 to 24 feet on a narrow ridge about 0.4 mile long. A lighted gong buoy is off the eastern end of the (96) Valiant Rock, with a least depth of 20 feet, is sur- ridge. rounded by shoal area, and the 10-fathom curve sur- rounding the rock marks the area which should be (103) Vessels drawing up to 20 feet can avoid the dangers avoided by deep-draft vessels and preferably all vessels, eastward and northeastward of Montauk Point in on account of the heavy swirls and rips. A lighted whis- smooth weather by giving the point a berth of over 1 tle buoy is northward of the rock. mile and avoiding Great Eastern Rock. (97) The Sluiceway, the passage between Great Gull Is- (104) Broken ground with rocky bottom and boulders ex- land and Plum Island, has several known dangers and tends about 2 miles off the north coast west of Montauk very irregular bottom with boulders, and should be Point. Shagwong Reef, with a least depth of 8 feet and avoided. The velocity of the tidal current in the passage marked by a lighted bell buoy, is the northern limit of is 2.6 knots on the flood, and 3.2 knots on the ebb; flood this area. Shagwong Rock, with a least depth of 7½ feet sets 299°, and ebb 133°. Considerably higher velocities and marked by a lighted buoy, and Washington Shoal, occur at times, and tide rips are very bad in heavy with a least depth of 15 feet, are between the shore and weather. Boulders covered 3 to 10 feet are between Old Shagwong Reef. The principal danger outside Shagwong Silas Rock and Plum Island. Old Silas Rock, marked by Reef is a shoal with a depth of 30 feet, 5.3 miles a buoy, is awash at high water. Middle Shoal Rock, 0.3 northwestward of Montauk Point. mile northeastward of Old Silas Rock, has a depth of 8 feet.
270 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Pilotage Pickup Locations Off Montauk Point COLREGS Demarcation Lines (105) Pilots generally, or by prearrangement, meet a ship (110) The lines established for Montauk Harbor are de- “off Montauk Point”. The following pilot associations scribed in 80.155, chapter 2. meet vessels “off Montauk Point” at the location indi- cated. For telephone number, FAX number, cable ad- Tides and Currents dress, description of the boat, frequencies, etc., consult (111) The mean range of tide is 1.9 feet. the name of the association under Pilotage, Narra- (112) Tidal currents at the entrance to Montauk Harbor ganset Bay and Other Rhode Island Waters (indexed as such), chapter 6; Pilotage, Long Island Sound (indexed have a velocity of 1.2 knots on the flood and about 0.5 as such), chapter 8; and Pilotage, New York Harbor and knot on the ebb. They are reported to decrease rapidly Approaches (indexed as such), chapter 11. after entering the harbor and are practically negligible (106) Pilots boarding vessels for Block Island Sound in- near the yacht club landing on the east side of Star Is- clude: Sound Pilots, Inc. (Division of Northeast Marine land. (See Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) Pilots, Inc.), Connecticut State Pilots and the Constitu- tion State Pilots Association. They will board vessels at (113) Montauk Coast Guard Station is at the northern any point south of Montauk Point Pilot Station, cen- end of Star Island. tered on 41°02.0'N., 071°42.0'W. (107) Mariners are also reminded that vessels with a draft Small-craft facilities in excess of 38 feet will not be allowed to transit the (114) There are several small-craft facilities on both sides Montauk Channel (as defined by the area between Southwest Ledge Lighted Whistle Buoy 2 and Block Is- of the entrance to Montauk Harbor, and a yacht club land Sound South Entrance Obstruction Lighted Buoy and several marinas are on the east side of Star Island. BIS). Further, pilots using Montauk Channel shall con- Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, and sider: draft, sea and swell, wind, visibility, current and space for transients are available. Lifts to 80 tons can vessel traffic. When these conditions pose a threat to handle craft for complete engine and hull repairs. Gro- the safety of any person, vessel, prudent navigation or ceries and other supplies may be obtained at the village safety of the environment, Montauk Channel shall not of Montauk. be used. (115) Fort Pond Bay is a semicircular bight about 1 mile (108) Montauk Harbor, in the northern part of Lake wide on the north side of Long Island, 5 miles westward Montauk, is entered through a dredged channel on the of Montauk Point. The bay is free of dangers, but flats northern shore about 3 miles west of Montauk Point. with 8 to 12 feet over them make out 0.2 mile from its The entrance is protected by jetties, each of which is eastern shore. The bay affords anchorage in 40 to 50 marked by a light, and the west jetty has a fog signal. A feet, soft bottom, but is exposed to northerly and north- lighted bell buoy, about 0.3 mile north of the entrance, westerly winds; the shoaling is abrupt on its east and marks the approach to the harbor. In March 2008, the south sides. controlling depths in the channel were 8.2 feet to the yacht basin east of Star Island, thence 9 to 12 feet in the (116) Montauk, a summer resort at the southeast end of boat basin northwestward of Star Island. The channel is the bay, is the terminus of the Long Island Railroad. A marked by private seasonal buoys. depth of 10 feet was reported alongside the commercial pier on the east side of the bay. There are no public (109) Star Island, just inside Montauk Harbor, is con- piers available. nected to the mainland by a causeway. A private light is shown from the eastern side of the island. Depths of 3 (117) Napeague Bay, 8 miles westward of Montauk Point, feet closer to shore to 12 feet in the middle are reported is shallow in the western and southwestern part. Prom- in the yacht basin off the eastern side of the island; cau- ised Land Channel, the buoyed passage southward of tion is advised in selecting anchorage because lesser Gardiners and Cartwright Islands, has a least center- depths may be found. A privately marked channel with line depth of about 14 feet; however, the depth is con- a reported controlling depth of 7 feet in June 1999, tinually changing due to the shifting shoals. leads from the yacht basin to the southern part of Lake Montauk where there are depths of 6 to 8 feet in the (118) The tidal currents have a velocity of about 1.5 knots center. through all the channels between the shoals. It is not ad- visable for vessels drawing more than 10 feet to attempt the passage without local knowledge, and then only when the buoys can be seen. (119) Napeague Harbor, a small-craft refuge in the southwest part of Napeague Bay, can be entered through privately dredged channels northward and southward of Hicks Island. In June 1981, the reported
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 271 controlling depths were 4 feet in the northerly and (128) The principal guides for the entrance to Gardiners southerly entrances. Depths in the central part of the Bay from Block Island Sound are the lighted gong buoy harbor range from 1½ to 7 feet; the chart is the best north of Gardiners Point, Little Gull Light, and Orient guide. The harbor is especially useful in northeasterly Point Light. The white church spires at Orient and Sag weather when the adjoining bays are unsafe. There are Harbor are prominent. When past the lighted gong no landings in the harbor. buoy north of Gardiners Point, vessels can select the (120) Promised Land is a former fishing village on the anchorage in Gardiners Bay which affords the best lee southwest side of Napeague Bay. A depth of about 4 feet in the prevailing winds. can be carried to the landing at the yacht club, 1.3 miles westward of Promised Land. (129) The principal dangers in approaching Gardiners (121) Gardiners Island, 11 miles westward of Montauk Bay from the northward are the broken ground be- Point, is partly wooded and has an elevation of 130 feet tween Constellation Rock and Plum Island, and the near its middle. Cartwright Island is narrow, low, and shoal making out to Gardiners Point. In the bay, Crow sandy, and extends 1 mile in a southerly direction off Shoal should be avoided. In general, the shoaling is the south tip of Gardiners Island. Its size and shape are rather abrupt in approaching these dangers and grad- subject to considerable change by storms. ual in approaching the shoals on the western side of the (122) Crow Head is the high bluff at the western end of bay. Gardiners Island. Shoal water with depths of 9 to 16 feet extends 1.8 miles southwestward from Cherry Hill No-Discharge Zone Point, the westerly end of Gardiners Island, and termi- (130) The State of New York, with the approval of the En- nates at Crow Shoal. The shoal has depths of 3 to 11 feet and is marked by a buoy. An obstruction covered 12 vironmental Protection Agency, has established a feet is 200 yards eastward of the buoy. No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in the Peconic Estuary. The (123) The bight between the southern part of Gardiners NDZ includes all open waters, harbors and creeks of the Island and Crow Shoal is Cherry Harbor. It has depths Peconic Estuary west of a line from Orient Point to of 24 to 27 feet with mud bottom and affords shelter Montauk Point (see chart 13209 for limits). from northeasterly winds. Bostwick Bay is the bight on (131) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether the northwest side of Gardiners Island. It affords excel- treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. lent anchorage in easterly winds in depths of about 25 Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by feet, but is exposed to all westerly winds. 40 CFR 140 (see chapter 2). (124) Gardiners Point, a low spit, is at the northerly end of a very shoal bar which extends 1.5 miles north- (132) Plum Island, about 2 miles westward of Great Gull northwestward from Gardiners Island. This shoal is Island, is 2.5 miles long, hilly, and bare of trees except steep-to on its north and west sides and is marked by a near the southwest end, and has several large build- lighted gong buoy. A rock with a depth of 2 feet over it is ings, a prominent tank and flagpole, and is marked on about 0.8 mile eastward of the north point of Gardiners its western point by Plum Gut Light. The island is a Island and is marked by a buoy. Government reservation and closed to the public. (125) The Ruins, a concrete structure on Gardiners Point, is Government property and formerly a naval (133) The bight in the southeast side of Plum Island is aircraft bombing target; it is prohibited to the public. foul to Plum Island Rock, which is 0.5 mile from shore The Ruins and the area within 300 yards radius of it is abreast of the middle of the island, has 1 foot over it and dangerous due to the possible existence of undetonated is marked by a buoy. explosives. (126) A restricted anchorage for U.S. Navy submarines is (134) Plum Gut Harbor, on the southwest side of Plum about 3 miles eastward of Gardiners Island. (See 110.1 Island, has an entrance between jetties with private and 110.150, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) seasonal lights on dolphins off the outer ends. The (127) Gardiners Bay is at the western end of Block Island lights are shown daily from sundown to 0130. A private Sound from which it is separated by Gardiners Island. fog signal at the west jetty light is sounded occasionally The bay is an excellent anchorage easily entered day or when Department of Agriculture vessels are navigating night, and is the approach to Shelter Island Sound and in the area. A depth of about 14 feet is in the entrance. the Peconic Bays. The principal entrance is northward Small yachts seeking shelter in an emergency lie along- of Gardiners Point. The entrance from Long Island side the wharves. The harbor is under the supervision of Sound is through Plum Gut. The entrance southward the Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard, of Gardiners Island is used by fishing vessels. and may be used only with permission. COLREGS Demarcation Lines (135) The lines established for Plum Gut Harbor are de- scribed in 80.155, chapter 2.
272 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 (136) Plum Gut, the entrance to Gardiners Bay from approximately 25 feet in height. Lionhead Rock, off the Long Island Sound, is nearly 0.6 mile wide and has suf- point and marked by a buoy, is awash at high water. ficient water for vessels of the deepest draft; in the pas- Fishtraps are westward of the point. sage are several rocks with depths of 17 to 19 feet over (144) Threemile Harbor, on the south side of Gardiners them. In December 2002, an obstruction in 64 feet of Bay 1.7 miles southwestward of Hog Creek Point, is en- water, marked with three orange floats, was reported in tered through a channel with two privately dredged about 41°10'06\"N., 72°12'54\"W. Tidal currents set sections. In September 1980, a portion of the wooden through the passage with great velocity. Steamers, or bulkhead on the west side of the entrance collapsed sailing vessels with a strong favorable wind, should into the channel. In 1981, it was reported that by favor- have no difficulty in passing through. ing the east side of the entrance channel a depth of 8 feet could be carried to a point opposite Maidstone (137) Velocities of the current on flood and ebb are 3.5 Park, thence in 1996, a reported depth of 6 feet could be and 4.3 knots, respectively. The flood sets northwestward carried to the basin at the head of the harbor. The ap- and the ebb southeastward. Heavy tide rips occur. In proach to the harbor is marked by a seasonal lighted November 1983, NOAA Ships RUDE and HECK re- bell buoy, and the channel is marked by lighted and ported that during the flood a countercurrent normally unlighted buoys. The jetties at the harbor entrance are develops along the north shore of Plum Island. This marked on the outer ends by private lights. A public countercurrent is most prevalent within 0.5 mile of the commercial landing with reported depths of 8 feet is on island. Caution is recommended when using this pas- the east side of the channel about 0.6 mile above the en- sage. trance. A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. (138) Oyster Pond Reef, extending about 0.5 mile east- Anchorage northeastward from Orient Point, is marked by a light (145) Anchorage is available in Threemile Harbor in and fog signal. Caution is recommended regarding the fog signal, as it may be difficult to hear at times, partic- depths of 9 to 14 feet with soft bottom and good holding ularly with an easterly wind. Numerous boulders and ground; this is a good anchorage during strong winds. little depth are between the light and Orient Point. Midway Shoal, about 0.5 mile east of the light, has 17 Tides and currents feet over it and is marked by a lighted buoy. (146) The range of tide in the entrance to the harbor is (139) When using Plum Gut it is well to give Plum Island 2.4 feet. The tidal current has a velocity of about 3 and Orient Point Light a berth of 0.2 mile. The best wa- knots through the entrance. ter in the passage will be found on a 295° course, pass- ing Pine Point and the buoy marking Midway Shoal at a Small-craft facilities distance of 350 yards and passing midway between Ori- (147) Small-craft facilities on the east and south sides of ent Point Light and Plum Gut Light on the western end of Plum Island. Threemile Harbor can provide berths, electricity, gaso- line, diesel fuel, water, ice, launching ramps, storage, (140) A channel, with a reported controlling depth of 7 lifts to 40 tons, and hull and engine repair. Provisions feet in 1999, leads to a research basin operated by the can be obtained at the town of East Hampton, 3.5 miles U.S. Department of Agriculture on the south side of south of Threemile Harbor. Orient Point, about 1 mile southwest of Orient Point (148) In June 1989, the public pier maintained by the Light. A ferry operates between here, Plum Island and town of East Hampton at the head of the harbor had re- New London. ported depths of 7 feet at its face and 4 feet on its west side. Small-craft facility (141) A small-craft facility is about 0.1 mile westward of COLREGS Demarcation Lines (149) The lines established for Threemile Harbor are de- the wharf. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, wa- ter, ice, and a launching ramp are available. In June scribed in 80.155, chapter 2. 1981, a reported depth of about 6 feet could be carried to the facility. (142) Acabonack Harbor, at the southeast end of Gardiners Chart 12358 Bay, is entered through a privately maintained and marked channel with a reported controlling depth of 8 (150) Shelter Island Sound and Peconic Bays extend feet in the entrance in 1996. westward from Gardiners Bay about 22 miles to River- head, the head of navigation on Peconic River. They are (143) Hog Creek Point, on the southerly side of much frequented by yachts and other small craft in the Gardiners Bay, is generally flat, with bluffs
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 273 summer. Fishtraps and oyster stakes are on many of the (158) A special anchorage is in Coecles Harbor. (See shoals. 110.1 and 110.60(y), chapter 2, for limits and regula- (151) A depth of about 26 feet can be carried through the tions.) channel north of Shelter Island and through Little Peconic Bay as far as Robins Island, and about 13 feet COLREGS Demarcation Lines through the channel south of Shelter Island. Across the (159) The lines established for Coecles Harbor are de- bar between Little and Great Peconic Bays about 13 feet can be carried. With local knowledge greater depths scribed in 80.155, chapter 2. can be carried in the channels and across the bar. A depth of about 6 feet can be taken to South Jamesport (160) Extensive flats make off from Ram Head and the and Riverhead. shore between it and Hay Beach Point, the northern- most point of Shelter Island, which is a low flat with a Tides and currents clump of scrub at its end and backed by wooded high- (152) The mean range of tide is about 2.5 feet. The tidal land. Long Beach Point is a low spit eastward of Hay Beach Point. A bar with little depth extends southwest- currents have considerable velocity wherever the chan- erly from Long Beach Point to the ruins of a former nel is narrowed. The velocity in the narrower places is lighthouse of which only the 10-foot concrete founda- about 1.8 knots. tion remains. A private light marks the ruins. (153) Ice obstructs navigation in the coves and shallow (161) Shoals with depths of 10 to 12 feet extend 0.5 mile harbors during January and February. In severe win- eastward from Long Beach Point. The south and west ters, drift ice is reported to interfere with navigation for sides of this shoal have depths of 12 to 15 feet, and rise short periods of time. In the south arm of Shelter Is- abruptly from the channel. The limits of the shoal land Sound, the ice is heavy enough at times to destroy south of the point are marked by buoys. The bar has ex- structures exposed to it. tended southward enough to be a real danger to small craft. (154) Diesel fuel, gasoline, ice, water, marine supplies, and other provisions can best be obtained at Greenport COLREGS Demarcation Lines and Sag Harbor. Several boatyards, shipyards, marine (162) The lines established for the Long Island bays are railways, and enclosed basins with excellent repair fa- cilities are at Greenport. described in 80.155, chapter 2. (155) Ram Head is a prominent sandy bluff on the west- (163) Orient Harbor, about 4 miles northwestward of ern shore of Gardiners Bay. A lower bluff is nearly 1.5 Ram Head, is an excellent anchorage; the depths range miles westward of Ram Head with numerous houses from over 20 feet in its southern part to 16 feet at its along the top. A shoal with 7 to 17 feet over it extends northern end. Orient is a village at the northeast end of about 2.4 miles southeastward from Ram Head. Orient Harbor. At the end of the main wharf the depth is 8½ feet. The eastern part of Orient Harbor has depths (156) A boulder with 1 foot over it is 230 yards from shore of 7 to 9 feet. Fish traps are on the shoals. about 0.3 mile northeastward of the northern point of the entrance to Coecles Harbor. Other boulders with (164) About 0.4 mile northeastward of Cleaves Point, at little depth are between this boulder and Ram Head. the southwest end of Orient Harbor, the shore has been cut through to a small pond which is used as a private (157) The entrance to Coecles Harbor is at the south end basin for small craft. The entrance, between two jetties, of Ram Head; the channel is marked by private seasonal has a depth of about 3 feet over the bar, with about 6 buoys and a private seasonal light. In April 1996, the re- feet in the basin. Permission is required before anchor- ported controlling depth in the privately maintained ing in the basin. Rocks are 0.2 mile south of the en- entrance channel was 8 feet. The speed limit is 5 mph. trance. A marina and boatyard are in the harbor. A mobile hoist at the boatyard can haul out craft up to 35 tons; gaso- (165) Hallock Bay makes eastward from Orient Harbor line, water, ice, diesel fuel, marine supplies, sewage on the north side of Long Beach Point. A channel, pumpout, berths, guest moorings, storage facilities, marked by uncharted private daybeacons, leads into and complete engine and hull repairs are available. In the bay. The bay is shallow and dangers and shoaling June 1981, a reported depth of 5½ feet could be carried have been reported. Local knowledge is advised prior to to the marina and boatyard. In August 2003, a danger- entering. ous rock was reported about 250 yards south of Buoy 10 at 41°04'11.5\"N., 72°18'22.5\"W. Care should be taken to (166) Gull Pond is 0.3 mile westward of Cleaves Point at avoid this hazard. the southwest end of Orient Harbor. In July 1981, a re- ported depth of 4 feet could be carried through the
274 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 entrance, with depths of 10 to 15 feet reported in the can anchor outside the harbor in depths of 14 to 30 feet. pond. A State launching ramp is available in the pond. The speed limit is 5 mph. (167) Greenport is an important town and the terminus of a branch of the Long Island Railroad. The white Small-craft facilities church spires, near the northern end of town, and a (174) Small-craft facilities, on the west side of the harbor, tank and TV radio tower in the center of town are prom- inent. can provide berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, wa- (168) Greenport Harbor is formed on the northeast by a ter, ice, marine supplies, sewage pumpout, and hull and 5-foot-high breakwater, which extends 0.2 mile south- outboard engine repairs. A launching ramp is also eastward from Youngs Point, nearly to the 18-foot available. curve, and is marked at its outer end by a light. The depths at the wharves range from 5 to 20 feet. The rail- (175) Shelter Island Heights is on the southwestern side road wharf on the south side of the waterfront can ac- of Dering Harbor. commodate a vessel up to 100 feet. (169) Stirling Basin, on the northeast side of Greenport, (176) Fanning Point is on the north shore at the south- is a part of Greenport Harbor. In July 1981, the reported west end of Greenport. A shoal extends 300 yards off the controlling depth was 8 feet in the entrance channel point and is marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. Four with 10 to 12 feet in the mooring areas. The entrance dolphins, part of a former oil facility, are northward of channel is marked by private seasonal buoys. Two the point. Currents of 2 knots, running fair with the smaller privately dredged channels with depths of channel, have been reported in the vicinity of Fanning about 9 feet reported are in the northeastern part of the Point. basin. (170) The harbormaster for Greenport Harbor controls (177) Conkling Point, on the north shore 1 mile south- mooring and berthing in the basin. The speed limit is 5 westward of Fanning Point, is low and sandy at the end mph. and has deep water as close as 150 yards. A marina on the southwest side of the point had a reported depth of Small-craft facilities 6 feet in the approach in February 2006. Berths and (171) Small-craft facilities at Greenport can provide moorings, electricity, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, a pump-out, a launching ramp, a 30-ton mo- berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, stor- bile hoist and winter storage are available. Hull and en- age, marine supplies, a pump-out facility, and hull and gine repairs can be made. engine repairs. The largest marine railway, at a ship- building company at the southeast end of the water- (178) Mill Creek is the entrance to Hashamomuck Pond, front, can handle craft up to 500 tons and 15 feet in about 1.1 miles westward of Conkling Point. In July draft. Mobile hoists to 50 tons are available. A 1981, the privately dredged entrance channel into the well-equipped machine shop is also in the town. creek had a controlling depth of 4 feet, thence 3½ feet was reported in the channel along the northwest shore (172) A ferry operates between Greenport and Shelter Is- of Mill Creek. The entrance channel is marked by pri- land. During the summer, bus service is available from vate seasonal buoys. About 400 yards eastward of the Greenport to Orient Point where there is ferry service creek is a small bight entered through a channel with a to New London. depth of about 4 feet and marked by private seasonal lights and buoys. In May 1992, severe shoaling was re- (173) Dering Harbor, southward of Greenport and at the ported across the entrance. northwest end of Shelter Island, is a favorite anchorage for yachts and motorboats. The entrance to the harbor, (179) Jennings Point, the western end of Shelter Island, marked by private buoys, is partially constricted by a is high and wooded. Rocks are off the point close-to, disposal area in about mid-entrance and shoal area and it should be given a berth of over 150 yards. A with a reported depth of 4 feet in June 1981 that ex- lighted buoy is off the point. A gazebo on the point is tends from the southwestern entrance point to near prominent. the disposal area; caution is advised. In April 1989, it was reported that about 10 feet could be carried into (180) The town of Southold is at the head of Southold the harbor with local knowledge. Depths of 10 to 14 feet Bay, which is the bight at the western end of Shelter Is- are available in the central part of the harbor, with land Sound westward of Jennings Point. For about a much lesser depths around the edges. Moorings and mile northeastward of the entrance jetty, shoals with float landings for small craft are in the bight at the 12 feet or less extend nearly 0.4 mile from shore and are southwest end of the harbor. Vessels too large to enter generally steep-to. The southwest part of the bay is shoal for about 0.3 mile from shore. Anchorage can be selected east-southeast of the jetty at a distance of from 0.2 to 0.4 mile, in 12 to 18 feet.
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 275 (181) A small jettied basin is about 0.5 mile northeast of (190) Northwest Harbor, between Cedar Island Light and Southold entrance. The overhead power cable crossing Barcelona Point, is strewn with boulders covered by 4 the entrance has a clearance of 31 feet. There are no to 6 feet. public landings in the basin. (191) Sand Spit, an extensive shoal partly bare at half- (182) In April 1989, the reported controlling depth was tide, is between Mashomack Point, the southeastern about 3 feet in the privately maintained channels in extremity of Shelter Island, and Sag Harbor. The spit is Town Creek, Jockey Creek, and Goose Creek. The com- marked by buoys and a light. mon entrance to Town Creek and Jockey Creek is marked by private seasonal buoys. The highway bridge (192) A group of rocks locally known as Gull Island, at the mouth of Goose Creek has a clearance of 9 feet showing bare at half-tide, is nearly 0.4 mile northeast- and the bridge that crosses Jockey Creek has a 45-foot ward of the breakwater at Sag Harbor. fixed span with a vertical clearance of 6½ feet. (193) Sag Harbor, about 2.5 miles southwestward of the (183) On the shore south of Southold entrance jetty is a light on Cedar Point, is protected on the northeast by a prominent white tower. breakwater marked at the outer end by a light. A spheri- cal tank, a radio tower, and several flagpoles are promi- Small-craft facilities nent landmarks. (184) There are several small-craft facilities on the (194) In entering Sag Harbor, do not round the breakwa- creeks and along the west shore of Southold Bay from ter too closely, as a depth of about 6 feet is found near Paradise Point to Conkling Point. Berths, electricity, its end. Anchor eastward or northeastward of the end of gasoline, water, ice, marine supplies, launching ramps, the former ferry wharf, locally known as Long Wharf. A storage, lifts, and cranes are available. Provisions can 5 mph speed limit is enforced. be obtained at Southold. (195) In July 1974, the dredged channel into Sag Harbor (185) Paradise Point, on the west side of Shelter Island had a controlling depth of 8 feet (10 feet at midchannel) Sound, is low and wooded, and from the point a sloping through the entrance to the turning basin, 9 feet in the sandspit extends about 0.3 mile eastward and is marked turning basin, 5 feet in the southerly anchorage area, by a lighted buoy. Southward of Paradise Point, shoals and 7 feet in the main anchorage area. In 1991, the with depths of 10 to 15 feet extend from the west shore channel was no longer being maintained. The channel to midsound; the southeast point of the shoals is to Sag Harbor Cove is about 8 feet deep; this channel marked by a buoy. and the cove are marked by private seasonal lights and buoys. A fixed bridge at the entrance has a clearance of (186) The channel south of Shelter Island has numerous 21 feet. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, stor- shoals, but is easily followed by vessels of 13 feet or less age, marine supplies, water, ice, launching ramps, and draft when the buoys can be seen. The channel is used complete engine, hull, rigging, and sail repairs are by vessels going to Sag Harbor. Vessels operating be- available at Sag Harbor; a 30-ton mobile hoist, near the tween Greenport and Sag Harbor prefer the inside inner end of the breakwater, can haul out craft up to route around the western end of Shelter Island. The about 60 feet. tidal current in the channel between Shelter Island and North Haven Peninsula has a velocity of about 2.4 (196) Smith Cove, a small bight on the south side of knots. The approach from Gardiners Bay is across a Shelter Island, is a good anchorage for small craft in shoal or bar which extends in a southeasterly direction northerly weather. Depths range from 11 to 30 feet. A from Ram Head to the south shore, the depths on marina on the west side of the cove can provide moor- which vary from 7 to 11 feet about 1.6 miles from Ram ings, limited berths, gasoline, electricity, water, and Head, and thence 13 to 17 feet to the buoys which mark some marine supplies. In June 1981, a depth of 6 feet the entrance. was reported alongside the pier at the marina. A ferry operates between South Ferry on the southwest side of (187) Dangerous Rock, awash at low water in surround- the cove to North Haven Peninsula. ing depths of about 12 feet, is 0.2 mile south of the channel. (197) West Neck Harbor and West Neck Bay are shallow bodies of water on the southwest side of Shelter Island. (188) A shoal extends 0.3 to 0.4 mile north of the shore of In June 1989, it was reported that a depth of 2 feet could Cedar Point which is marked by a light. The shoal has be carried over the bar and into the harbor from Shel- boulders, and its edge is marked by buoys. ter Island Sound. The entrance is close eastward of the seaward end of a peninsula, marked by a private lighted (189) Shoals with boulders and little water over them in buoy, that separates the harbor from the sound, and the places extend nearly 0.5 mile southeastward from channel follows along the north side of this peninsula. Nicoll Point. Buoys mark the limit of the channel in The channel is marked by private buoys. The harbor this area. has numerous private landings. A boatyard with a
276 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 marine railway can handle craft up to 40 feet for hull mile, but shoals extend 0.6 mile from the south end of and engine repairs. Berths, gasoline, water, ice, a the bay. launching ramp, and some marine supplies are avail- (207) An aquaculture site, marked by private seasonal able. buoys, is at the south end of Little Peconic Bay about 1 mile north-northwest of the entrance to North Sea Anchorage Harbor. (198) A special anchorage is in West Neck Harbor. (See (208) A prominent sandy bluff, known locally as Holmes Hill, is just west of the entrance to North Sea Harbor. 110.1 and 110.60 (y-1), chapter 2, for limits and regu- In 2002, the reported controlling depth through the lations.) dredged channel and into the harbor was 7 feet. The channel is marked by private seasonal buoys and by a (199) Noyack (Noyac) Bay is between North Haven Pen- private seasonal light at the entrance. This is an excel- insula and Jessup Neck and southward of the western lent harbor of refuge for small craft with drafts not ex- end of Shelter Island. No dangers will be encountered if ceeding 3½ feet. The bottom is soft with good holding the shores are given a berth of 0.4 mile. ground. (209) A marina in the harbor has gasoline, ice, water, (200) Mill Creek, in the southern part of Noyack Bay, is some marine supplies, and a lift that can handle craft to entered through a privately dredged channel that leads 10 tons; hull and engine repairs can be made. to a basin. The channel is marked by private seasonal (210) Wooley Pond, 1 mile northeastward of North Sea lights and buoys. In 1991, the reported controlling Harbor, is entered through a dredged channel which, in depth was 8 feet in the channel; thence in 1981, 6 feet 2000, had a reported depth of 8 feet. The channel is in the basin. A clubhouse on the west side of the en- marked by private seasonal buoys and by a private sea- trance is prominent. sonal light on the north side of the entrance. (211) A marina in the pond can provide berths, electric- Small-craft facilities ity, gasoline, water, ice, storage, marine supplies, and (201) Small-craft facilities in the creek can provide hull and engine repairs; a 45-foot marine railway and a 12-ton forklift are available. In June 1981, depths of 5 to berths, electricity, gasoline, water, ice, storage, a 6 feet were reported available at the marina. launching ramp, marine supplies, and hull and engine (212) Nassau Point, the long neck on the northwest side repairs; a 25-ton mobile hoist is available. of Little Peconic Bay, has high bluffs on the eastern side. A shoal with little depth over it extends 0.5 mile (202) Jessup Neck is a long narrow strip, partly high and southward from Nassau Point and is marked by a wooded, separating Noyack Bay from Little Peconic lighted buoy. Bay. The north end of the neck is a sandspit from which (213) Cutchogue Harbor, between Nassau Point and New a shoal with 4 to 12 feet over it extends nearly 0.4 mile Suffolk, is used by local boats drawing 6 to 10 feet. On north-northwestward. A lighted buoy marks the outer the east shore of the harbor, northwestward of Nassau end of the shoal area. Point, three channels leading into the ponds have been dredged by private interests. At the middle of the three (203) A shoal with depths of 5 to 7 feet extends 1.5 miles channels, 0.9 mile northwest of the extremity of southwestward from Great Hog Neck, on the north- Nassau Point, are several private wharves. The channel west side at the entrance to Little Peconic Bay; this leads between two jetties, and a depth of about 3 feet shoal is marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. can be carried into the pond and 1 foot to some of the wharves. (204) Heavy tide rips occur southeast of Great Hog Neck (214) Haywater Cove, Broadwater Cove, Mud Creek, and during the flood with a southwesterly wind. At such East Creek, used by local interests and sharing a com- times, small craft can avoid the worst of them by favor- mon entrance, are at the head of Cutchogue Harbor. ing the shore on the northwest side of the passage. The entrance channel and the channels through these waterways have been privately dredged. In August (205) Richmond Creek and Corey Creek are at the head 1999, a reported depth of 6 feet was available in the en- of Hog Neck Bay. A depth of about 7 feet can be taken in trance channel; thence in 1966, 6 feet in East Creek and the privately dredged channel leading to a basin in 7 feet in Haywater Cove and Broadwater Cove; thence Richmond Creek; the channel is marked by private sea- in 1976, 6 feet in Mud Creek. Shoaling is reported to oc- sonal buoys. In August 1999, the dredged channel lead- cur in these areas; caution is advised. ing into and connecting with small boat channels in Corey Creek had a controlling depth of 4 feet. In 1964, controlling depths in the small-boat channels inside Corey Creek were 5½ to 6 feet. The entrance channel is marked by private buoys. (206) Little Peconic Bay is about 5 miles long. The southerly shore of the bay is clear if given a berth of 0.4
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 277 (215) A depth of 8 feet can be taken within 100 feet of the privately dredged channel, marked by private seasonal wharves at New Suffolk by passing eastward and about lights and buoys, leads into the creek and had a re- 200 yards northward of the buoy westward of Nassau ported controlling depth of 8 feet in June 1981. The Point and steering westward for the wharves. A small landings are at West Neck, a small settlement north- basin, with a depth of about 8 feet reported in 1981, is eastward of Ram Island in Bullhead Bay. An obstruc- northward of the wharf. In July 1981, shoaling to 2 feet tion buoy is locally maintained during the summer to was reported in the southern part of Cutchogue Har- mark a rock, covered 1½ feet, about 100 feet westward bor, about 0.4 mile east of New Suffolk. of the town landing. In June 1981, a reported depth of 5 feet could be carried to the town landing. A 5 mph (216) A larger basin at the north end of New Suffolk, lo- speed limit is enforced. cally known as School House Creek, extends to the (225) Cold Spring Pond, about 1.6 miles southwestward highway. The entrance channel is protected by a short of Sebonac Creek and 1.1 miles eastward of Shinnecock rock jetty, covered at high water, on the south. The Canal entrance, is entered through a privately dredged depth to the boatyard at the head of the basin was re- channel which had a reported depth of 6 feet in 2001. In ported to be about 4 feet in June 1981. Berths, gasoline, May 1992, severe shoaling was reported in the en- storage, marine supplies, hull and engine repairs, and a trance. The entrance channel to the pond is marked by 30-ton mobile hoist are available at the boatyard. a private seasonal light and buoy. An overhead power cable at the entrance to the pond has a clearance of 34 (217) Wickham Creek, locally known as Boatmens Har- feet. bor, 0.7 mile north of New Suffolk, is entered through a (226) James Creek, on the north shore of Great Peconic privately dredged entrance channel with a reported Bay opposite the entrance to Shinnecock Canal, is en- controlling depth of 8 feet in 2002. The channel is tered through a privately dredged channel that had a marked by private seasonal buoys and bush stakes. Gas- reported controlling depth of 6 feet in 1999. The en- oline, water, ice, storage, a launching ramp, and some trance is marked by private seasonal buoys. Small-craft marine supplies are available in the basin. A flatbed facilities on the creek can provide berths, electricity, trailer can haul out craft to 32 feet. gasoline, water, ice, some marine supplies, a pump-out station, launching ramps, storage, and hull and engine (218) In southeast gales, local craft of less than 6-foot repairs. A flatbed trailer can haul out craft to 30 feet. draft seek shelter in the small cove, locally known as (227) South Jamesport is a village on Miamogue Point, Horseshoe Cove, in the northeast part of Cutchogue 3.4 miles southwestward of James Creek. Local knowl- Harbor. edge is necessary to avoid the shoals in this area, and strangers should take soundings frequently to keep in (219) The through channel in North Race, northward of the best water. Robins Island, is marked and used only by light-draft boats. South Race, the channel southward of Robins Is- Small-craft facility land, has a controlling depth of about 13 feet and is (228) A small-craft facility at South Jamesport can pro- marked by buoys. vide berths, electricity, gasoline, water, ice, launching (220) An aquaculture site, marked by private buoys, is 0.6 ramps, storage, marine supplies, and hull and engine mile southwest of the south end of Robins Island. repairs; a 25-ton mobile hoist is available. In 1999, a re- ported depth of 6 feet could be taken to the facility. The (221) Tide rips occur between the mainland and the town has railroad passenger and bus service. south end of Robins Island when the tidal current sets against the wind. (229) Peconic River empties into the western end of Flanders Bay, about 1.5 miles westward of South (222) Great Peconic Bay, about 5 miles in diameter, is Jamesport. The river is entered through a dredged used mostly by local motorboats from Shinnecock Ca- channel marked by private seasonal lights that leads nal and by yachts. The bay is generally clear, but exten- from Flanders Bay to the head of navigation at River- sive shoals make off from the shores, except on its head, about 2.4 miles above the channel entrance. The south side. Shinnecock Canal, the entrance from the dredged channel is approached from deep water in south, is described in chapter 10. Great Peconic Bay through a marked channel. In March 2001, the controlling depth was 4.3 feet (5.7 feet (223) Rodgers Rock, about 1.3 miles west-southwest- at midchannel) in the dredged channel. A fixed high- ward of Cow Neck and about 1.2 miles south-southwest way bridge with a clearance of 25 feet crosses the river of Robins Island, has a depth of 6 feet over it and is about 0.9 mile above the mouth. marked on the northeast side by a buoy. Robins Island Rock, 0.8 mile westward of the south end of Robins Is- land, is awash at low water. It is marked by a buoy. Cau- tion is recommended in this vicinity. (224) Sebonac Creek, on the southeast side of Great Peconic Bay, is used extensively by yachts, and serves as a yacht harbor for the town of Southampton. A
278 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 (230) Flanders Bay is the scene of considerable small The tidal currents in Sugar Reef Passage are about the boat activity. Small-craft facilities are at Riverhead; same velocity as in Watch Hill Passage, but are stronger limited berths, electricity, gasoline, water and a pump- in Catumb Passage. out station are available. (236) In Lords Passage the tidal currents set diagonally across the channel and have a velocity of nearly 2 knots, (231) Meetinghouse Creek, Terrys Creek, and Reeves the ebb being greater than the flood. Creek, which empty into the northwestern part of (237) In the main channel of Fishers Island Sound, the Flanders Bay, are entered through privately dredged flood sets westward and the ebb eastward. In the main channels. In June 1981, the channels had reported con- channel between Napatree Point and Wicopesset Is- trolling depths of 5 feet. The entrance channel leading land, the velocity of flood is 1.7 knots and ebb 2.2 knots. to, and connecting with, Terrys Creek and Meeting- The flood sets 284° and the ebb 113°. house Creek is marked by private seasonal buoys and a (238) In the channel south of Ram Island Reef, the veloci- private seasonal light. A marina is on Meetinghouse ties of flood and ebb are 1.3 and 1.6 knots, respectively. Creek. Berths, electricity, gasoline, water, ice, a 5-ton The flood sets 255° and the ebb 088°. The direction and forklift, 30-ton mobile hoist, launching ramp, storage velocity of the current are affected by strong winds that facilities, and hull and engine repairs are available. In may change the duration of flood or ebb. June 1981, a reported depth of 7 feet was available at (239) The strong tidal currents prevent the formation of the marina. heavy local ice, except in shoal tributaries. The only ice to give trouble is that set in from Long Island Sound by (232) Reeves Bay, on the southwest side of Flanders Bay, wind and current. The ice formations in Little is entered through a privately dredged channel that Narragansett Bay are sufficiently heavy to be destruc- leads to the town of Flanders on the south side of the tive to structures exposed to them. bay. In August 1999, the channel had a reported con- trolling depth of 2 feet. Other dredged channels lead (240) On the south side of Fishers Island Sound, off the from the entrance channel into several arms of the bay. north side of East Point on Fishers Island, are Seal A boatyard at Flanders has gasoline, storage facilities, Rocks, partly bare at low water and marked by a buoy. A marine supplies, and a 10-ton marine railway; hull and rocky patch covered 11 feet and marked by a buoy is engine repairs can be made. about 500 yards northeastward of Seal Rocks. Youngs Rock, about 0.4 mile westward of Seal Rocks, has about Chart 13214 1 foot over it and is marked by a buoy. A rocky patch ex- tends about 400 yards to the east-northeastward. (233) Fishers Island Sound extends between the main- land of Connecticut and Fishers Island, and forms one (241) East Harbor and Chocomount Cove, in the north of the entrances into Long Island Sound that is used to shore of Fishers Island, are sometimes used as anchor- some extent by light tows and other vessels up to ages by small craft. There is considerable foul ground 14-foot draft. The sound has numerous shoals and lob- in East Harbor and in the approach to Chocomount ster trap buoys, and the entire area is exceedingly Cove. The harbor and cove are exposed to northerly treacherous, characterized by boulder patches that rise winds. A former Coast Guard Station with a boathouse abruptly from deep water. Vessels should follow the and dock is prominent near the south side of East Har- deeper channels between the shoals and proceed with bor. Several small private piers with about 6 feet at caution if obliged to cross shoal areas. In general, all their ends are in East Harbor. shoal spots or abrupt changes of depth are indications of boulders and should be avoided as anchorages. (242) The north shore of Fishers Island from East Harbor around into West Harbor has several private landings. Tides and currents (234) In Watch Hill Passage the tidal currents are strong (243) East Clump is a cluster of rocks partly bare at high water and marked by a buoy about 0.8 mile north of and necessitate caution in navigating. Buoys may be Fishers Island. From East Clump for some 2.8 miles towed under. The flood current sets nearly in the direc- westward to North Dumpling, there are rocky islets and tion of the channel, but has a tendency to northward dangers which must be avoided. These are 0.5 to 0.8 and the ebb a tendency to southward. The northerly mile off the Fishers Island shore, and most are buoyed. and southerly set is more marked between Napatree North Dumpling, an islet marked by a light and fog sig- Point and Latimer Reef Light. nal, is surrounded by rocks awash and foul ground. (235) In Sugar Reef and Catumb Passages the tidal cur- Seaflower Reef, marked by a light, is near the middle of rents set obliquely across the axis of the channel. The the western entrance of Fishers Island Sound and 0.8 flood sets northwestward and the ebb southeastward. mile northwestward of North Dumpling Light.
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 279 (244) West Harbor, on the north side of Fishers Island and the Stonington outer breakwater is an extensive southeastward of North Dumpling Light, affords shel- flat on which the depths are 3 to 10 feet, rocky bottom. ter from southerly winds. In April-May 2002, the Middle Ground, the western part of the flat, is marked dredged channel leading into the harbor along the west by the outer breakwater, which has a light at its western shore had a controlling depth of 10.2 feet. Foul ground end. A fog signal is at the light. extends across the entrance of West Harbor to near the (252) A depth of 17 feet can be taken to an anchorage in- eastern edge of the dredged channel; the northern lim- side this breakwater, giving the light on the breakwater its of the foul ground are buoyed. a berth of more than 250 yards. In anchoring, give the inside of the breakwater a berth of over 300 yards to (245) A yacht club wharf and another small-craft facility avoid shoals and fishweirs. This anchorage provides are on the southwest side of the harbor. Gasoline, diesel good shelter except in southwesterly and westerly fuel, water, ice, and hull and engine repairs are avail- winds, although it is seldom used. able. A marine railway can handle craft up to 40 feet. (253) Little Narragansett Bay, at the eastern end of The head of the harbor is used by boats drawing less Fishers Island Sound, is entered at its extreme western than 5 feet which enter by the narrow unmarked chan- end southward of Stonington Point. The channel, with nel southward of Goose Island. dredged sections, extends generally southeasterly across the bay into Pawcatuck River to Westerly. In July (246) Hay Harbor, at the west end of Fishers Island, is 2002, the controlling depth was 8.4 feet from the en- used by small craft. trance to a point just southwest of Little Narragansett Bay Entrance Lighted Buoy 5 where the channel has (247) Silver Eel Cove (Silver Eel Pond) is on the west been encroached upon by the shoaling off Sand Point. side of Fishers Island, 0.6 mile northeastward of Race Deep water is available, with local knowledge, north of Point. The entrance, about 75 feet wide and jettied, is the channel opposite the shoal. The channel continues marked by a private light and has a depth of about 11 eastward of Little Narragansett Bay Entrance Lighted feet, with similar depths inside. Submerged fender pil- Buoy 5 to Little Narragansett Bay Entrance Buoy 9 with ings are reported on both sides of the entrance. Dol- a controlling depth of 5.7 feet, thence 7.1 feet to the en- phins are on the northeast side of the cove, and the trance of Pawcatuck River. channel is clear between them and the wharves on the (254) Caution should be exercised in entering Little southwest side. Vessels must go to the wharves as there Narragansett Bay. Shoal water extends for about 200 is no room for anchorage. There is very little dockage yards off Stonington Point, and the shoal area north of available. The entrance is difficult with northwesterly Sandy Point is subject to continual change. Strangers or westerly winds. A lighted whistle buoy is about 450 are advised to obtain local information before entering yards off the entrance. A ferry which operates between because of rocks and shoal water near the edges of the Fishers Island and New London lands here. During the channel. summer, a Coast Guard unit is stationed inside the en- trance to the cove. Tides and currents (255) In the dredged channel northward of Sandy Point, (248) On the north side of Fishers Island Sound are: Lit- tle Narragansett Bay, and Pawcatuck River leading to the currents have a velocity of 1.3 knots. The flood sets the towns of Westerly and Pawcatuck; Stonington Har- eastward and the ebb westward. (See the Tidal Current bor and the town of Stonington; and Mystic Harbor Tables for predictions and Tidal Current Charts, Block leading to the towns of Noank and Mystic. Island Sound and Eastern Long Island Sound, for hourly velocities and directions.) (249) Napatree Beach, 1.3 miles long between Watch Hill Point and Napatree Point, is bare. Sandy Point, about (256) Watch Hill Cove, in the southeastern part of Little 1.4 miles north-northwestward of Napatree Point, is at Narragansett Bay, is used by small craft. In August the northwestern end of a long and narrow sand island 1996, the buoyed dredged channel leading to the cove in Little Narragansett Bay. An extensive sandspit makes had a controlling depth of 6 feet (9 feet at midchannel) off from the northeasterly and southwesterly sides of Depths of 6 to 10 feet are inside the cove and at the the island; give these areas a good berth. The island is wharves. subject to continual change; caution is advised. Anchorage (250) Napatree Point Ledge, a boulder reef with little (257) A special anchorage is in the cove. (See 110.1 and depth, extends nearly 0.4 mile southward of the point. It is marked by a lighted bell buoy. A sunken wreck is 110.47, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) about 0.3 mile eastward of the ledge in about 41°18'N., 71°53'W. (251) The west side of Napatree Point should not be ap- proached closer than 175 yards to avoid a stone jetty which is covered at high water. Between Napatree Point
280 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 (258) A yacht club and town dock are in Watch Hill Cove; Berths with electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, berths, guest moorings, electricity, diesel fuel, and wa- storage facilities, a pump-out station, marine supplies, ter are available. In July 1981, a depth of 10 feet was re- and a 30-ton lift are also available. Mariners enroute to ported at the face of the town dock. the boatyard should use the chart as a guide. (259) Pawcatuck River, entered just south of Pawcatuck Anchorage Point, extends about 4 miles to Westerly. In 1997, the (263) A special anchorage is in Thompson Cove, 2 miles controlling depth was 3.9 feet (6.4 feet at midchannel) from the entrance channel to Pawcatuck River Channel above Pawcatuck Point. (See 110.1 and 110.48, chap- Buoy 17 (41°20'48\"N., 71°49'48\"W.), thence 3.9 feet ter 2, for limits and regulations.) A yacht club pier is in (5.1 feet at midchannel) for about 1.6 miles to a point the cove. Private seasonal buoys mark the approach to about 41°22'12\"N., 71°49'55\"W., thence 3.3 feet at the pier. midchannel to Westerly. The channel is well-marked. (264) Westerly, 4 miles above Pawcatuck Point, is an im- Tides and currents portant manufacturing town. (260) About 1 mile above the entrance to Pawcatuck Small-craft facilities River the tidal current has a velocity of 0.6 knot on the (265) There are numerous small-craft facilities along flood, and 0.5 knot on the ebb. both sides of the Pawcatuck River and at the head at Ice Westerly and Pawcatuck, just across the river. The larg- (261) The river is generally closed by ice from January to est marine railway in the area is at Avondale and it can handle craft to 55 feet. Berths, electricity, gasoline, die- March. sel fuel, water, ice, storage facilities, launching ramps, lifts, some repairs and marine supplies are available. (262) Colonel Willie Cove, 0.5 mile above Pawcatuck Depths of 7 to 9 feet are reported at the town dock at Point, has a boatyard with a marine railway that can Pawcatuck. handle craft up to 50 feet for hull and engine repairs.
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 281 (266) Wequetequock Cove is a shallow cove at the north- southerly weather, a surge is felt by vessels tied to the ern end of Little Narrangansett Bay. A narrow un- southern side of the seaward pier. marked channel leads eastward of Elihu Island into the (274) A boatyard is in the northeast part of the harbor. cove. A depth of about 4 feet can be taken as far as Goat Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, stor- Island, about a mile above Sandy Point. A fixed railroad age, 40-ton lift, marine supplies, and hull, engine, and bridge with a clearance of 6 feet crosses the cove about electronic repairs are available. In July 1981, a reported 0.2 mile above Goat Island. A small-craft facility is on depth of 7 feet could be carried to the yard. the west side of the cove near the head. Water, ice, (275) A harbormaster is at Stonington. berths, gasoline, storage facilities, launching ramp, (276) A railroad causeway, with two fixed spans each hav- 4-ton forklift, marine supplies, and hull and engine re- ing a clearance of 4 feet, crosses Stonington Harbor 0.4 pairs are available. In July 1981, a reported depth of 2 mile above Stonington. Overhead power cables at the feet could be carried to the facility. openings have clearances of 41 feet. (277) Noyes Rock, 0.4 mile southward of Wamphassuc (267) Stonington Harbor, 3 miles northwestward of Watch Point, has a least depth of 7 feet. Noyes Shoal, with 10 Hill Point, is protected by breakwaters on each side. to 18 feet over it, is nearly 1.5 miles long in a Each of the breakwaters is marked at its seaward end by west-northwesterly direction; it is marked by a bell a light. The controlling depth to the inner harbor is buoy near its eastern end. about 11 feet. Anchorage can be selected inside the west breakwater in depths of 15 to 18 feet, taking care No-Discharge Zone to keep the south end of Wamphassuc Point bearing (278) The State of Connecticut, with the approval of the northward of 270°. Vessels drawing up to 8 feet can find anchorage in the inner harbor. A rock that bares at low Environmental Protection Agency, has established a water is about 50 yards southward of the fishing wharf No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in the Connecticut portion and is marked by a private buoy. of the Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, por- tions of Fishers Island Sound and Stonington Harbor. Anchorages The area covered extends from Wamphassuc Point due (268) Special anchorages are in Stonington Harbor. (See south past Noyes Shoal to the boundary between Con- necticut and New York, easterly following the state 110.1 and 110.50, chapter 2, for limits and regula- boundary to the intersection of the Connecticut, New tions.) York and Rhode Island State lines, and following the boundary between Connecticut and Rhode Island to (269) Stonington Harbor is approached from southeast- U.S. Route 1 over the Pawcatuck River and including all ward and westward. Vessels with local knowledge Connecticut waters seaward of U.S. Route 1 (see chart sometimes cross Noyes Shoal from southwestward. 13214 for limits). The southeastern approach is best, with fewer dangers, (279) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether and the navigational aids serve as excellent guides to treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. avoid them. In daytime with clear weather, no difficulty Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by should be experienced in entering any of the ap- 40 CFR 140 (see chapter 2). proaches. (280) Latimer Reef, about 0.6 mile south of Noyes Shoal, (270) From southeastward, the course from south of is a very broken and rocky area 0.4 mile long. It is Napatree Point Ledge should be west-northwestward marked by a light at its west end and a buoy at its east until off the buoy at the southwest end of Middle end. The eastern end of the reef has a least found depth Ground, from which a northerly course can be shaped of 6 feet. past the breakwater lights and into the harbor. (281) Latimer Reef Light (41°18'16\"N., 71°56'00\"W.), 55 (271) From southwestward, a northeasterly course can feet above the water, is shown from a white conical be shaped from the lighted bell buoy south of Ram Is- tower, brown midway of its height, on a brown cylindri- land Reef to south of White Rock, and thence eastward cal foundation. A fog signal is at the light. past the north side of Noyes Rock to the harbor. (282) A detached 11-foot spot, marked by a buoy, is about (272) The inner breakwater, about 400 yards northward 0.4 mile northeast of Latimer Reef Light. of Stonington Point on the east side of the entrance, ex- tends westward about 250 yards and is marked by a (283) Eel Grass Ground, about 0.8 mile northwestward light. of Latimer Reef Light, is a shoal with a least depth of 6 feet, marked by buoys. White Rock, about 0.8 mile (273) Stonington is on the east side of the harbor. Traffic northeastward of Eel Grass Ground, is bare and promi- is mostly fishing and recreational craft. The wharves nent. Red Reef, covered 2 feet, is 0.2 mile north of have depths of 7 to 12 feet alongside. Following
282 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 White Rock and marked by a buoy. Ellis Reef, 0.4 mile Noank westward of the point had a least depth of 4 feet northwestward of Eel Grass Ground, is marked on its reported in July 1981. east side by a daybeacon. (292) Groton Long Point, on which is a summer settle- (284) Mason Island, 2.5 miles west of Stonington Har- ment, is about 0.9 mile southwestward of Morgan bor, is joined to the mainland by a fixed bridge with an Point. A reef extends nearly 300 yards southwestward 18-foot span and a clearance of 3 feet; the sound end of from the point and is marked by a buoy. About 0.3 mile the island is strewn with boulders. A special anchorage to the west a rock awash at low water is 175 yards off the is on the east side of Mason Island. (See 110.1 and southwest end of Groton Long Point. It is marked by a 110.50a, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) An an- buoy. chorage for small craft is on the west side of the south (293) Mystic Harbor, about 6 miles westward of Watch end of Mason Island where depths range from 8 to 11 Hill Point, is the approach to the towns of Noank and feet; caution and local knowledge are required to use Mystic. A dredged channel leads from Fishers Island this anchorage because of the boulders in the area. A Sound through Mystic Harbor and into Mystic River to dangerous rock is off the east side of Mason Point, the Mystic Seaport Museum Wharf, about 0.6 mile above southern extremity of Mason Island, in 41°19'21.6\"N., the bascule bridge. An anchorage basin is on the east 71°58'05.0\"W. side of the river opposite Willow Point. In September (285) Enders Island, 0.3 mile eastward of the southern 2006, the controlling depth was 7.3 feet to the head of end of Mason Island, is connected to it by a fixed bridge the project except shoaling to 5.7 feet on the northwest with a 15-foot span and a clearance of 6 feet. edge; the anchorage basin had depths of 4 of 9 feet with (286) Ram Island Reef, 1.8 miles westward of Latimer lesser depths along the east edge. Reef Light, has two detached parts: the southerly sec- tion is covered 8 feet and marked by a lighted bell buoy, Anchorages and the northerly section, covered by 6 feet, is marked (294) Special anchorages are in Mystic Harbor. (See by a daybeacon. Passage between the reef and island is unsafe because of shoals. 110.1, 110.50b, and 110.50d, chapter 2, for limits (287) Ram Island, about 0.4 mile southwest of Mason Is- and regulations.) land, is wooded and grass-fringed. A shoal, on which are two rocky islets, extends about 0.2 mile northeast- Routes ward from Ram Island. Ram Island Shoal, extending (295) To enter from eastward, lay a west-northwesterly nearly 0.5 mile westward from Ram Island, has little water over it and many rocks bare at low water. course from south of the lighted bell buoy marking Whaleback Rock and the islet 300 yards northwestward Napatree Point Ledge for a little over 3 miles to about of it are bare. 400 yards south of the buoy marking the south end of (288) The narrow but deep channel along the north side Cormorant Reef. From here steer 261° for 0.8 mile of Ram Island Shoal is the easterly entrance to Mystic until Mason Point is abeam. Then follow the buoyed Harbor. Between the shoal and Groton Long Point is an channel. area of foul ground and several dangerous rocks, in- (296) From westward, proceed cautiously from about cluding Whale Rock, which bares at low water, at the 100 yards or more southward of the buoy southward of northwesterly end of Ram Island Shoal. This rock is Groton Long Point on an easterly course for about 0.5 marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. Leading across the mile to Mystic Harbor Channel Buoy 1, then steer a shoal is the buoyed channel, good for about 11 feet, northerly course through the buoyed channel into which is used by vessels entering Mystic Harbor from Mystic Harbor, rounding Noank Light 5 at a distance of westward. about 75 yards. (289) A rock covered 6 feet is about 0.5 mile SW of Whale Rock; about 0.65 mile SW of that rock is Intrepid Rock, (297) Noank is a town on the west side of the channel with 19 feet over it and marked by a buoy, which should through Mystic Harbor. The mean range of the tide is be avoided. Mouse Island, marked by several dwellings, about 2.3 feet. There are several small-craft facilities at is 150 yards southwestward of Morgan Point. Noank and in West Cove. Berths, electricity, gasoline, (290) In November 1983, a rock, covered about 2 feet, diesel fuel, water, ice, storage facilities, launching was reported 0.2 mile west of Mouse Island in about ramps, a pump-out station, 30- and 60-ton lifts, and 41°18'52\"N., 71°59'50\"W. marine supplies are available; hull, engine, sail, and (291) Morgan Point is located on the west side at the en- electronic repairs can be made. A harbormaster is at trance of Mystic Harbor. A privately maintained and Noank. marked channel leading to the piers in West Cove at (298) Mystic River flows into Mystic Harbor from north- ward just below Mystic. The river is used by recre- ational craft, the local fishing fleet, and by transient
Block Island Sound ■ Chapter 7 ■ 283 craft visiting Mystic Seaport. An anchorage area with engine repairs are available. In 1993, a reported depth depths of 3½ to 7 feet is in the lower part of the river be- of 4 feet could be carried to the facilities. tween Willow Point and Murphy Point. Ice usually closes the river during January and February. (302) The Amtrak railroad bridge over Mystic River be- (299) Willow Point, 0.6 mile below Mystic, has several low Mystic has a swing span with a clearance of 8 feet. small-craft facilities that can provide berths, electric- The U.S. Route 1 highway bridge at Mystic has a bas- ity, water, ice, some engine parts, and marine supplies. cule span with a clearance of 4 feet. (See 117.1 through A 12-ton crane and 30-ton mobile hoist are available; 117.59 and 117.211, chapter 2, for drawbridge regu- hull and engine repairs can be made. lations.) The bridgetenders monitor VHF-FM channel (300) A channel, privately marked by daybeacons, leads 13; call signs KJA–842 and KXR–912, respectively. from the vicinity of Willow Point for 0.3 mile in an east- erly direction, thence about 0.4 mile northeastward to (303) Mystic, a town about 2 miles above Noank, has sev- a marina on the west side of the mouth of Pequotsepos eral small-craft facilities. Berths, electricity, gasoline, Brook, just below the Amtrak railroad bridge. Berths, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, storage facili- electricity, water, ice, storage, marine supplies, a ties, mobile hoists, a 60-ton lift, and marine railways up 12-ton mobile hoist, and hull and engine repairs are to 110 feet are available; hull and engine repairs can be available. In July 1981, a reported depth of 4 feet could made. be carried in the channel to the marina. (304) A harbormaster is at Mystic. Small-craft facilities (305) The Mystic Seaport Museum is about 0.6 mile (301) Several small-craft facilities are on the northern above the highway bridge at Mystic. The whaler end of Mason Island. Berths with electricity, gasoline, CHARLES W. MORGAN, full-rigged training ship diesel fuel, water, ice, storage facilities, marine sup- JOSEPH CONRAD, and Grand Banks fishing schooner plies, a pump-out station, 35-ton lift, and hull and L. A. DUNTON are permanently moored at the museum and open to the public. Along the waterfront of the mu- seum property, a mid-19th Century coastal village has been recreated with shops and lofts of that period.
284 ■ Chapter 7 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Collections of maritime relics are on exhibit in several (311) Vixen Ledge, with a depth of 10 feet and marked by formal museum buildings. a buoy, is about 1 mile west of Horseshoe Reef. Pine Is- (306) Above the Mystic Seaport Museum, the channel is land is bluff and grassy, about 1.3 miles west of very narrow and is marked by privately maintained sea- Mumford Point. It is surrounded by shoal water and sonal buoys; boats of about 5-foot drafts can be taken to rocky bottom, and is marked off the southwest side by a the Narrows, and thence depths are 1 and 2 feet to Old lighted bell buoy. A rock, covered 6 feet, in 41°18'35\"N., Mystic. Twin fixed highway bridges crossing the Nar- 72°03'16\"W., is about 0.3 mile northwestward of Vixen rows have clearances of 25 feet. The stream follows the Ledge. east bank to the next narrows and the west bank to a marina in the bight about 0.3 mile below Old Mystic. Anchorage (312) A special anchorage is on the north side of Pine Is- Charts 13213, 13212, 13214 land. (See 110.1 and 110.51, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (307) Mumford Cove is entered about 2 miles west of (313) The cove indenting the mainland northward of Mystic Harbor. A privately dredged channel leads Pine Island and eastward of Avery Point, is entered be- northward from the entrance to the head of the cove; tween Avery Point and westward of Pine Island. The en- two spur channels lead eastward from the main chan- trance to the cove is marked by two buoys just inside nel, about 0.3 mile and 0.6 mile, respectively, above the and eastward of Avery Point. Depths shoal from about entrance. The channels are marked by private seasonal 10 feet in the entrance to about 1 foot at the head of the buoys and daybeacons. In July 1981, the channels had a cove. A breakwater, marked at its end by a private light, reported controlling depth of 2 feet. extends southeasterly from the east end of Avery Point. A yacht club, marina, and State launching ramp are in Anchorages the cove. An unmarked rock awash is about 500 yards (308) Special anchorages are in the cove. (See 110.1 and 060° from the former lighthouse tower at Avery Point. Berths, guest moorings, gasoline, electricity, water, ice, 110.50c, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) marine supplies, and a 14-ton mobile hoist are avail- able at the marina; hull and engine repairs can be (309) Venetian Harbor is a yacht basin on the east side of made. In March 2000, a reported depth of 7½ feet could the entrance to Mumford Cove. A channel 75 feet wide be carried to the marina. leads through stone breakwaters into a basin with depths of about 3 to 7 feet. A submerged jetty extends (314) Special purpose buoys maintained by the City of along the channel from the outer end of the east break- Groton show a speed limit of 5 m.p.h. in the area. water. The entrance to the harbor is marked by a light on the outer end of the west breakwater. Anchorage (315) A special anchorage is in the cove. (See 110.1 and (310) Horseshoe Reef, 0.5 mile southward of Mumford Cove entrance, is awash at low water, and is marked by 110.51, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) a buoy. Broken and rocky grounds extend from the reef to the shore eastward of Mumford Point.
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73° 72°30’ 72° 286 ■ Chapter 8 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Hartford SMALL-CRAFT CHARTS AND MARINE FACILITIES CHARTS These specially designed charts are published with small craft information 12378 and are labeled in green CONVENTIONAL CHARTS HARBOR CHARTS (outlined in red) - scales 1:50,000 and larger. COAST CHARTS (outlined in purple) - scales from 1:50,001 to 1:150,000. GENERAL CHARTS (outlined in purple) - scales from 1:150,001 to 1:600,000. Note: not all charts are shown Connecticut River CONNECTICUT Norwich 41°30’ Thames River 12377 Housatonic River 12375 New London 13213 12372 12354 Essex New Haven 12373 12372 12374 Westbrook Harbor Niantic Bay Branford Harbor Guilford Harbor 13211 Block Island Mattituck Inlet Sound 12371 Orient Point 12370 LONG ISLAND SOUND 12362 LONG ISLAND 41° Port Jefferson NORTH ATLANTIC 12358 OCEAN
Eastern Long Island Sound ■ Chapter 8 ■ 287 Eastern Long Island Sound (1) This chapter describes the eastern portion of Long Anchorages Island Sound following the north shore from Thames (6) New London Harbor is the most important of the River to and including the Housatonic River, and then the south shore from Orient Point to and including anchorages sought for shelter in the eastern part of Port Jefferson. Also described are the Connecticut Long Island Sound. Niantic Bay and the approach be- River; the ports of New London, New Haven, and tween Bartlett Reef and Hatchett Reef are used to some Northville; and the more important fishing and yacht- extent by small vessels when meeting unfavorable ing centers on Niantic River and Bay, and in Westbrook weather or reaching the eastern part of the sound. Harbor, Guilford Harbor, Branford Harbor, and Mattituck Small vessels can select anchorage eastward or west- Inlet. ward of Kelsey Point Breakwater, also in Duck Island Roads. Off Madison there is anchorage sheltered from COLREGS Demarcation Lines northerly winds. New Haven Harbor is an important (2) The lines established for Long Island Sound are de- harbor of refuge. scribed in 80.155 chapter 2. No-Discharge Zone (7) The State of Connecticut, with the approval of the Chart 12354 Environmental Protection Agency, has established a (3) Long Island Sound is a deep navigable waterway No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in Eastern Long Island lying between the shores of Connecticut and New York Sound. The area covered extends from the western bor- and the northern coast of Long Island. der of Greenwich at Byram Point, southeastward fol- lowing the boundary between Connecticut and New (4) In this region are boulders and broken ground, but York to a point in Long Island Sound, thence easterly little or no natural change in the shoals. The waters are following the boundary between Connecticut and New well marked by navigational aids so that strangers York to a point due south of Hoadley Point at the east- should experience no difficulty in navigating them. As ern border of Branford, thence due north to Hoadley all broken ground is liable to be strewn with boulders, Point at the eastern border of Branford. This portion of vessels should proceed with caution in the broken ar- Long Island Sound includes: Greenwich Harbor, Cap- eas where the charted depths are not more than 6 to 8 tain Harbor, Stamford Harbor, Norwalk Harbor, feet greater than the draft. All of the more important Bridgeport Harbor, Black Rock Harbor, Housatonic places are entered by dredged channels; during fog, River, New Haven Harbor and Branford Harbor. (See vessels are advised to anchor until the weather clears charts 12363 and 12354 for limits). before attempting to enter. The numerous oyster (8) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether grounds in this region are usually marked by stakes treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. and flags. These stakes may become broken off and Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by form obstructions dangerous to small craft. Mariners 40 CFR 140 (see chapter 2). should proceed with caution especially at night. Tides Caution (9) The time of tide is nearly simultaneous throughout (5) Submarine operating areas are in the approaches Long Island Sound, but the range of tide increases from to New London Harbor, Connecticut River, and off the about 2.5 feet at the east end to about 7.3 feet at the northern shore of Long Island. As submarines may be west end. Daily predictions of the times and heights of operating submerged in these areas, vessels should high and low waters for New London, Bridgeport, and proceed with caution. Willets Point are given in the Tide Tables. (10) The effect of strong winds, in combination with the regular tidal action, may at times cause the water to fall several feet below the plane of reference of the charts.
288 ■ Chapter 8 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Currents (18) Drift ice, which is formed principally along the (11) In the eastern portion of Long Island Sound the northern shore of the sound under the influence of the prevailing northerly winds, drifts across to the south- current turns from ½ to 1½ hours earlier along the ern side and accumulates there, massing into large north shore than in the middle of the sound. fields, and remains until removed by southerly winds, (12) Proceeding westward from The Race in the middle which drive it back to the northerly shore. of the sound, the velocity of current is 1.8 knots off Cornfield Point, about 1 knot off New Haven, 1 knot off (19) In ordinary winters ice generally forms in the west- Eatons Neck, 0.4 knot between Peningo Neck and ern end of the sound as far as Eatons Neck; in excep- Matinecock Point, and 0.5 knot eastward of Hart Island. tionally severe winters ice may extend to Falkner Island (13) About 1.5 miles east-southeastward of Bartlett and farther eastward. Reef, the velocity of flood is 1.2 knots and ebb 1.6 knots. The flood current sets 285° and the ebb 062°. Effects of winds on ice (14) At a point about 3 miles southward of Cornfield (20) In Long Island Sound northerly winds drive the ice Point, the flood current sets 256° with a velocity of 2 knots and the ebb sets 094° with a velocity of 1.7 knots. to the southern shore of the sound and southerly winds (15) About 1 mile north of Stratford Shoal (Middle carry it back to the northern shore. Northeasterly Ground) Light, the velocity is 1 knot, the flood setting winds force the ice westward and cause formations westward and the ebb eastward. (See Tidal Current Ta- heavy enough to prevent the passage of vessels of every bles for predictions.) Current directions and velocities description until the ice is removed by westerly winds. at various places throughout the eastern portion of These winds carry the ice eastward and, if of long dura- Long Island Sound for each hour of the tidal cycle are tion, drive it through The Race into Block Island shown on the Tidal Current Charts, Block Island Sound Sound, thence it goes to sea and disappears. and Eastern Long Island Sound. (21) In New Haven Harbor, the influence of the north- erly winds clear the harbor and its approaches unless Weather, Long Island Sound and vicinity the local formation is too heavy to be moved. Southerly (16) Weather is most favorable from mid-May to winds force the drift ice in from the sound and prevent the local formations from leaving the harbor. Tides mid-October, when the most common hazards are have little effect upon the ice. Additional information thunderstorms and fog. There is also a rare threat of a concerning ice conditions in the waters adjoining Long tropical cyclone. During June, July and August on the Island Sound is given under the local descriptions. average, there are 20 to 25 days per month with condi- (22) Vessel Traffic Service, New York, operated by the tions generally considered ideal even for small boaters. U.S. Coast Guard, serves New York Harbor (see Fog is most likely in spring and early summer. Fog, or 161.501 through 161.580, chapter 2, for regulations). the lack of it, at inland locations is not a guide to condi- tions in the Sound or its approaches. Areas along the Pilotage, Long Island Sound coast, at the heads of bays and within rivers may be rel- (23) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for atively clear, while offshore the fog is thick. For exam- ple, on exposed Block Island heavy fog is encountered foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. about 10 to 12 percent of the time from April though (24) The pilot boat sets radio guard at least 1 hour be- August compared to 1 to 3 percent at Westhampton. Thunderstorms on the other hand are more likely over fore a vessel’s ETA. land, but can be viscous in the Sound, especially in a (25) Vessels to be boarded should provide a ladder 3 feet squall line preceding a cold front in spring and early summer. Winter winds are mostly out of the west above the water on the lee side. through north, but gales blow less than 5 percent of the (26) Pilot services are generally arranged at least 24 time in these somewhat sheltered waters. Waves are re- stricted by limited fetch except to the east. However, hours in advance through ships’ agents or directly by choppy conditions can create problems. shipping companies. (27) Pilotage, in the waters of Long Island Sound, is Ice available from, but not limited to: (17) In ordinary winters the floating and pack ice in (28) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine Pilots, Inc.), 243 Spring Street, Newport RI 02840, tele- Long Island Sound, while impeding navigation, does phone 401-847-9050 (24 hours), 800-274-1216, FAX not render it absolutely unsafe, but in exceptionally se- 401-847-9052, Cable RISPILOT, Newport. Pilot boats vere winters the reverse is true; none but powerful are RHODE ISLAND PILOT, 35-foot, black hull, white steamers can make their way. superstructure, word PILOT on sides and NORTHEAST IV, 49-foot, gray hull, gray superstructure, word PILOT on both sides. The boats monitor channels 16, 10, 13, 14; work on 10.
Eastern Long Island Sound ■ Chapter 8 ■ 289 (29) Interport Pilots Agency, Inc., http://www.inter- Northville-Riverhead (indexed as such), this chapter; portpilots.com, 906 Port Monmouth Road, Port and Pilotage, Offshore Terminal, Northport (indexed as Monmouth, NJ 07758, telephone (24 hours) such), chapter 9. 732-787-5554, email [email protected]. Pilot boat is CONNECTICUT PILOT, 65-foot with blue hull and No-Discharge Zone white superstructure. The boat monitors VHF-FM (33) The State of Connecticut, with the approval of the channels 16 and 13, works on 11, and is equipped with AIS. Environmental Protection Agency, has established a No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) in the waters between East- (30) Constitution State Pilots Association, 500 Water- ern Point in Groton to Hoadley Point in Guilford. The front Street, New Haven, CT 06512, telephone area covered extends from Groton Point due south to 203-627-5058. The pilot boat CONSTITUTION, is the border between Connecticut and New York, then 65-foot, with black hull, white superstructure, and the west following the state border to a point on that line word PILOT on sides. The boat monitors 16, 13, and 9A; due south of Hoadley Point, then due north to Hoadley works on 13 or 9A. Point, and includes the navigable reaches of the Hammonasset River, Menunketesuck River, Niantic (31) Long Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc., River and Thames River that drain into Long Island 1440 Whalley Avenue, Suite 123, New Haven, CT Sound, and the Connecticut River within state bound- 06515, telephone 203-772-0101, FAX 302-629-9392, aries (see chart 12354 for limits). Cable LISPILOT, New Haven. The pilot boat OLYMPIC (34) Within the NDZ, discharge of sewage, whether has a white hull, red superstructure, and displays the treated or untreated, from all vessels is prohibited. word PILOT in black letters. The boat monitors chan- Outside the NDZ, discharge of sewage is regulated by nel 16; works on 11. 40 CFR 140 (see chapter 2). (32) See Pilotage, New London-Groton (indexed as such), this chapter; Pilotage, New Haven (indexed as such), this chapter; Pilotage, Bridgeport (indexed as such), chapter 9; Pilotage, Offshore Terminal,
290 ■ Chapter 8 ■ Coast Pilot 2 Charts 13213, 13212, 12372 Fort Griswold; the microwave tower atop a building in downtown New London; the large sheds at the shipyard (35) New London Harbor, near the east end of Long Is- on the east side of the river opposite Fort Trumbull land Sound at the mouth of the Thames River, is an im- State Park and the highway bridge at New London. portant harbor of refuge. Vessels of deep draft can find anchorage here in any weather and at all seasons. Channels (45) A U.S. Navy project for New London Harbor pro- (36) Waterborne commerce in New London Harbor and on the Thames River is chiefly in petroleum products, vides for a channel 40 feet deep to Fort Trumbull, chemicals, coal, copper, lumber, seafood products and thence 38 feet to State Pier No. 1, thence 36 feet to the general cargo. U.S. Navy Submarine Base. A Federal project provides for a channel 23 feet deep in the waterfront channels (37) Security Zones have been established in New London north of Fort Trumbull and in Winthrop Cove. (See No- Harbor. (See 165.1 through 165.7, 165.30, 165.33, and tice to Mariners and latest editions of the charts for 165.140, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) controlling depths.) Lighted and unlighted buoys and a 354° lighted range mark the channel. The range does (38) New London is a city on the west bank of Thames not mark the center of the lower end of the channel. River about 2.5 miles above the mouth. The town of (46) Pine Island Channel, northeastward of New Lon- Groton on the east bank is connected to New London by don Ledge Light, between Pine Island and Black Ledge, a highway bridge and a railroad bridge. The main har- has a rocky and very broken bottom on which the least bor comprises the lower 3 miles of Thames River from found depth is 9 feet. It is used some by local vessels be- Long Island Sound to the bridges, and includes Shaw tween New London Harbor and Fishers Island Sound, Cove, Greens Harbor, and Winthrop Cove. It is ap- but should be avoided by any vessel drawing more than proached through the main entrance channel extend- 10 feet. ing from deep water in Long Island Sound to deep water in the upper harbor. The harbor is generally used Anchorages by vessels drawing 9 to 30 feet; the deepest draft enter- (47) General and naval anchorages are in the ap- ing is about 36 feet. Petroleum products, seafood prod- ucts, copper, lumber and other forest products are the proaches to, and in, New London Harbor. (See 110.1 principal waterborne commodities handled at the port. and 110.147, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) Special anchorages are in Greens Harbor and in the vi- (39) Greens Harbor, a small-craft shelter just north of cinity of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. (See 110.1 and the entrance, has general depths of 6 to 17 feet. Special 110.52, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) anchorages are in the harbor. (See 110.1 and 110.52, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) Dangers (48) On the west side of the approach to New London (40) New London Coast Guard Station and Fort Trumbull State Park are on the west side of the main Harbor, foul ground extends about 1 mile from shore in channel northward of Greens Harbor. the vicinity of Goshen Point (chart 13211). The south- erly and southeasterly limits of this area are marked by (41) Shaw Cove is a dredged basin about 0.8 mile north- buoys. The area has numerous rocky patches and boul- ward of Greens Harbor. In February 1986, the control- ders, some showing above water, and should be avoided ling depth was 15 feet in the entrance channel through by small craft. Rapid Rock, marked by a buoy on its the south draw of the bridge, thence depths of 11 to 15 southeast side, is about 1.6 miles southwestward of feet were available in the basin. The railroad bridge New London Ledge Light. It has a least depth of 12 feet. over the entrance has a swing span with clearances of An unmarked ledge covered 35 feet is about 100 yards 6½ feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.223, south by eastward of Rapid Rock and is the outermost chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) shoal to the southward. Sarah Ledge, 0.7 mile north- eastward of Rapid Rock and marked by a buoy, has a (42) Winthrop Cove, northward of Shaw Cove, is part of least depth of 14 feet and is the easternmost shoal on the main waterfront channel. The fixed railroad bridge the west side of the main channel approach. near the head of this cove has a clearance of 4 feet. (49) On the east side of the main channel foul ground extends about 1 mile offshore. New London Ledge, Prominent features marked by New London Ledge Light, has a least depth (43) New London Ledge Light (41°18'18\"N., 72°04'42\"W.), of 7 feet. Black Ledge, just to the northeastward of New London Ledge, has a rocky islet, 2 feet high, on it. 58 feet above the water, is shown from a red brick build- ing on a square white pier on the west side of New Lon- don Ledge; a fog signal is sounded at the station. (44) Other prominent features in approaching New London Harbor are: New London Harbor Light, on the west side of the entrance channel; the monument at
Eastern Long Island Sound ■ Chapter 8 ■ 291 Depths are 5 to 18 feet on the ledge. Buoys mark the (56) Ice obstructs navigation about 2 months each year shoal area. above the naval station, which is some 5 miles above (50) Broken ground fringes the shore southwestward of New London Ledge Light, but seldom forms below the New London Harbor Light. A rock with 3 feet over it is station. In extremely severe winters, however, heavy ice located about 0.1 mile from shore in the bight just from the sound, driven in by winds, has been known to southward of the light and shoal soundings extend as extend about 1.8 miles above the entrance. Between far as 0.2 mile from shore where an 8-foot sounding is New London and the mouth of the river small vessels located. may navigate with comparative safety in ordinary win- (51) White Rock, an islet in Greens Harbor, is 250 yards ters; and even in severe weather it is rare that naviga- from the 18-foot curve on the western edge of the chan- tion for small vessels stops for more than a week. nel. Hog Back, a small ledge awash at low water, is 150 Steamers can nearly always enter and leave with safety. yards southwestward of White Rock and about 0.3 mile Drift ice sometimes forms a decidedly dangerous ob- from the western shore, and is marked by a buoy. struction in the approaches through Long Island Rocks, covered 2 to 6 feet, are in the middle of the Sound during severe winters, especially during Febru- northern part of Greens Harbor. Melton Ledge, north- ary and March; and small vessels are much hindered in ward of White Rock, with one-half foot over it, is 125 their movements during January, February, and yards eastward of Powder Island and is marked by a March. buoy; a rock awash is close westward of Melton Ledge. (57) Freshets usually occur in the river in the spring. It Bridges is reported that they seldom exceed 2 feet above high (52) Four bridges cross the Thames River below water at Norwich. Norwich: three near Winthrop Point and one about 0.2 (58) New London Harbor and Thames River are easy of miles southward of Fort Point. The first is the railroad access by day or night, but local knowledge is required bridge, which has a bascule span with a clearance of 30 to take drafts greater than 20 feet above the submarine feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.224, chap- base. ter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) The bridgetender of the railroad bridge monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call Pilotage, New London-Groton sign KT-5473. In 1998, it was reported that cross cur- (59) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for rents of 1 to 2 knots can be encountered in the vicinity of this bridge. Just above it are two high-level fixed foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. See Pi- bridges with clearances of 135 feet, and 7.9 miles far- lotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such),chapter 8. ther up the Thames is a fixed highway bridge with a Pilotage for New London is available from Constitution clearance of 75 feet. A RACON is in the center of the State Pilots Association (CSPA), 500 Waterfront Street, main channel span on the southernmost of two New Haven, CT 06512, telephone 203-627-5058, FAX high-level fixed bridges. 860-434-1441. Pilot boat CONSTITUTION is 65-foot, (53) Overhead power cables with a clearance of 160 feet with black hull, white superstructure, and the word cross the river about 5.5 miles below Norwich. PILOT on sides. The boat monitors 16, 13, and 9A, works on 13 or 9A. The CSPA should be contacted prior Tides and currents to arrival for the location of the pilot boarding area. (54) The mean range of tide at New London is 2.6 feet. (60) Pilotage for New London is also available from Long Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc. Daily predictions are given in the Tide Tables. (LISSPA), 1440 Whalley Avenue, Suite 123, New Haven, (55) The tidal currents follow the general direction of CT 06515, telephone 203-772-0101, FAX 302-629-9392, Cable LISPILOT, New Haven. The pilot boat OLYMPIC the channel and usually are not strong. At Winthrop has a white hull, red superstructure, and displays the Point, on the west side of the river at New London, the word PILOT in black letters. The boat monitors chan- velocity is 0.4 knot, and at Stoddard Hill, about 6.5 nel 16 and works on channel 11. Prior to arrival, the miles above New London, 0.7 knot on the flood and 0.4 LISSPA should be contacted for the location of the pilot knot on the ebb. During freshets or when the river is boarding area. high and the wind is from the north, the current can (61) Pilotage for New London is also available from have considerable southerly set even on the flood. Cur- Sound Pilots, Inc. (SPI) (a division of Northeast Marine rent directions and velocities at various places on the Pilots, Inc.), 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840, Thames River for each hour of the tidal cycle are shown telephone 401-847-9050 (24 hours), 800-274-1216, on the Tidal Current Charts, Block Island Sound and FAX 401-847-9052, Cable RISPILOT, Newport, RI Eastern Long Island Sound. 02840. The pilot boats are NORTHEAST II, 49-foot, with grey hull and superstructure and the word PILOT
292 ■ Chapter 8 ■ Coast Pilot 2 on the side; or RHODE ISLAND PILOT, 35-foot, with depths are reported; for information on the latest black hull and white superstructure and the word depths contact the private operator. PILOT on the side; or NORTHEAST I, 49-foot, similarly (69) Amerada Hess Corp. Wharf (41°20'09\"N., marked as the RHODE ISLAND PILOT. The SPI pilots 72°04'58\"W.): on the east side of the river opposite meet a ship bound for a Long Island Sound port, off Greens Harbor; T-head pier with 55-foot face, 960 feet Point Judith, but will also meet a ship off Montauk of berthing space with dolphins; 40 feet alongside; deck Point by prearrangement. See Pilotage, Narragansett height, 8 feet; pipelines to storage tanks; fresh water Bay and Other Rhode Island Waters (indexed as such), connection; railroad and highway connections; receipt chapter 6, and Pilotage Pickup Locations Off Montauk and shipment of petroleum products and receipt of mo- Point (indexed as such), chapter 7. lasses; bunkering vessels; owned and operated by Hess (62) Interport Pilots Agency, Inc., http://www.inter- Oil and Chemical Division, Amerada Hess Corp. portpilots.com, 906 Port Monmouth Road, Port (70) Admiral Shear State Pier: the more easterly of the Monmouth, NJ 07758, telephone 732-787-5554 (24 two long piers southwestward of the Thames River hours), email [email protected]. Pilot boat is bridges, about 1.3 miles northward of Amerada Hess CONNECTICUT PILOT, 65-foot, blue hull with white Corp. Wharf; 200-foot face, 26 feet alongside; west side superstructure, and the word PILOT on both sides. The 1,000 feet, 23 to 27 feet alongside; east side 1,020 feet, boat monitors VHF-FM channels 16 and 13 two hours 34 to 38 feet alongside; deck height, 10 feet; 90,000 prior to the vessel’s scheduled ETA, works on channel square feet of covered storage, 20 acres of open storage; 11, and is equipped with AIS. Interport Pilots meet electricity, potable and feed water connections on pier; ships bound for New London at the Montauk Point Pi- railroad and highway connections; receipt and ship- lot Station, the Point Judith Pilot Station, or 2 miles ment of general cargo, copper, zinc, steel and wood south of New London Ledge. products; owned by the State of Connecticut and oper- ated by Logistec U.S.A. Inc., a division of Logistec Ste- Towage vedoring of Montreal. (63) Tugs to 3,200 hp are available at New London. Ves- (71) Supplies of all kinds are available. Gasoline and diesel oil can be obtained from oil companies on 48 sels usually proceed to the upper harbor without assis- hours’ notice by tank truck. Water is available at most tance, although a tug may be required when entering of the piers, wharves, and marinas. with a head wind and contrary current. Large vessels normally require tugs for docking and undocking. Repairs (64) New London is a customs port of entry. (72) A shipbuilding company at New London can per- Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural form all kinds of repairs on steel-hulled vessels. The quarantine company has floating drydocks with lifting capacities (65) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and Ap- from 1,000 to 10,000 tons. The company’s largest pendix A for addresses.) drydock is on the west side of the river, and has a maxi- (66) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with regula- mum pontoon length of 300 feet, a width between tions of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public wingwalls of 110 feet, and is about 0.9 mile north of the Health Service, chapter 1.) New London has several Thames River bridges. hospitals. (73) Cranes to 70 tons and floating derricks to 25 tons (67) Harbor regulations are in force for New London are available at New London. Harbor. The harbormaster has authority to berth ves- (74) Several companies in New London are in the busi- sels, shifting them if necessary, but occasion for doing ness of wrecking, salvage, and marine contracting so seldom arises. work. They are equipped with pumps, divers’ outfits, floating equipment, and other gear. Wharves (68) New London Harbor has more than 30 wharves and Small-craft facilities (75) There are numerous small-craft facilities in Greens piers. Most of these facilities are used as repair berths, and for mooring recreational craft, fishing vessels, Harbor and Shaw Cove. (See the small-craft facilities barges, ferries, and government vessels. Depths along- tabulation on chart 12372 for services and supplies side these facilities range from 10 to 40 feet. Only the available.) deep-draft facilities are described. For a complete de- scription of the port facilities refer to Port Series No. 4, Communications published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- (76) New London has good railroad and bus communi- neers. (See Appendix A for address.) The alongside cations. Automobile-passenger ferry service is available
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