United States Coast Pilot 2 Atlantic Coast - Cape Cod, MA to Sandy Hook, NJ 2003

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Eastern Long Island Sound I Chapter 8 I 295 (246) The dangers in the approach and entrance to (254) The harbormaster at Branford controls all moor- Branford Harbor either show above water or are ings and anchoring; he can be contacted through the marked by buoys. Cow and Calf, 1.3 miles southwest- small-craft facilities. ward of Jeffrey Point, are two boulders close together bare at low water. Boulders, reported covered 10 feet, (255) Johnson Point is the western entrance point to are about 0.2 mile northward of Cow and Calf. Five Branford Harbor; a rock covered 2 feet is about 100 Foot Rock, 0.5 mile northeastward of Cow and Calf, has yards off its south side. A small privately dredged basin 5 feet over it. Taunton Rock, 0.9 mile northeastward of on the southwest side of the point is well protected in Cow and Calf near the middle of the entrance to all but southerly winds. In 1971, it was reported that 4 Branford Harbor, is large but low and bare. Blyn Rock, feet could be carried to and in the basin. midway between Johnson Point and Taunton Rock, is covered at extreme high tide. Bird Rock, 0.2 mile (256) Gull Rocks, about 0.3 mile westward of Johnson northward of Blyn Rock, has 5 feet over it. Point, consist of small islets and submerged rocks that extend about 0.5 mile southwestward from shore on (247) Little Mermaid, showing a little above high water, the easterly side of the entrance to a large cove. A rock, and Big Mermaid, a high rock marked by a light, are bare at half tide, is in the northwestern part of the cove near the middle of Branford Harbor. Two bare rocks are about 350 yards southward of Short Beach. The north- near the head of the harbor. A rock, bare at low water west end of the cove has a yacht club landing with a re- and usually marked by stakes, is about 100 feet ported depth of 2 feet alongside. north-northeastward of the north end of Lovers Island. (257) Farm River Gut, a small bight on the west side of (248) To enter Branford Harbor from eastward, pass the cove, is a good anchorage for small craft. Depths southward of the lighted buoy marking Negro Heads, range from 4 to 5 feet in the eastern part of the gut with steer about 306° heading for Taunton Rock, and enter shoaling to bare in the northern and western parts. Two between Taunton and Jeffrey Rocks; or a 333° course rocks awash are on the north side of the gut about 125 with Branford Reef Light astern will lead into the har- yards inside the entrance. The gut offers good protec- bor between Jeffrey and Taunton Rocks. From west- tion from all but easterly winds, mud bottom. A marine ward, pass southward and over 100 yards eastward of railway at a boatyard on the north side of the gut can the lighted bell buoy marking Cow and Calf, thence handle boats to 36 feet for hull repairs; storage facilities westward of the buoys marking Blyn Rock and Bird are available. The yard can be reached only at high tide. Rock to the buoyed channel in the harbor. Old Clump is a bare rock about 400 yards south of the bight. (249) Local craft pass northwestward of Cow and Calf Shoal and midway between Johnson Point and Blyn (258) Farm River, locally known as East Haven River, Rock. about 1.5 miles westward of Branford Harbor, is used by local craft. In July 1981, it was reported that depths of 3 (250) Branford River, narrow and crooked, extends feet could be carried in the river to the fixed bridge with northeasterly from Branford Harbor. In 1996-1997, the a clearance of 4 feet about 1 mile above the mouth. Sev- controlling depth in the dredged channel was 7.1 feet eral boatyards on the river provide gasoline, berths, from Branford Harbor to the upstream limit of the electricity, water, storage, and limited marine supplies; dredged channel, except for depths of 6.1 and 5.9 feet diesel fuel can be delivered by truck. A 10-ton mobile along the west and east edges, near the upstream limit hoist and a 12-ton crane can handle vessels for com- respectively. plete engine and hull repairs. (251) At low water the channel above Branford Point is (259) East Indies Rocks, about 0.4 mile south of the en- defined by bare shoals on each side. During the sum- trance to Farm River, cover at half tide and are marked mer numerous stakes used as moorings mark both by a buoy to the eastward; a rocky shoal with a least sides of the channel. A privately dredged channel and depth of 5 feet is 0.2 mile to the eastward. A small ledge, basin at a marina 0.5 mile east of Branford Point had bare at low water, is midway between East Indies Rocks reported depths of 9 feet in March 1999. and the south side of Mansfield Point, the western en- trance point to Farm River. Darrow Rocks, a group of (252) The principal waterborne commerce at Branford is bare rocks, are on the east side of the entrance to the in petroleum products. There are several marinas and river. The westernmost rocky knoll is marked by a flag- boatyards on the river. (See the small-craft facilities staff. A ledge, bare at low water, with a buoy off its tabulation on chart 12372 for services and supplies southern end, is 200 yards south of the flagstaff. available.) (260) Mansfield Point and the shore westward of the en- (253) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced on the river. trance to Farm River are thickly settled. Bus communi- cation is available to New Haven. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:04:59 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 296 I Chapter 8 I Eastern Long Island Sound (261) New Haven Harbor, an important harbor of refuge, 18, thence in February 1997, 5 feet at midchannel to is about 68 miles from New York, 179 miles from just above the first highway bridge, the head of naviga- Boston via Cape Cod Canal, and 171 miles from tion. An anchorage area is on the south side of the Nantucket Shoals Lighted Horn Buoy N (LNB). It com- channel about 0.9 mile above the entrance; in April prises all the tidewater northward of the breakwaters 1996, the controlling depth was 4 feet. Principal water- constructed across the mouth of the bay, including the front facilities are at City Point. navigable portions of the West, Mill, and Quinnipiac (267) Mill River, on the west side of Fair Haven about 4 Rivers. It is about 2 miles wide. The inner harbor, miles above Southwest Ledge Light, is entered from northward of Sandy Point and Fort Hale, is shallow for the main channel through a dredged entrance channel the most part, except where the depths have been in- that branches into an east and west fork to the Grand creased by dredging. The main entrance channel, be- Avenue Bridge, 0.6 mile above the mouth. In June tween Middle Breakwater and the East Breakwater, 1982, the controlling depths were 6½ feet (11 feet at leads northward to Tomlinson Bridge at New Haven. midchannel) to the Chapel Street Bridge about 0.25 Anchorage basins for medium draft vessels are on the mile above the entrance, thence 9 feet through the east west side of the channel north of Sandy Point. bridge opening and 3½ feet through the west opening, Waterborne commerce in the harbor consists of petro- thence 6½ feet to the junction with the east and west leum products, scrap metal, lumber, automobiles, gyp- forks, thence 9½ feet at midchannel for about 250 yards sum, paper and pulp products, steel products, in the east fork, thence in 1980, 1 foot at midchannel to chemicals, rock salt, and general cargo. the head of the channel, and in 1980-June 1982, 5½ feet at midchannel for about 225 yards in the west fork, (262) New Haven, at the head of the harbor, is an impor- thence in 1980, 1½ feet at midchannel to the head of tant manufacturing city. the channel. (268) Quinnipiac River, on the east side of Fair Haven (263) On the approach from well offshore in clear about 4 miles above Southwest Ledge Light, has a weather, the prominent landmarks are: on East Rock dredged channel to Grand Avenue Bridge, about 1 mile (41°19.7'N., 72°54.4'W.), the Soldiers and Sailors Mon- above the mouth. In November-December 1993, the ument; in New Haven, the Knights of Columbus Build- controlling depth was 15 feet at midchannel to the ing, a tall rectangular structure with circular pillars at Ferry Street Bridge about 0.5 mile above the mouth, its corners; the lighted stack of the powerplant on the thence 12 feet at midchannel to the Grand Avenue east side of the harbor opposite City Point. The lights Bridge except for shoaling along the edges. on the ends of the breakwaters, the aerolight at Tweed-New Haven Airport, and the abandoned tower (269) Inside West Breakwater and the southwest part of on Lighthouse Point are also prominent. Middle Breakwater, anchorage is available for vessels up to a 19-foot draft. Caution should be exercised to (264) Southwest Ledge Light (41°14.1'N., 72°54.7'W.), avoid the fish stakes in this area. 57 feet above the water, is shown from a white octago- nal house on a brown cylindrical pier at the westerly (270) Vessels may anchor northward of Southwest Ledge end of East Breakwater. A fog signal is sounded at the Light in depths of 18 to 20 feet, soft bottom in places. light. Care should be taken to avoid the ledges northward of the East Breakwater. Deep-draft vessels awaiting berth- (265) A Federal project for New Haven Harbor provides ing assignments can anchor about 1 mile southward of for an entrance channel 35 feet deep to a point just be- the sea buoy; holding ground is excellent. low the junction of Mill River and Quinnipiac River. The channel is well marked. (See Notice to Mariners (271) Morris Cove, on the east side of the main channel and latest editions of the charts for controlling depths.) just above Lighthouse Point, affords good anchorage and is used by yachts, but is rough in westerly and (266) West River, on the west side of the main channel southerly winds. In July 1981, isolated, uncharted about 3 miles above Southwest Ledge Light, has a 40-foot spots were reported in the cove. Caution is ad- dredged channel marked by buoys to just above the vised when anchoring. New Haven Coast Guard Sta- first highway bridge (Kimberly Avenue Bridge), about tion is on the north side of the jutting point, about 1.5 1.2 miles above the channel entrance. In April miles northward of Lighthouse Point. 1996-February 1997, the midchannel controlling depth was 10 feet from the channel entrance to Buoy (272) An anchorage basin on the west side of the main channel southward of New Haven Long Wharf is some- times used, but considerable shoaling is gradually ex- tending into the anchorage from westward. A sunken Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:04:59 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Eastern Long Island Sound I Chapter 8 I 297 barge with 5 feet over it is in this anchorage about 550 KXJ-688. An overhead power cable with a clearance of yards southward of New Haven Long Wharf. In Febru- 91 feet crosses the channel just above the fixed highway ary-March 1985, depths of 10 to 5 feet were available in bridge. the anchorage basin with lesser depths along the edges. (281) A regulated navigation area is at Tomlinson Bridge. (273) An anchorage area, sometimes used by small craft (See 165.1 through 165.13, and 165.150, chapter 2, and scows, is northward of the New Haven Long Wharf for limits and regulations.) (Naval Reserve Pier) in the northwest side of the main (282) Over Mill River, about 0.3 mile above the entrance, channel where depths range from about 5 to 6 feet. is the Chapel Street Bridge with a swing span having a (274) No special regulations prescribe the limits within clearance of 7½ feet. The fixed highway bridge at Grand which vessels must anchor, except that the dredged Avenue has a clearance of 6 feet over the east fork and a channels must be kept clear. clearance of 2 feet over the west fork. Bridges above this point have minimum clearance of 2 feet. Small (275) Townshend Ledge, 2.7 miles southeastward of unmasted boats go as far as the bridge at State Street, Southwest Ledge Light, has a least depth of 18 feet and 0.5 mile above Grand Avenue. Overhead power cables is marked by a lighted bell buoy. crossing the west fork have a minimum clearance of 80 feet. (276) Stony Islet, 2.2 miles eastward of Southwest Ledge (283) The Ferry Street Bridge over Quinnipiac River, 0.6 Light, is low, bare, and surrounded by ledges bare at mile above the Tomlinson Bridge, has a bascule span low water to a distance of about 100 yards. A partly bare with a clearance of 25 feet. The Grand Avenue Bridge, ledge is about 0.2 mile north-northwestward of Stony 0.5 mile farther upstream, has a center-pier swing span Islet. From this ledge and Stony Islet westward to the with a clearance of 9 feet. Above this are several fixed entrance of New Haven Harbor, an area of foul ground bridges and trestles. with many rocks bare at low water extends about 0.5 (284) Kimberly Avenue Bridge over West River has a fixed mile offshore. This area should be avoided. span with a clearance of 23 feet. (285) (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.213, chapter (277) Shoals with 16 to 18 feet over them extend over 0.5 2, for drawbridge regulations.) mile southeastward from the breakwaters on both sides of the dredged entrance channel. A spoil area with re- (286) The mean range of tide is 6.2 feet. Extreme tides ported depths of 15 feet is on the eastern side of the en- have been recorded as reaching more than 2.5 feet be- trance channel. An 18-foot spot is on the east side of the low the plane of mean low water and more than 8 feet main channel, at the first turn westward of Southwest above the same datum. Ledge Light. (287) In the entrance between the breakwaters, the tidal (278) The bights on the west shore of New Haven Harbor current has a velocity on flood of 1.4 knots, and ebb 0.9 from Pond Point northward are shoal with bare rocks knot. The flood sets 319° and the ebb 152°. In the draw and foul ground in most of them. The shore is rocky at of Tomlinson Bridge, the velocity is 0.4 knot. The flood Woodmont, about 2 miles northeastward of Pond sets 015° and the ebb 215°. Ebb velocities are increased Point. by freshets. (Consult the Tidal Current Tables for pre- dicted times and velocities of currents.) (279) Black Rock, bare at low water and marked by a sea- sonal buoy, is 0.2 mile off the north end of Morris Cove. (288) Ice generally obstructs navigation to some extent Opposite, on the west side, is a breakwater, partly cov- for low-powered vessels from December to March and ered, extending from Sandy Point and marked by a sometimes extends to the mouth of the harbor. During light. Shag Bank, a flat extending about 0.5 mile north- severe winters the accumulation of ice is local. Except ward from Sandy Point, has a sand tip about 0.1 mile in severe weather, powered vessels can always enter and long. leave the harbor without much difficulty. In New Ha- ven Harbor northerly winds tend to clear the harbor of (280) Tomlinson Bridge, at the head of the main harbor ice if the formation is light; southerly winds are apt to at the confluence of Mill and Quinnipiac Rivers, has a force in drift ice from the sound. double bascule span with a clearance of 60 feet. Just above this bridge is a fixed highway bridge with a clear- ance of 60 feet. In 1994, a replacement vertical lift bridge was under construction with a design clearance of 13 feet down and 135 feet up immediately above the bascule bridge. The bridgetender of the Tomlinson Bridge monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call sign Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:04:59 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 298 I Chapter 8 I Eastern Long Island Sound (289) New Haven’s climate is typical of coastal areas of infamous perhaps, was the hurricane of 1938. This southern New England. It is vigorous without being storm passed with 15 miles west of the city on Septem- overly severe. New Haven is located at the widest part of ber 21 raking the city with 85-knot winds while moving Long Island Sound, and the tempering effect of the wa- at a forward speed in excess of 40 knots. Most recently, ter is most pronounced in this vicinity. During the hurricane Gloria passed within 20 miles to the west on summer season, the sea breeze holds temperatures 5 to September 27, 1985. Highest winds at time of landfall 15°F (3 to 8°C) lower in the afternoon; during the win- were barely hurricane strength but two days prior, Glo- ter season, minimum temperatures in the southern ria had been supporting winds in excess of 125 knots. section of the city are usually 5 to 10°F (3 to 6°C) Due to geographical orientation, all tropical systems higher than those reported from northern sections. approach the coastline from the south or southwest. The highest summertime temperatures occur with a (293) The National Weather Service maintains an office moderate northerly wind. The lowest winter readings at the Tweed-New Haven Airport, about 3 miles south- also occur with a northerly wind. The average tempera- east of the city. (See page T-6 for New Haven climato- ture for New Haven is 51.7°F (10.9°C). July is the logical table.) warmest month with average extremes of 81°F (27.2°C) and 64°F (17.8°C). January is the coldest (294) To enter New Haven Harbor from eastward, it is month with average extremes of 37°F (2.8°C) and 22°F safer for large vessels to pass southward of Branford (-5.6°C). The warmest temperature on record is 100°F Reef and Townshend Ledge to the entrance channel. To (37.8°C) recorded in August 1948 and again in July enter from westward, pass northward of Stratford 1957. The coldest temperature on record is -7°F Shoal Light at a distance of 1.8 miles and head for the (-21.7°C) recorded in January 1961. entrance channel. (290) Precipitation is quite evenly distributed through- (295) The passage eastward of East Breakwater has boul- out the year with only a 1.25 inch (32 mm) spread be- der patches and is very broken, but can be used by small tween the wettest and driest months. The annual craft drawing less than 6 feet, taking care to avoid the average precipitation is 42 inches (1067 mm). The wet- foul ground along the northeast side of the passage. test month, December, averages 4.24 inches (108 mm) This passage is buoyed, and local vessels of 10- to and the driest month, June, averages 2.93 inches (74 12-foot draft use it at high water. Avoid Quixes Ledge, mm). The elevation of the land increases northward which extends about 200 yards southeastward from the from the station and results in somewhat higher eastern end of the breakwater, and pass about 100 yards amounts of precipitation in the northern suburbs as eastward of the breakwater. The principal danger inside well as a few more thunderstorms each year. During the breakwater is the reef, marked by a buoy, that ex- the winter, a variety of precipitation is found in most tends 300 yards southwestward from Lighthouse storms. It is common to have rain along the shore, Point. Adams Fall, a rock with 5 feet over it and marked freezing rain and sleet a short distance inland, and by a buoy, is 0.4 mile southwestward of Lighthouse snow in the northern parts of the city. Heavy snow is Point. rather uncommon in the immediate coastal area and usually melts in a few days. Farther inland, the snow (296) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for becomes progressively heavier and a layer of snow cov- foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. See Pi- ers the ground most of the winter. Annual average lotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8. snowfall totals 34 inches (864 mm). February is the snowiest month averaging over nine inches (229 mm). (297) Pilotage for New Haven is available from New Ha- Snow has fallen in each month, October through May. ven Bridgeport Pilots Association (NHBPA), 60 The 24-hour record snowfall is 17.1 inches (434 mm) Appletree Lane, Hamden, CT 06518, telephone recorded in April 1957. 203-878-8667. (291) Prevailing wind direction varies with the seasons. (298) Pilot boats (rented) utilized by NHBPA pilots are From late spring until fall, winds are predominantly SUSY II, 42-foot, blue hull, white superstructure, word south to southwest due to the effect of the sea breeze. PILOT on side; and GALE, 42-foot, white hull, white su- During the winter, the prevailing winds are northerly. perstructure, word PILOT on side. The boat monitors Strong southeast winds cause unusually high tides and channel 16, 13 and 77; works on 77 and 09. Pilots board some local flooding in low-lying coastal areas two or about 1 mile south of New Haven Harbor Lighted Whis- three times a year. tle Buoy NH. (292) Since 1871, 17 tropical systems have passed within (299) Pilotage for New Haven is also available from Con- 50 miles of New Haven, Connecticut. The most stitution State Pilots Association (CSPA), 500 Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:00 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Eastern Long Island Sound I Chapter 8 I 299 Waterfront Street, New Haven, CT 06512, telephone assistance. Large vessels normally require tugs for 800-229-7456 or 203-783-5991, FAX 516-582-6327. Pi- docking and undocking. Arrangements for tug service lots of CSPA board vessels from a launch or the tug, at should be made 24 hours in advance, usually through New Haven Harbor Lighted Whistle Buoy NH. ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. The (300) Pilotage for New Haven is also available from Long tugs monitor VHF-FM channels 13 and 16 and use Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc. (LISSPA), channel 19A as a working frequency; call sign 1440 Whalley Avenue, Suite 123, New Haven, CT KEE-234. 06515, telephone 203-772-0101, FAX 302-629-9392, (305) Launch service to ships at anchor is available. Cable LISPILOT, New Haven. The pilot boat OLYMPIC, Launches monitor VHF-FM channel 16 (156.80 MHz) has a white hull, red superstructure, and displays the and use channel 19A (156.95 MHz) as a working fre- word PILOT in black letters. The boat monitors chan- quency. nel 16 and works on channel 11. Among other loca- (306) New Haven is a customs port of entry. tions, the LISSPA pilot will meet a ship 3 miles south of Watch Hill, RI, in about 41°15'00\"N., 71°51'30\"W. (307) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and ap- (301) Pilotage for New Haven is also available from pendix for addresses.) Sound Pilots, Inc. (SPI) (a division of Northeast Marine Pilots, Inc.), 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840, (308) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with regula- telephone 401-847-9050 (24 hours), 800-274-1216, tions of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public FAX 401-847-9052, Cable RISPILOT, Newport, RI Health Service, chapter 1.) 02840. The pilot boats are NORTHEAST II, 49-foot, with grey hull and superstructure and the word PILOT (309) New Haven has many public and private hospitals. on the side; or RHODE ISLAND PILOT, 35-foot, with black hull and white superstructure and the word (310) The Captain of the Port maintains an office in New PILOT on the side; or NORTHEAST I, 49-foot, similarly Haven. The nearest vessel documentation office is in marked as the RHODE ISLAND PILOT. The SPI pilots Bridgeport, Conn. (See appendix for addresses.) meet a ship bound for a Long Island Sound port, off Point Judith, but will also meet a ship off Montauk (311) The harbormaster at New Haven has charge of the Point, by prearrangement. See Pilotage, Narragansett anchoring of vessels; he can be contacted through the Bay and Other Rhode Island Waters (indexed as such), local police department. chapter 6, and Pilotage Pickup Locations Off Montauk Point (indexed as such), chapter 7. (312) The city police maintain a harbor patrol during the (302) The Connecticut State Pilots (a division of summer. Interport Pilots Agency, Inc.) also serve the port of New Haven, address: State Pier, New London, CT, telephone (313) The deep-draft facilities at the Port of New Haven 800-346-4877 or 908-787-5554 (24 hours), cable are along the north and east sides of the inner portion PORTPILOTS Port Monmouth, NJ. Pilot boats are of New Haven Harbor. Facilities for smaller vessels and CONNECTICUT PILOT, 65 feet long with blue hull and barges are along the sides of the harbor and in Mill, white superstructure, and CONNECTICUT II, 47 feet Quinnipiac, and West Rivers. Depths alongside the fa- long with blue hull and white superstructure. The cilities in Quinnipiac River range from about 5 to 15 boats monitor VHF-FM channels 16 and 13, 2 hours feet; Mill River, 12 to 13 feet; and West River about 12 to prior to the vessel’s scheduled ETA, and work on chan- 18 feet. Only the deep-draft facilities are described. For nel 11. The Connecticut State Pilots meet ships bound a complete description of the port facilities refer to Port for Long Island Sound ports at the Montauk Point Pilot Series No. 4, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps Station or the Point Judith Pilot Station by prearrange- of Engineers. (See appendix for address.) The alongside ment. Connecticut State Pilots will also board vessels depths for the facilities described are reported; for in- from a launch or tug at New Haven Harbor Lighted formation on the latest depths contact the private oper- Whistle Buoy NH. ator. All the facilities have direct highway connections, (303) Pilot services are arranged in advance through and most have railroad connections. Water and electri- ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. cal shore power connections are available at most piers and wharves. (304) Tugs up to 1,800 hp are available at New Haven, and tugs to 4,000 hp can be obtained by prior arrangement. (314) General cargo at the port is usually handled by Vessels usually proceed to the harbor without ship’s tackle; special handling equipment, if available, is mentioned in the description of the particular facil- ity. Cranes up to 250 tons and warehouses and cold Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:00 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 300 I Chapter 8 I Eastern Long Island Sound storage facilities adjacent to the waterfront are avail- of petroleum products; owned and operated by Exxon able. Co., U.S.A. (315) Wyatt Light Oil Pier: north end of harbor 0.35 mile northeastward of New Haven Long Wharf; 150-foot (323) Oil bunkering terminals at New Haven are main- face, 715 feet of berthing space with dolphins, 38 feet tained by the major oil companies. Fuel oil and diesel alongside; deck height, 11 feet; receipt and shipment of oil in the usual commercial grades are obtainable. petroleum products; owned and operated by Wyatt, Inc. Barges are available for bunkering in the anchorages (316) Wyatt Heavy Oil Wharf: 50 yards east of Wyatt Light outside the breakwaters or at the piers; 24-hour ad- Oil Pier; west side 210 feet, 480 feet of berthing space vance notice is required, and arrangements should be with dolphins; 30 feet alongside; deck height, 11 feet; made through ships’ agents. Water, provisions, and ma- receipt and shipment of petroleum products, receipt of rine supplies can be procured. asphalt; owned and operated by Wyatt, Inc. (317) Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Wharf: on each (324) New Haven has no facilities for making major re- side of harbor, 200 yards south of Tomlinson Bridge; pairs or for drydocking deep-draft vessels; the nearest 60-foot face, 735 feet of berthing space with dolphins; such facilities are at Boston, Mass., and New York. Ma- 35 feet alongside; deck height, 13 feet; vessels normally chine shops in the area can make limited repairs to ma- moor starboardside-to; receipt and shipment of petro- chinery and boilers, and fabricate shafts and other leum products; owned and operated by Gulf Oil Re- pieces of equipment. fining and Marketing Co. (318) Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Pier: 100 yards (325) There are excellent facilities on the east and west southward of Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. Wharf; sides of the harbor and on West and Quinnipiac Rivers. north side 400 feet, 25 feet alongside; south side 380 (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12372 feet, 25 feet alongside; deck height, 10 feet; receipt and for services and supplies available.) shipment of petroleum products; owned and operated by Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. (326) Pond Point, about 5 miles southwestward of the (319) ARCO Petroleum Products Co. Wharf: 300 yards New Haven Harbor entrance, has a rocky shoal with lit- southwestward of Gulf Refining and Marketing Co. tle depth over the greater part of it that extends about Pier; 110-foot face, 760 feet with dolphins; 35 feet 0.3 mile southward. It is marked by a buoy. A promi- alongside; deck height, 15 feet; vessels normally moor nent white mast is on the point. starboardside-to; receipt and shipment of petroleum products; owned and operated by ARCO Petroleum (327) Welches Point, 0.8 mile westward of Pond Point, Products Co. forms the east side of the entrance of the Gulf. A reef ex- (320) New Haven Terminal, Scrap Metal Dock: 275 yards tends 0.2 mile southward from the point and is marked southward of ARCO Petroleum Products Co. Wharf; by a buoy. Several scattered rocks extend a southeast- 640-foot face; 35 feet alongside; deck height, 14 feet; erly direction for about 0.5 mile from the buoy. two 30-ton traveling gantry cranes, crawler cranes to 250 tons; receipt and shipment of general and (328) The Gulf, a bight between Welches Point and containerized cargo and steel products, shipment of Charles Island, about 6.5 miles westward of New Haven scrap metal, receipt of copper, zinc, and lumber; owned Harbor entrance, affords anchorage in 6 to 15 feet and and operated by New Haven Terminal, Inc. is sheltered in all but southerly and southeasterly (321) New Haven Terminal Pier: 50 yards southward of winds. The entrance is clear. The shoaling is gradual, Scrap Metal Dock; north and south sides, 650 feet us- and soundings are the best guide on the northwest side able, can accommodate tankers up to 700 feet; 35 and of the bight; the western side of Welches Point and the 39 feet alongside, north and south sides, respectively; reefs around Charles Island extending to the mainland deck height, 13 feet; cranes up to 50 tons; 36,000 should be approached with caution, as the shoaling is square feet covered storage; receipt and shipment of abrupt. The mean range of tide is about 6.6 feet. general cargo, receipt of petroleum products, petro- chemicals, chemicals, copper, zinc, lumber, and steel (329) Milford Harbor, comprising the lower portion of products; owned and operated by New Haven Terminal, the Wepawaug River, is entered at the mouth of the Inc. river between two jetties at the head of The Gulf. The (322) Exxon Co. Terminal Wharf: 175 yards southward of westerly jetty extends southward from Burns Point, New Haven Terminal Pier; 80-foot face, 700 feet with dolphins; 35 feet alongside; deck height, 13 feet; vessels normally moor starboardside-to; receipt and shipment Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:00 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Eastern Long Island Sound I Chapter 8 I 301 and the easterly jetty is marked by Milford Harbor Derby, Conn. Housatonic River is navigable to a point Light 10. The harbor is used chiefly for recreational about 1 mile above Shelton, Conn., where it is closed by boating, and occasionally for the receipt of shellfish a power dam. The head of navigation for all practical and fish. The National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. purposes is at the towns of Derby and Shelton, 11.5 Department of Commerce, maintains a laboratory and miles above the entrance. Small vessels can anchor in research vessel base on the west side of the harbor, the river abreast of Stratford, where the channel has an about 0.2 mile northward of Burns Point. available width of about 500 feet. The waterborne com- (330) A dredged channel leads from The Gulf through the merce on the river is principally in barge shipments of jettied entrance to a point about 400 feet above the aggregate, fuel oil to the power plant at Devon, and sea- town wharf, 0.6 mile above Burns Point. In Novem- sonal commercial shellfishing. Navigation above ber-December 1991, the controlling depths were 6½ Devon is limited to recreational boating. feet (8 feet at midchannel) in the entrance channel and (337) On the east side of the entrance to Housatonic 8 feet in the anchorage basin along the west side of the River, a breakwater extends out from Milford Point channel except for lesser depths to 6 feet along the across the bar and is marked at its south end by western edge. The channel is marked by a light and Housatonic River Breakwater Light 2A. The inner sec- lighted and unlighted buoys. tion of the breakwater is awash at high water. (331) Milford Harbor has several small-craft facilities. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12364 (338) A Federal project provides for an 18-foot dredged for services and supplies available.) channel from Long Island Sound between the breakwa- (332) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. ter on the east and Stratford Point on the west upriver (333) Charles Island, on the southwest side at the en- for about 4.3 miles to the lower end of Culver Bar. (See trance to The Gulf, is low and partly covered with trees. Notice to Mariners and the latest editions of the charts A white flagpole, barely visible over the trees, is on the for controlling depths.) Above the lower end of Culver island. The island is connected to the mainland by The Bar, the river channel extends through several dredged Bar, a narrow neck about 0.5 mile long and surrounded sections across river bars to the towns of Derby and by rocks awash and shoals. A buoy marks the end of a Shelton about 11.5 miles above the river entrance. In shoal that extends 250 yards east-northeastward from November 1999-January 2000, the controlling depths the island, and a lighted bell buoy marks the end of a were 3.1 feet in the buoyed channel from the lower end rocky area that extends 0.4 mile southward from the is- of Culver Bar and across Mill Bar to the naturally deep land. Northward of Charles Island is a good anchorage river channel, thence 5.2 feet in the dredged channels in 10 to 16 feet, sheltered from southerly to southwest- across lower Oronoque Bar and 2.7 feet across upper erly winds. Oronoque Bar, thence 4.2 feet across Camp Meeting (334) Between Charles Island and Stratford Point, about Bar, thence 6.3 feet across Drews Bar except for shoal- 3 miles southwestward, several summer resorts are ing to 3.5 feet in the lower part of the dredged channel along the shore and the Housatonic River empties into along the left edge, thence 7 feet across Mouthrops Bar Long Island Sound just above the point. The shoals and Hidelom Rock Bar, thence 7 feet in the left outside which extend southward from Stratford Point toward quarter of the dredged channel across Twomile Island Stratford Shoal Light (see chart 12354) consist of nar- Bar with shoaling to bare in the remainder of the chan- row ridges of hard sand with deeper water between, and nel, thence 7 feet in the dredged channel near Sow and have oyster beds marked with stakes. Depths of 12 feet Pigs Jetty. The channel is marked to a point about 2.5 or less extend 1 mile offshore. miles below Derby and Shelton. (335) Stratford Point Light (41°09.1'N., 73°06.2'W.), 52 feet above the water, is shown from a white conical (339) Stratford is a town on the west side of the river 2.3 tower, with brown band midway of its height, from the miles above the entrance. The principal wharf has a southerly part of the point. depth of about 9 feet at its end. The harbormaster at Stratford controls anchorages and moorings, and has (336) Housatonic River rises in the Berkshire Hills of jurisdiction from the entrance of the river to the western Massachusetts and Connecticut, and empties Shelton town line. Harbor regulations may be obtained into Long Island Sound about 10 miles southwestward from the harbormaster who may be contacted through of the New Haven Harbor entrance. The river is joined the Stratford police or at the Town Hall. by the nonnavigable Naugatuck River in the vicinity of (340) Stratford has several small-craft facilities. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12364 for ser- vices and supplies available.) Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:00 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 302 I Chapter 8 I Eastern Long Island Sound (341) Devon is on the east side about 1 mile above ebb, 1.3 knots. In the openings of the bridge the flood Stratford. Local small craft anchor near the east bank current has some easterly set, but the ebb sets fair with of the river, just north of the highway bridge, in depths the openings. Between that bridge and Shelton the up to 10 feet. A 40-foot marine railway at a small–craft tidal current has a velocity of about 1 knot. Because of facility at Devon can haul out craft for engine and hull the drainage flow of the river, the ebb is usually greater repairs; gasoline, water, ice, marine supplies, and stor- and the flood less than 1 knot. (Consult the Tidal Cur- age are available. In July 1981, depths of 4 feet were re- rent Tables for current predictions and further details.) ported alongside the facility. (348) Spring freshets at Shelton rise 10 feet or more (342) Shelton, a town on the west side of the river about above mean high tide. 11.5 miles above the entrance is connected to Derby by two bridges; the town has several important factories. (349) Ice closes the river above Stratford during the win- In 1971, the wharves at Derby and Shelton were in ru- ter and sometimes extends to the entrance. ins and unsuitable for craft of any size. (343) About 1 mile above Stratford is U.S. Route 1 high- (350) The channel in Housatonic River is narrow and way bridge with a bascule span having a clearance of 32 crooked, with little depth on either side, and across the feet. Two bridges cross the river about 0.3 mile farther bars in the channel are dredged cuts 100 feet wide. The up: the first, Interstate Route 95 fixed highway bridge, tidal currents are strong, especially in the lower part of has a clearance of 65 feet, and the second, a railroad the river, and strangers are advised to take a pilot. bridge with a bascule span, has a clearance of 19 feet. Small craft, without a pilot, should proceed with cau- The bridgetenders of the U.S. Route 1 bridge and the tion and preferably on a rising tide. railroad bridge monitor VHF-FM channel 13; call signs KXJ-695 and KU-6035, respectively. An overhead power (351) When entering the river during a flood current, cable with a clearance of 135 feet crosses at the railroad care must be taken to avoid being set on the shoals on bridge. Other cables, near Pecks Mill, 1.5 miles above, the west side by strong westerly currents. In the vicin- have minimum clearance of 79 feet. ity of Milford Point care should be exercised to avoid a shoal that reportedly extends from Milford Point to the (344) The fixed highway bridge about 3.7 miles above eastern edge of the channel. Care should also be exer- Stratford has a clearance of 85 feet. At Shelton, two cised off the extreme northern end of Nells Island as a fixed highway bridges and a fixed railroad bridge have a shoal is reported to have encroached into the channel. least clearance of 17 feet. In April 1983, the railroad By steering a midchannel course no difficulty should bridge suffered severe structural damage. The area be encountered. should be avoided, but if transit is necessary, extreme caution should be exercised. (352) Pilots and tugs can be obtained at New Haven. (353) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced on the river near (345) (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.207, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) anchorage and mooring areas and near boat slips. (346) The mean range of tide is 5.5 feet at Stratford and 5 (354) Stratford Shoal Middle Ground, 5.4 miles south of feet at Shelton. The time of the tide becomes later and Stratford Point and covered 4½ to 18 feet, is marked by the range diminishes in progressing up the river. At Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light (41°03.6'N., Stratford the tide is about 0.8 hour later than at the en- 73°06.1'W.), 60 feet above the water and shown from a trance whereas at Shelton high water is about 1.8 gray granite octagonal tower projecting from a house hours later and low water about 2.8 hours later than at on a pier, and by buoys that mark the outer ends of the entrance. The river water is fresh about 6 miles shoal areas extending 1 mile north, 0.9 mile northeast, above the entrance. and 0.5 mile south of the light. A fog signal is at the light. (347) At the entrance near the end of the breakwater the flood has a strong westerly set. Between Milford Point (355) From Orient Point (41°09.6'N., 72°14.0'W.), for and Crimbo Point, flood and ebb have a velocity of about 11 miles to Horton Point, the south shore of about 1.2 knots. The flood sets about 330° and the ebb Long Island Sound is generally bluff and rocky. The 135°. Just north of the draw of the railroad bridge above Stratford, the velocity of flood is 1.1 knots and of Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:01 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Eastern Long Island Sound I Chapter 8 I 303 10-fathom curve is from 0.3 to 0.8 mile from shore, and overhead power cable about 1 mile above the entrance the shoaling is generally abrupt. The outlying dangers has a clearance of 78 feet. are Orient Shoal and the rocky patch northward of (363) The tidal currents have an estimated velocity of Horton Point. about 3 knots in the narrow parts of the entrance of (356) The prominent features are Browns Hills, a tower Mattituck Inlet. Slack waters occur possibly 1 hour af- at Rocky Point, a tank and television tower at ter the time of high and low water. With northerly and Greenport, and Horton Point Light. westerly winds, the sea is rough in the entrance. The (357) Several rocky shoals, including Orient Shoal with mean range of tide is 5.2 feet at the entrance. The inlet a least depth of 7 feet, are offshore in the vicinity of is sometimes closed by ice during portions of cold win- Rocky Point, about 5 miles westward of Orient Point. ters. The north end of Orient Shoal is marked by a buoy. (364) Several marinas and a boatyard are inside the inlet. (358) Horton Point Light (41°05'06\"N., 72°26'44\"W.), A 70-ton mobile hoist at the boatyard can haul out craft 103 feet above the water, is shown from a white square for engine, hull, and radio repairs. Marine supplies, tower attached to a dwelling on the northwest part of gasoline, diesel fuel, water, and covered and wet storage the point. The former lighthouse tower is close by, can be obtained. A transient dock, operated by the southwestward of the present light. Mattituck Park Commission, is at the head of the inlet; (359) A rocky shoal with a least found depth of 26 feet is depths of about 6 feet are at the dock. A dockmaster is 1.6 miles northward of Horton Point. The shoal is a at the dock; water is available. ridge having a northeast-southwest direction, with (365) Mattituck is a village on the railroad at the head of abrupt shoaling on its northwest and southeast sides. the inlet. Provisions can be obtained. (360) From Horton Point for about 32 miles to Old Field (366) Jacobs Point is about 11 miles southwestward of Point, the shore is fringed with shoals that extend off a Horton Point Light. greatest distance of 1.5 miles and rise abruptly from the deep water of Long Island Sound. Boulders are found (367) An offshore platform for the delivery and receipt of near the shore on the shoals which extend off 0.5 mile petroleum products is in open roadstead, off Northville, in places. A sand shoal, about 0.5 mile in extent with a NY (and Riverhead, NY), about 1.2 miles northward of least depth of 22 feet, is about 1.1 miles northwestward Jacobs Point. It is owned and operated by TOSCO Cor- of Duck Pond Point. poration, Riverhead, NY. (361) The bluffs begin about 1 mile westward of Gold- smith Inlet and reach their greatest elevation just east- (368) A safety zone surrounds the offshore facility. (See ward of Duck Pond Point. A valley, formed by a break in 165.155, chapter 2, for limits and regulations. the bluffs, is just westward of the point; a bathing pavil- ion is on the beach. Boulders that bare at low water are (369) The facility consists of a 45- by 100-foot steel plat- on the shoals that fringe the shore between Duck Pond form structure with breasting dolphins and mooring Point and Mattituck Inlet. dolphins providing two berths; one on the northeast side and one on the southwest side. The deck height is (362) Mattituck Inlet, 6.7 miles southwestward of Hor- 24.5 feet. The northeast berth has depths alongside of ton Point Light, is entered between two short jetties. 64 feet, and can accommodate tankers up to 225,000 The inlet is marked by a long break in the bluffs. The DWT and up to 1,150-foot length, of 62-foot maximum outer end of the west jetty is marked by a light. A gong draft. buoy about 1 mile north of the jetty light marks the en- trance of the inlet. The sides of the channel are sandy, (370) The southwest berth has depths alongside of 50 and, although shoaling is liable to occur at the en- feet, and can accommodate tankers of up to 42,000 trance, strangers can enter the inlet without great dan- DWT and up to 600-foot length, of 42-foot maximum ger. In 1996, the controlling depth was 6 feet from the draft. Barges mooring in this berth must be at least 220 entrance to about 0.3 mile above the mouth of feet long. Mattituck Creek; thence in 1988, 5½ feet at midchannel for about 1.8 miles to the turning basin at (371) A private fog signal is on the platform. Private Mattituck with 7 feet available in the basin. The chan- lights are on the northeast and northwest corners, and nel is marked by buoys and private markers. The two lights mark the center of the platform. Lights are also on each of the dolphins. (372) An 800-foot barge pier is just east of Jacobs Point and southward of the platform. The pier is used for re- ceipt and shipment of petroleum products and has tank storage for 5¼ million barrels. Depth alongside is 13 Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:01 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 304 I Chapter 8 I Eastern Long Island Sound feet. However, lesser depths surround the area and a (386) Connecticut State Pilots (a division of Interport Pi- 10-foot shoal marked by a private buoy, must be cleared lots Agency, Inc.), on the recommended southwest approach to, and northwest departure from the west pier berth. Vessels (387) Constitution State Pilots Association, with draft greater than 12 feet should exercise caution (388) Long Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc., when approaching the pier and should endeavor to ar- rive or depart at high water. and (389) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine (373) The numerous light green oil storage tanks on Jacobs Point are prominent. Pilots, Inc.). (390) See Pilotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such), (374) Vessels transiting Long Island Sound or approach- ing the facility may do so through a VHF-FM marine early this chapter, and Pilotage, New York Harbor and operator. Available marine operator stations’ name and Approaches, (indexed as such), chapter 11. channel are: (391) The pilot serves as docking master and remains on board on standby while the vessel is moored at the plat- (375) Riverhead 28 form. Pilot services are arranged in advance through (376) New Bedford 26 ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. (377) New London 26 (378) Bridgeport 24. (392) Tug service is available from New Haven, Provi- (379) Upon the approach of an incoming vessel, the plat- dence, Brooklyn, or Staten Island on advance notice. Normally two or three tugs are used for docking and form, voice call “TOSCO Corporation Offshore Plat- one or two tugs for undocking. form”, or “Riverhead Platform”, or “TOSCO’s Riverhead Terminal”, monitors VHF-FM channels 16, (393) J & H Launch Service, Port Jefferson 13 and 19A; works channel 19A. (516-331-5336), provides transfer service for vessels at anchor or alongside the platform. (380) Vessels calling at the platform are moored at any (394) Fueling of a ship alongside the platform is not per- time, weather conditions permitting. The tidal current mitted. A ship may fuel while at anchor from a barge. periods are substantially the same as at The Race. Water is not available from this facility. Stores may be Strong winds from the north and northwest are experi- brought on board via launch while alongside or at an- enced during the winter and spring. Tidal currents dur- chor. ing maximum ebb and flood may reach 3 knots. The mean range of tide is 5.4 feet. (395) New York City is the quarantine, customs, immi- gration, and agricultural quarantine port of entry for (381) Vessels awaiting berth at the platform will nor- Northville. Officials are stationed in New York City. mally anchor north of the platform. A vessel drawing (See appendix for addresses.) Arrangements for such more than 50 feet of water may wish to anchor in inspections must be made by ships’ agents in advance, deeper water northwest of the platform. Pilots are fa- usually not less than 24 hours Monday through Friday miliar with the best anchorages. Holding ground is and 48 hours on Saturday and Sunday. Officials will good and a scope of 8 shots (120 feet) is considered ade- board vessels in the anchorage prior to arrival within quate. the vicinity of the offshore mooring facility. (382) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for (396) Between Mattituck Inlet and Port Jefferson the foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. For shore is fringed with rock shoals extending in places these vessels, pilotage to this terminal is available 1.5 miles offshore. The outer ends of the shoals are from: marked by buoys. (383) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine (397) Horse in Bank, 7.3 miles westward of Mattituck In- Pilots, Inc.). let, is an area of white patches in the brush-covered bluff at Friars Head. The feature is at the western end of (384) Connecticut State Pilots (a division of Interport Pi- lots Agency, Inc.). (385) For U.S. enrolled vessels in the coastwise trade, pi- lotage to this terminal is available from Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:01 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Eastern Long Island Sound I Chapter 8 I 305 Roanoke Point Shoal and 14 miles westward of Horton (403) A 121°-301° measured nautical mile is westward Point Light. of the entrance to Port Jefferson Harbor on Old Field (398) The valley of Wading River, about 20 miles west- Beach. The front markers are orange posts about 8 feet ward of Horton Point Light, forms a broad break in the high; the rear markers are rectangles mounted on legs high bluffs. The entrance to Wading River is protected about 12 feet high, painted red with a 6-inch black ver- by a short jetty on the west side. In July 1981, a re- tical stripe in the middle. ported depth of about 3 feet could be carried in the river to a town launching ramp 0.1 mile above the entrance. (404) The approach to Port Jefferson Harbor is clear, tak- A small canal, about 350 yards westward of the en- ing care to avoid Mount Misery Shoal with depths of 7 trance to Wading River, leads southward to the site of a to 12 feet, about 0.8 mile north-northeast of the east nuclear power station. The canal, closed to general jetty light. navigation, had a reported depth of about 12 feet in June 1989. (405) In November 1990, the controlling depth was 23 (399) Tuttles White Bank is a high white bluff 0.6 mile feet (26 feet at midchannel) in the dredged channel westward of Wading River. through Port Jefferson Harbor to the docking area off an oil wharf at the southern end. Shoaling to 10 feet is (400) Mount Sinai Harbor, 22.5 miles westward of near the southwest corner of the southern limit of the Mattituck Inlet, is marked by a low break in the beach project. The channel is marked by lighted and nearly 1 mile long. The approach to the harbor is unlighted buoys and a 146° lighted range. In Septem- marked by a buoy. The entrance is protected by two jet- ber 1982, it was reported that due to the closeness of ties, the outer parts of which are awash at high water. the range lights it may be difficult to determine when Caution should be exercised when rounding them. A they are in line. It was further reported that the range private light marks the outer end of the east jetty. In may be obscured by vessels tied up at the oil wharf on June 1981, a depth of about 8 feet was reported avail- the west side of the harbor. able through the entrance. The northern part of the harbor has general depths of 10 to 20 feet. A channel (406) Shoals with little depth are on both sides of the marked by private buoys leads eastward from the en- channel from the entrance to Port Jefferson to Lighted trance to small-craft facilities on the north shore of the Bell Buoy 5 inside the entrance. The ground from the harbor. The southern part of the harbor is shoal; the east jetty to the lighted bell buoy is broken, with shoals chart is the guide. Several small-craft facilities are in covered 4 to 11 feet. The lighted bell buoy cannot be the harbor. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on seen over the breakwater at low tide by small vessels ap- chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) A proaching the harbor. speed limit of 6 mph is enforced in the harbor by the Suffolk County Police. (407) The mean range of tide is 6.6 feet. (401) Mount Misery, 180 feet high, between Mount Sinai (408) In the channel between the jetties the velocity of Harbor and Port Jefferson, slopes off gradually toward the tidal currents is 2.6 knots on flood and 1.9 on ebb; the sound where the bluffs are about 60 feet high and flood sets 151° and the ebb 323°. It is reported that on very prominent. Sand banks dug out by sand and gravel the ebb there is a current with a velocity of 1 to 2 knots companies are very conspicuous. across the entrance to the harbor. (402) Port Jefferson Harbor, on the south shore of Long (409) Ice forms over the entire harbor and interrupts Island Sound eastward of Old Field Point, is entered navigation in very cold weather, but does not endanger through a dredged channel that leads between two jet- shipping in the harbor. ties to a docking area near the southwestern end of the harbor; the jetties are each marked by a light. The ap- (410) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for proach is marked by a lighted whistle buoy, about 1.1 foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. For miles northwest of the entrance. Two stacks on the these vessels, pilotage is available from: west side near the head of the harbor are conspicuous landmarks. A 12 mph speed limit is enforced in the (411) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine main entrance channel, and a 5 mph speed limit is en- Pilots, Inc.). forced at the head of the harbor in the vicinity of the mooring areas and wharves. (412) For U.S. enrolled vessels in the coastwise trade, pi- lotage is available from: (413) Connecticut State Pilots (a division of Interport Pi- lots Agency, Inc.), (414) Constitution State Pilots Association, Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:01 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 306 I Chapter 8 I Eastern Long Island Sound (415) Long Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc., (421) Depths ranging from 2 to 29 feet are reported and alongside the commercial wharves and piers at the head of the harbor. The oil wharf on the west side of the (416) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine harbor, about 400 yards from the head, has depths of 29 Pilots, Inc.). feet alongside the face and 20 feet along the north side. The power plant wharf, about 150 yards (417) See Pilotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such), northwestward, has depth of 29 feet alongside. early this chapter, and Pilotage, New York Harbor and Approaches, (indexed as such), chapter 11. (418) Pilot services are arranged in advance through ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. (419) Tug service is available from New Haven, Provi- (422) Port Jefferson is served by railroad and bus. A ferry dence, Brooklyn, or Staten Island on advance notice. operates to Bridgeport, Conn. Normally, two tugs are used for docking and one for undocking. (423) Conscience Bay is entered through a long, narrow channel at the northwest end of Port Jefferson Harbor. (420) Port Jefferson is a town at the southern end of the The bay and entrance have depths of 1 to 2 feet. harbor. The principal industries of the port are the Strangers should not attempt to enter as there are shipping of sand and gravel and the distribution of pe- many rocks at the entrance. troleum products. There are small-craft facilities at the head of the harbor. (See the small-craft facilities tabu- (424) Setauket Harbor, on the western side of Port Jeffer- lation on chart 12364 for services and supplies avail- son Harbor, has a narrow crooked channel. In June able.) A launching ramp is at the head of the harbor. 1981, a reported depth of about 2½ feet was available in the channel to the boatyard at Setauket. The entrance from Port Jefferson is marked by private seasonal buoys. Gasoline, moorings, and limited marine sup- plies are available at the boatyard; a flatbed trailer can haul out craft to 32 feet long. (425) Setauket is a village on the south shore of Setauket Harbor about 1 mile above the entrance. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:01 PM

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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 309 Western Long Island Sound (1) This chapter describes the western part of Long Is- Harbor is preferred and is sometimes used by tows. land Sound along the north shore from Bridgeport to Westward of Norwalk Islands, seagoing vessels can an- Throgs Neck, the south shore from Old Field Point to chor toward the north shore and, with good ground Willets Point, and the East and Harlem Rivers. Also de- tackle, hold on in northerly winds. Captain Harbor af- scribed are the many bays and their tributaries that fords good shelter, but is rarely used except by local make into this part of the sound including Bridgeport vessels. On the south shore, Huntington Bay and Harbor, Stamford Harbor, Captain Harbor, Hempstead Harbor are available for large vessels; Oys- Mamaroneck Harbor, Norwalk Harbor, Eastchester ter Bay is also used, and Manhasset Bay is available for Bay, Huntington Bay, Oyster Bay, Hempstead Harbor, light-draft vessels. City Island Harbor is a fine resort for Manhasset Bay, Flushing Bay, and New Rochelle Har- coasters. bor, and the commercial and small-craft facilities found in these waters. (6) The time of tide is nearly simultaneous throughout Long Island Sound, but the range of tide increases from (2) The lines established for Long Island Sound are de- about 2.5 feet at the east end to about 7.3 feet at the scribed in 80.155, chapter 2. west end. Daily predictions of the times and heights of high and low waters for New London, Bridgeport, and (3) Western Long Island Sound is that portion of the Willets Point are given in the Tide Tables. deep navigable waterway between the shores of Con- necticut and New York and the northern coast of Long (7) The effect of strong winds, in combination with the Island westward of the line between Bridgeport and Old regular tidal action, may at times cause the water to fall Field Point. several feet below the plane of reference of the charts. (4) This region has boulders and broken ground, with (8) About 1.3 miles northward of Eatons Neck Light little or no natural change in the shoals. the waters are the ebb runs about 5 hours longer than the flood. The well marked by navigational aids so that strangers current has a velocity of 1.4 knots; the flood sets 283° should experience no difficulty in navigating them. As and the ebb sets 075°. all broken ground is liable to be strewn with boulders, vessels should proceed with caution when in the vicin- (9) The direction and velocity of the currents are af- ity of broken areas where the charted depths are less fected by strong winds which may increase or diminish than 6 to 8 feet greater than the draft. All of the more the periods of flood or ebb. Directions and velocities important places are entered through dredged chan- from Point Judith to Throgs Neck for each hour of the nels. During fog, vessels are advised to anchor until the tidal cycle will be found in Tidal Current Charts, Long weather clears before attempting to enter. The numer- Island Sound and Block Island Sound. Currents in East ous oyster grounds in this region are usually marked by River are described in the latter part of this chapter. stakes and flags. These stakes may become broken off and form obstructions dangerous to small craft which, (10) These waters are more protected than the eastern especially at night, should proceed with caution when Sound resulting in fewer gales. However, winters are crossing oyster areas. colder and summers warmer due to this sheltering ef- fect. Fog is not so frequent either and tends to burn off (5) There is anchorage for large vessels in the bight quicker than farther east. Winter winds of 16 knots or outside Bridgeport Harbor Light. Cockenoe Harbor is more are likely about 12 to 15 percent of the time and sometimes used by small vessels, but Sheffield Island are predominantly from the west through northwest. Harbors such as Cold Spring, Oyster Bay, Hempstead and Manhasset offer additional shelter. In summer Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:05 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 310 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound thunderstorms may develop on 4 to 5 days per month. (20) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for These are most likely during the afternoon or evening. foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. For ves- (11) In Long Island Sound the north and south shores sels entering Long Island Sound from the east (from are equally subject to fog, except that on spring and sea via Block Island Sound) see Pilotage, Long Island summer mornings, when there is little or no wind, fog Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8. For vessels enter- will often hang along the Connecticut shore while it is ing Long Island Sound from the west (East River) see clear offshore and southward. Pilotage, New York and Approaches to New York (in- (12) In the western end of Long Island Sound, although dexed as such), chapter 11. fogs are liable to occur at any time, they are not en- countered so often nor do they generally last so long as farther eastward. (13) In ordinary winters the floating and pack ice in (21) Bridgeport Harbor, on the north side of Long Is- Long Island Sound, while impeding navigation, does land Sound north-northwestward of Stratford Shoal not render it absolutely unsafe, but in exceptionally se- (Middle Ground) Light and about 52 miles from New vere winters the reverse is true; then only the powerful York, consists of two widely separated units. The main steamers can make their way. harbor and its branches serve the east and central por- tions of the city of Bridgeport, and Black Rock Harbor (14) Drift ice, which is formed principally along the and its tributaries serve the western part. Black Rock northern shore of the sound under the influence of the Harbor and Cedar Creek are described under separate prevailing northerly winds, drifts across to the south- headings. Waterborne commerce at Bridgeport con- ern side and accumulates there, massing into large sists mostly of petroleum products, lumber, sand and fields, and remains until removed by southerly winds gravel, building materials, and scrap iron. which drive it back to the northerly shore. (22) The large red and white horizontally banded stack (15) In ordinary winters ice generally forms in the west- of a powerplant on Tongue Point is the most prominent ern end of the sound as far as Eatons Neck; in excep- landmark in this area. Other prominent landmarks in- tionally severe winters ice may extend to Falkner Island clude a group of stacks on Steel Point; the towers of a and farther eastward. high-voltage line; several church spires; a gas tank with a red and white checkered band at the top, on the west (16) In Long Island Sound northerly winds drive the ice side of Pequonnock River; the radio towers at Pleasure to the southern shore of the sound and southerly winds Beach; and Bridgeport Harbor Light 13A. The rays of an carry it back to the northern shore. Northeasterly aerolight about 1.3 miles northwestward of Stratford winds force the ice westward and cause formations Point can be seen from offshore. heavy enough to prevent the passage of vessels of every description until the ice is removed by westerly winds. (23) Bridgeport Harbor Channel Approach Lighted These winds carry the ice eastward and, if of long Whistle Buoy BH (41°06.2'N., 73°11.7'W.), is 3.3 miles enough duration, drive it through The Race into Block south-southwest of Bridgeport Harbor Light 13A and Island Sound, from where it goes to sea and disappears. marks the entrance to the channel. (17) In Bridgeport Harbor winds from north to north- (24) Bridgeport Harbor Light 13A (41°09.4'N., west clear the harbor of drift ice, and those from south- 73°10.8'W.), 50 feet above the water, is shown from a east through south to southwest force the ice into the black skeleton tower with small white house, on a black harbor from the sound. The outer buoys may be carried base, on the west side of the entrance channel near the out of position by heavy ice during severe winters. end of the west breakwater. (18) Additional information concerning ice conditions (25) From deep water in Long Island Sound the dredged in the waters adjoining Long Island Sound is given un- channel extends north-northeastward between two der the local descriptions. converging breakwaters into the main harbor, and thence into the three tributaries, Johnsons Creek, Yel- (19) Vessel Traffic Service, New York, operated by the low Mill Channel, and Pequonnock River. Federal pro- U.S. Coast Guard, serves New York Harbor (see ject depth is 35 feet in the main channel to just below 161.501 through 161.580, chapter 2, for regulations). Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:05 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 311 the Connecticut Turnpike bridge. (See Notice to Mari- The bridgetender at the railroad bridge monitors ners and latest edition of the chart for controlling VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KU–6033. depths.) (26) A powerplant is at Tongue Point. A privately (31) Bridgeport Harbor has two anchorage areas inside dredged channel leads from the main channel to the the breakwaters. One with depths of 23 to 40 feet is on powerplant’s offshore oil wharf on the south side of the the east side of the main channel northwestward of point. In 1980, the channel, except for a 17-foot depth Pleasure Beach, and the other with depths of 15 to 25 on the southwesterly side of the widener, had a re- feet is on the west side of the main channel just north- ported controlling depth of about 26 feet; depths of 29 eastward of Tongue Point. A rock covered 10 feet is in to 35 feet were reported alongside the wharf. Another the west anchorage in about 41°10'17\"N., 73°10'56\"W. privately dredged channel, used by barges, leads from The rest of the harbor area consists of broad and shal- the main channel to the powerplant’s facilities on the low sand flats. Vessels seeking shelter from strong east side of the point. In July 1978, the controlling northerly winds sometimes anchor off the entrance; depth in the channel was 10 feet. the holding ground is good. (27) Johnsons Creek, northward of Pleasure Beach, is entered eastward of Tongue Point through a marked (32) A general anchorage is in Johnsons Creek. (See dredged channel leading to anchorage basins; two on 110.1 and 110.148, chapter 2, for limits and regula- the west side, and one at the head of the creek. The tions.) highway bridge 0.2 mile above the entrance has a swing span with a clearance of 7 feet. (See 117.1 through (33) The entrance is clear, and the only dangers are the 117.49, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) Private previously discussed shoals on the east, south of yacht clubs and two oil-receiving piers are on the creek. Stratford Point, and on the west, the Penfield Reef (28) Yellow Mill Channel is entered through a dredged shoals. channel that leads for about 0.8 mile north-northeastward from just above the first bend in (34) The mean range of tide is 6.8 feet. (See the Tide Ta- the main channel to the head of the creek. Flats, largely bles for daily predictions of the times and heights of bare at low water, are on both sides of the channel. The high and low waters.) Stratford Avenue highway bridge about 0.3 mile above the entrance has a bascule span with a clearance of 11 (35) The velocity of flood or ebb is about 0.7 knot in the feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.225, chapter entrance between the breakwaters. (See the Tidal Cur- 2, for drawbridge regulations.) About 0.1 mile above rent Tables for predictions.) Inside the harbor the cur- the bascule bridge is a fixed turnpike bridge with a rents are generally weak. clearance of 39 feet. Depths at the wharves are 8 to 15 feet. (36) Ice does not interfere seriously with navigation in (29) Pequonnock River, the most westerly of the tribu- Bridgeport Harbor, although its tributaries are closed taries, is easily followed by small craft, but larger ves- at times. The winds from the north and southeast clear sels may need the assistance of a tug to get around the the harbor of drift ice, and those from the southwest sharp bends. The river is entered through a dredged through the southwest force the ice into the harbor channel that leads northward from the main channel from the sound. The outer buoys may be carried out of just below Connecticut Turnpike bridge to the head of position by heavy ice during severe winters. navigation just below the Berkshire Avenue Dam, about 1.1 miles above the entrance. Depths at some of the wharves are 10 to 15 feet. (30) Type, distance above Steel Point, and clearance of (37) The terrain of the mainland is of glacial origin and the bridges over Pequonnock River follow: Connecticut rises in a rolling, mostly wooded, manner to the foot- Turnpike, fixed, 300 yards, 65 feet; Stratford Avenue, hills of the Berkshires, 30 miles to the north, and the vertical-lift, 500 yards, 8 feet down and 68 feet up, Peck Catskills, about 60 to 70 miles to the northwest. There Railroad bridge, bascule, 0.5 mile, 26 feet; Congress is some foehn effect (chinook) with north and north- Street bridge, bascule, 0.6 mile, 8 feet; highway bridge, west winds, and the upslope effect with the approach of bascule, 0.7 mile, 4 feet; (See 117.1 through 117.59 a coastal low is quite pronounced. The most pro- and 117.219, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) nounced topographical effect, however, is that of the land-sea breeze which is most pronounced in the spring, summer, and early autumn. The land-sea Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:06 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 312 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound breeze effect during this period will inevitably cause a Pilotage for New Haven is available from New Haven shift in the wind direction, even with a moderately Bridgeport Pilots Association (NHBPA), 60 Appletree strong isobaric flow. Lane, Hamden, CT 06518, telephone 203-878-8667. (38) As a result of the sea breeze, mean monthly tem- (43) Pilot boats (rented) utilized by NHBPA pilots are peratures during the summer average 3 to 5 degrees (2 SUSY II, 42-foot, blue hull, white superstructure, word to 3°C) lower than nearby inland stations. Likewise, PILOT on side; and GALE, 42-foot, white hull, white su- temperatures during the fall and winter are moderated perstructure, word PILOT on side. Boat monitors 16, several degrees owing to the proximity of Long Island 13 and 77, works on 77 and 09. Pilots board about 1 Sound. The average annual temperature at Bridgeport mile south of Bridgeport Harbor Channel Approach is 52°F (11.1°C). The average high is 60°F (15.6°C) and Lighted Whistle Buoy BH. the average low is 44°F (6.7°C). July is the warmest (44) Pilotage for Bridgeport is also available from Con- month with average extremes of 82°F (27.8°C) and stitution State Pilots Association (CSPA), 500 Water- 66°F (18.9°C). January is the coolest with average ex- front Street, New Haven, CT 06512, telephone tremes of 37°F (2.8°C) and 23°F (-5°C). The record 800-229-7456 or 203-783-5991, FAX 516-582-6327. Pi- high temperature is 103°F (39.4°C) set in July 1957 lots of CSPA board vessels from a launch or the tug, at while the all-time low temperature is -7°F (-21.7°C) re- Bridgeport Harbor Channel Approach Lighted Whistle corded in January 1984. Buoy BH. (39) Precipitation is slightly heavier than at nearby in- (45) Pilotage for Bridgeport is also available from Long land stations the year around since coastal Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc. (LISSPA), low-pressure systems move quite consistently on a 1440 Whalley Avenue, Suite 123, New Haven, CT track to the south of Bridgeport. One of the greater 06515, telephone 203-772-0101, FAX 302-629-9392, hazards along the coastal areas in the vicinity of Cable LISPILOT, New Haven. The pilot boat OLYMPIC, Bridgeport is the accumulation of water (especially has a white hull, red superstructure, and displays the during periods of high tide) with the approach of a word PILOT in black letters. The boat monitors chan- slowly moving, deepening, low-pressure system from nel 16 and works on channel 11. Among other loca- the south. Severe storms occasionally cause inunda- tions, the LISSPA pilot will meet a ship 3 miles south of tion of 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 m). The average annual Watch Hill, RI, in about 41°15'00\"N., 71°51'30\"W. precipitation is 41 inches (1041 mm). Precipitation is (46) Pilotage for Bridgeport is also available from evenly distributed throughout the year with the differ- Sound Pilots, Inc. (SPI) (a division of Northeast Marine ence between the wettest (March) and driest month Pilots, Inc.), 243 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840, (February) averaging only 0.89 inches (23 mm). Snow- telephone 401-847-9050 (24 hours), 800-274-1216. fall averages 26 inches (660 mm) per year and has fallen FAX 401-847-9052, Cable RISPILOT, Newport, RI from October through May. The greatest 24-hour 02840. The pilot boats are NORTHEAST II, 49-foot, snowfall on record was 16 inches (406 mm) recorded in with grey hull and superstructure and the word PILOT February 1969. on the side; or RHODE ISLAND PILOT, 35-foot, with (40) Bridgeport has been directly affected by 18 tropical black hull and white superstructure and the word storms since 1871. In recent years, tropical storm Belle PILOT on the side; or NORTHEAST I, 49-foot, passed over the site in August 1976. Highest winds similiarly marked as the RHODE ISLAND PILOT. The were only 60 knots. One day earlier, Belle was packing SPI pilots meet a ship bound for a Long Island Sound winds of 105 knots. In September 1985, Hurricane Glo- port, off Point Judith, but will also meet a ship off ria passed about five miles west of the Bridgeport Montauk Point by prearrangement. See Pilotage, weather station placing the site in the roughest sector Narragansett Bay and Other Rhode Island Waters (in- of the storm. Highest gusts approached 75 knots and dexed as such), chapter 6, and Pilotage Pickup Loca- highest sustained winds were 64 knots. Two days ear- tions Off Montauk Point (indexed as such), chapter 7. lier, Gloria had supported winds of 125 knots. (47) The Connecticut State Pilots (a division of (41) The National Weather Service maintains an office Interport Pilots Agency, Inc.) also serve the port of at the Bridgeport Municipal Airport; barometers may Bridgeport, address: State Pier, New London, CT, tele- be compared here. (See appendix for address.) (See phone 800-346-4877 or 908-787-5554 (24 hours), cable page T-7 for the Bridgeport climatological table.) PORTPILOTS Port Monmouth, NJ. Pilot boats are CONNECTICUT PILOT, 65 feet long with blue hull and (42) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for white superstructure, and CONNECTICUT II, 47 feet foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. See Pi- long with blue hull and white superstructure. The lotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such), chapter 8. boats monitor VHF-FM channels 16 and 13, 2 hours prior to the vessel’s scheduled ETA, and work on Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:06 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 313 channel 11. The Connecticut State Pilots meet ships (58) United Illuminating Co. Fuel Oil Dock: on the bound for Long Island Sound ports at the Montauk south side of Tongue Point; an offshore wharf with Point Pilot Station or the Point Judith Pilot Station by 345-foot breasting face, 900 feet with dolphins; 31 to 37 prearrangement. Connecticut State Pilots may also feet alongside; deck height, 20 feet; receipt of fuel oil; board vessels from a launch or tug at Bridgeport Har- owned and operated by United Illuminating Co. bor Channel Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy BH. (48) Pilot services are generally arranged in advance (59) Shell Oil Co. Dock: on the east side of the harbor through ships’ agents or directly by shipping compa- opposite Tongue Point; 190-foot face, 700 feet with nies. shore moorings; 35 feet alongside; deck height, 13 feet; vessels usually moor portside-to; receipt and shipment (49) Tug service is available from New Haven, Provi- of petroleum products; owned by Shell Oil Co. and op- dence, Brooklyn, or Staten Island on advance notice. erated by Shell Oil Co. and International Petroleum Deep-draft vessels usually require tugs for mooring in Terminals Co. Bridgeport Harbor. (60) Cilco Terminal Co. Wharf: 0.3 mile northwestward (50) Launch service is available to vessels at anchor. of Shell Oil Co. Dock; 930-foot face; 33 feet alongside; (51) Bridgeport is a customs port of entry. deck height, 13 feet; 90,000 square feet covered stor- age, 16 acres of open storage; receipt and shipment of (52) (See chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and ap- general cargo; receipt of lumber, steel products, and pendix for addresses.) pumice, and shipment of scrap metal; owned and oper- ated by Cilco Terminal Co., Inc. (53) Quarantine is enforced in accordance with the reg- ulations of the U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public (61) The city-owned recreational pier, seldom used for Health Service, chapter 1.) mooring vessels, is on the northwest end of Pleasure Beach; the end of the pier has depths of about 20 feet. (54) Bridgeport has several hospitals. (62) The municipal dock, a marginal-type wharf, is on the west side of Pequonnock River, just below the Con- necticut Turnpike Bridge. A ferry to Port Jefferson ties up at the dock. (55) The control of the port is vested in the (63) Diesel oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, bunker fuel No. 6, harbormaster, who maintains an office at the Bridge- lubricants, water, provisions, and marine supplies can port City Hall and can also be contacted through the be obtained at Bridgeport. Bridgeport Police Department. (56) Bridgeport has three principal privately owned and (64) Bridgeport has no facilities for making major re- operated deep-draft facilities; one is on the south side of pairs or for drydocking deep-draft vessels; the nearest Tongue Point and the other two are on the east side of facilities are at the ports of Boston, Mass., and New the harbor opposite Tongue Point. Facilities for smaller York, N.Y. Bridgeport, however, does have facilities for vessels and barges are along the sides of the harbor, and making above- and below-the-waterline repairs to fish- on Johnsons Creek, Yellow Mill Channel, and ing boats, tugs, and recreational craft, and excellent Pequonnock River. Most of the facilities at Bridgeport hull and engine repair facilities for small craft. The are of the marginal-type wharf, particularly those in largest marine railway in the area can handle vessels to the constricted tributaries. Only the deep-draft facili- 120 feet and 400 tons. A 10-ton crane is available. Oil ties are described. For a complete description of the pollution control equipment is also available. port facilities refer to Port Series No. 4, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (See appen- (65) Bridgeport is served by air, rail, and bus. Ferry ser- dix for address.) The alongside depths for the facilities vice to Port Jefferson is available year round. described are reported; for information on the latest depths contact the private operators. All of these facili- (66) Black Rock Harbor, part of Bridgeport Harbor, al- ties have highway connections, and most have water though not connected with it other than by Long Is- connections. land Sound, is entered through a dredged channel about 2 miles westward of the main harbor entrance to (57) Cargo in the port is usually handled by ship’s Bridgeport. The channel leads northward through tackle; special handling equipment, if available, is men- Black Rock Harbor, and thence to the head of Cedar tioned in the description of the particular facility. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:06 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 314 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound Creek where it divides into East Branch and West marked by a daybeacon, is the outermost danger of this Branch. Black Rock Harbor and Cedar Creek are the reef. A dangerous submerged rock, reported covered 1 approach by water to the large factories of the western foot, is about 40 yards southward of the daybeacon. The part of the city of Bridgeport. The Federal project depth Little Cows, about 0.2 mile northward of Black Rock, in the dredged channel is 18 feet from the entrance to consist of rocks awash. the head of the project. (See Notice to Mariners and lat- (75) Penfield Reef Light (41°07.0'N., 73°13.3'W.), 51 est edition of the chart for controlling depths.) The feet above the water, is shown from a white tower on a channel is marked by buoys and lights for about 1.7 granite dwelling on a pier, on the south side of the reef, miles above the entrance. south of the entrance to Black Rock Harbor. A fog sig- (67) Anchorage in depths of 18 to 22 feet and exposed to nal is sounded at the light. southeasterly and northeasterly winds can be found off (76) A reef, partly bare at low water and with little depth the entrance, northeast of the bar that makes out from over any part of it, extends over 0.5 mile southward Shoal Point to Black Rock. Small craft drawing less from Pine Creek Point, 1.1 miles southwest of Shoal than 6 feet can select anchorage on either side of the Point. A lighted bell buoy is off the south end of the dredged channel as far as the yacht club on the east side shoal. of Grover Hill. (77) Southport Harbor, about 1 mile westward of Pine (68) Depths of 8 to 18 feet are reported alongside some Creek Point, comprises the lower portion of Mill River of the wharves in Black Rock Harbor. and is used primarily for recreational boating. A break- (69) To avoid a shoal off the point separating East water, marked at its end by a light, is off the east side of Branch and West Branch at the head of Cedar Creek, the entrance to the harbor. The harbor is entered enter East Branch, pass about 100 feet off the wharf on through a dredged channel that leads from Long Island the southeast side below the entrance, and head up the Sound to a harbor basin and anchorage, about 1.1 middle. To enter the West Branch, pass 100 feet off the miles above the channel entrance. In January-February wharves on the southeast side of the branch. 1996, the midchannel controlling depth was 6½ feet to (70) Fayerweather Island, on the eastern side of the en- Buoy 9, thence 3½ feet in the right half of the channel trance of Black Rock Harbor, is marked at its south end to Light 12, thence 7 feet in the left side of the channel by the white tower of an abandoned lighthouse. A through the entrance to the harbor basin. Depths of 3 breakwater and a seawall connect its northern part to 6 feet were available in the basin, and in November with the shore eastward. 1984 depths of 3½ to 6 feet were available in the an- (71) Burr Creek, northward of the town of Black Rock, chorage just northward of the basin. The channel is on the west side of the channel, is the site of a large ma- marked on its west side by a light, and by buoys up to rina. Berths, gasoline, diesel fuel, electricity, water, ice, the breakwater. Caution is advised to avoid oyster a lift, and repair facilities are available. In April 1986, stakes in the area southeastward of the harbor en- depths of about 4 to 5 feet were reported at the face of trance. The mean range of tide is about 7 feet. A 5 mph the gasoline dock and alongside the boat slips. Burr speed limit is enforced in the harbor. Creek has many shoals; mariners are advised to seek lo- (78) Southport is a village on the west side of the har- cal knowledge before entering. bor. A yacht club landing and the town dock are on the (72) Several small-craft facilities are in Black Rock west side of the harbor; depths of about 6 feet are along- Harbor. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on side the town dock, and about 6 to 8 feet alongside the chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) yacht club landing. Gasoline, diesel fuel, ice, water, and (73) Ash Creek, about 0.7 mile westward of some marine supplies can be obtained. Minor engine Fayerweather Island, is entered through a privately repairs can be made. The harbormaster can be con- dredged channel protected on its southwest side by a tacted through the Fairfield Police Department. jetty. The entrance channel is marked by private buoys (79) Frost Point, 1 mile westward of Southport en- and a private seasonal 314° lighted range. The channel trance, is marked by many residences and several pri- leads northwestward to the Fairfield Municipal Marina. vate piers in disrepair on its southeast side. A reef partly Gasoline, water, and ice are available. In April 1986, bare at low water extends about 0.4 mile southward depths of 10 feet were reported in the entrance chan- from the point. nel, with 4 feet reported alongside the boat slips. A 5 (80) Sherwood Point, a mile westward of Frost Point, is mph speed limit is enforced in the creek. marked by a bare boulder on the reef which extends (74) Penfield Reef, on which there are rocks bare at low about 250 yards off the point. A rocky patch, on which water, is about 1.4 miles south of Black Rock Harbor the least depth found is 11 feet, is about 0.8 mile south- and 1.3 miles eastward of Shoal Point, to which it is ward of the point. joined by a bar that bares at low water. Black Rock, Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:06 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 315 (81) Saugatuck River, 6 miles westward of Penfield Reef Bridge, 0.1 mile above, has a fixed span with a clearance Light and northward of Cockenoe Island, has its en- of 59 feet. About 0.1 mile farther up is a highway swing trance between Cedar Point on the east and Bluff Point bridge with a clearance of 7 feet. (See 117.1 through on the west. The river is shallow, full of ledges and boul- 117.59 and 117.221, chapter 2, for drawbridge regula- ders, and is used chiefly for receipt of petroleum prod- tions.) ucts, sand and gravel, and for recreational boating. The (90) Westport is a town at the head of navigation on the mean range of tide is 7 feet. Freshets do not appreciably Saugatuck River, about 1.4 miles above Saugatuck. affect the height of the water in the navigable part of (91) There are several small-craft facilities on the river the river. During the winter, ice usually covers the en- in the vicinity of the bridges. Gasoline, water, marine tire river to its mouth. supplies, and a 3-ton lift are available; hull and engine repairs can be made. Depths of 6 feet are reported (82) Anchorage exposed to southeasterly winds can be alongside the facilities. had in the entrance to Saugatuck River in 12 to 22 feet, (92) Norwalk Islands, privately owned with the excep- about 0.4 mile southward of Cedar Point. tion of Shea and Grassy Islands, which are owned by the city of Norwalk, and Cockenoe Island, which is owned (83) The channel in Saugatuck River is narrow and by the town of Westport, are 1 to nearly 2 miles off the crooked; vessels should proceed with caution, prefera- north shore of Long Island Sound and extend from bly on a rising tide. In July 1981, it was reported that a Georges Rock to Greens Ledge Light, a distance of 6 depth of about 6 feet could be carried in the river from miles. Cockenoe Harbor and Sheffield Island Harbor, the entrance to about 0.7 mile above the Connecticut the two approaches to Norwalk River, are good anchor- Turnpike Bridge at Saugatuck, thence 3 feet could be ages for drafts of 9 to 12 feet and are easily made. The carried to Westport. In 1991, severe shoaling to 2 feet bottom is very irregular around the islands and rocks had reportedly extended into the channel between in the group; vessels should proceed with caution when Buoy 9 and Buoy 11. The channel is buoyed to Stony crossing shoal areas and avoid all broken ground. In Point, about 1.9 miles above the entrance. A 5 mph the vicinity are some oyster stakes and spars, which oc- speed limit is enforced on the river. casionally are towed under or broken off; caution is rec- ommended, especially at night, for small craft. (84) Compo Yacht Basin is in the bight about 0.3 mile (93) Cockenoe Island, at the eastern end of Norwalk Is- northwestward of Cedar Point. In April 1995, the pri- lands, is marked on its south side by two knolls; the re- vately dredged channel that leads to the basin had a re- mainder of the island is low and level. A bar, dry in ported depth of 8 feet with 7 feet reported in the basin. places at low water but with general depths of 1 to 2 The channel is marked by private buoys and a private feet, connects the island with the mainland at Seymour lighted entrance range. A yacht club with landing and Point. mooring facilities is in the basin. Gasoline, berths, elec- (94) Cockenoe Shoal is an extensive and dangerous area tricity, and water are available at the landing. which extends 1.3 miles eastward and east-southeastward from Cockenoe Island. The entire (85) A yacht club in a privately dredged basin on the area is exceedingly broken and should be avoided by west side of Bluff Point has berths with electricity, gas- strangers, even in small craft. Cockenoe Reef extends oline, and ice. In 1982, depths of 7 feet were reported in about 0.5 mile eastward from the northern end of the approach with 10 feet alongside the berths. Cockenoe Island; rocks that uncover about 3 feet are near the outer end of the reef. Georges Rock, awash at (86) Duck Creek, on the west side of the river about 0.6 lowest tides, is at the eastern end of the shoal; a lighted mile above Bluff Point, is the site of a private yacht buoy is off the northeast side of the rock. A lighted bell club. The reported controlling depth in the creek was buoy marks the southeast end of the shoal. about 7 feet in July 1981. The entrance and basin are (95) Channel Rock, covered 1½ feet, is about 0.2 mile privately marked. southwestward of Cockenoe Island and is marked by a buoy to the southward. Peck Ledge, on the western side (87) Bermuda Lagoon, southward of Duck Creek, is a of Cockenoe Harbor entrance, is marked by Peck Ledge large privately owned and maintained basin for the use Light and Norwalk East Approach Gong Buoy 5. of the residents in the immediate area. (96) Cockenoe Harbor, westward of Cockenoe Island, is marked by Peck Ledge Light. The best anchorage is in (88) Saugatuck, a village in the town of Westport, is 2.5 depths of 12 to 25 feet, northward and northwestward miles above the entrance. Commercial traffic consists of the light. mostly of barges that call at a sand and gravel company at Saugatuck; depths at the wharf are about 5 feet. (89) At Saugatuck the river is crossed by an Amtrak rail- road bridge having a bascule span with a clearance of 13 feet. Overhead power cables at the bridge have a clearance of 192 feet. The Connecticut Turnpike Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:06 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 316 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (97) To enter Cockenoe Harbor from the eastward, pass the Norwalk Islands and about 40 miles east of New southward of Cockenoe Island Shoal Lighted Bell Buoy York. 24, steer 254° until Peck Ledge Light bears northward of 285°, then steer for the light until up with Norwalk (107) Norwalk Harbor and River are entered through a East Approach Buoy 4 that marks Channel Rock, and dredged channel that extends 3 miles northeasterly then pass eastward and northward of the light at a dis- from Sheffield Island Harbor between Manresa Island tance of 200 to 300 yards. on the west and White Rock and numerous islets and foul ground on the east, to the first highway bridge at (98) To enter Cockenoe Harbor from the westward, give South Norwalk, and thence northerly for another 1.3 the edge of the shoals southward of the Norwalk Islands miles to the basin at the head of navigation at Norwalk. a good berth until Peck Ledge Light bears westward of The tall stack on Manresa Island, marked on top by red 348°, and then steer north and pass 400 yards eastward lights, is very prominent and can be seen for many of the light and midway between Norwalk East Ap- miles from sea. proach Buoy 4 that marks Channel Rock and Norwalk East Approach Gong Buoy 5. (108) A Federal project provides for a depth of 12 feet from Sheffield Island Harbor to the State Route 136 (99) The islands and rocks on the west side of Cockenoe bridge, thence 10 feet to a 10-foot basin at the head of Harbor include Calf Pasture Island, with several navigation at Norwalk; an anchorage basin opposite houses and a few trees; Sheep Rocks, which uncover 2 Fitch Point has a project depth of 10 feet. (See Notice to feet; East White Rock, high and white; and Grassy Mariners and latest editions of charts for controlling Hammock Rocks, which uncover and are marked by a depths.) The channel is marked by buoys and lights to light. the South Anchorage Basin. (100) The larger islands southwestward are in general (109) Chemically contaminated material has been buried hilly and partly settled. Chimon Island is marked by in the navigation channel off Oyster Shell Point about several houses; Copps Island by large boulders that ex- 140 yards below Interstate Route 95 bridge. The mate- tend east from it; and Sheffield Island, the western- rial is covered with a layer of noncontaminated dredged most of the group, by an abandoned lighthouse tower. material not less than 3 feet thick. (101) Rocks that uncover extend nearly 0.3 mile south- (110) Three bridges cross Norwalk River between South westward of Sheffield Island. Norwalk and Norwalk. The first, State Route 136 high- way bascule bridge at South Norwalk, has a clearance of (102) Greens Ledge is a rock and sand ridge that extends 8 feet. The second, an Amtrak railroad swing bridge 1.1 miles southwestward from Sheffield Island. Depths just above the highway bridge, has a clearance of 16 of 10 to 15 feet extend about 400 yards westward and feet; an overhead power cable with a clearance of 203 southwestward from Green Ledge Light. A rocky ledge, feet crosses the river near the railroad bridge. The on which the least found depth is 21 feet, extends 0.8 third, a turnpike highway fixed bridge, about 0.6 mile mile west-southwestward from the light. Another above the railroad bridge, has a clearance of 60 feet. rocky ledge, with a least depth of 20 feet, is about 0.4 (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.217, chapter 2, mile south-southeastward from the light. for drawbridge regulations.) The bridgetenders at the State Route 136 bridge and the Amtrak railroad bridge (103) Greens Ledge Light (41°02.5'N., 73°26.6'W.), 62 monitor VHF-FM channel 13; call signs KXJ-707 and feet above the water, is shown from a conical tower, the KU–6035, respectively. upper half white and lower half brown, on a black cylin- drical pier on the north side of the west end of the (111) Tavern Island, with several houses and foul ground ledge. A fog signal is sounded at the light. on all sides, is just northwestward of the dredged chan- nel entrance to Norwalk Harbor. (104) Cable and Anchor Reef covers an area about 0.4 mile in diameter about 2 miles southeastward of (112) Gregory Point, marked by a clubhouse and wharf, Greens Ledge Light. The least found depth is 22 feet. A is on the east side of Norwalk Harbor 1.9 miles above lighted bell buoy marks the southern side. the channel entrance. The boat basin immediately east- ward of Gregory Point, locally known as Norwalk Cove, (105) Sheffield Island Harbor, entered between Greens is entered through a privately maintained channel. In Ledge and the mainland, is the main approach to Norwalk Harbor and Norwalk River. Anchorage in depths of 12 to 20 feet can be found northwestward of Sheffield Island. The shoal flats on the north side of the harbor have rocks and boulders in places. (106) Norwalk River empties through Norwalk Harbor into the north side of Long Island Sound, northward of Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:07 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 317 March 1987, the controlling depth was 8 feet in the in the river are usually closed for about 6 weeks each channel, thence in July 1981, 6 feet in the eastern part winter. of the basin. A 220-yard-long detached timber breakwa- ter is on the north side of channel entrance. (120) Pilots which service New London-Groton and/or (113) East Norwalk Harbor, at the town of East Norwalk, New Haven service Norwalk. See Pilotage, New Lon- is on the east side of the river about 2 miles above the don-Groton (indexed as such), chapter 8; and/or Pilot- main channel entrance. The harbor is entered through age, New Haven (indexed as such), chapter 8. a dredged channel that leads westward of Fitch Point to the head and to North Anchorage Basin on the westerly (121) There are excellent small-craft facilities at South side of the harbor. A Federal project provides for a Norwalk, East Norwalk, and in Norwalk Cove. (See the depth of 6 feet from Fitch Point Light 1 to and in an an- small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12364 for ser- chorage basin at East Norwalk. (See Notice to Mariners vices and supplies available.) and latest editions of charts for controlling depths.) The channel is marked to near the southern end of the (122) Rail and bus lines serve the city and area. basin. (114) South Norwalk is an important commercial and (123) Wilson Cove, on the north side of Sheffield Island manufacturing city on the west side of Norwalk River, Harbor, is entered about 0.6 mile northwestward of the about 3 miles above the channel entrance. The depths dredged channel entrance to Norwalk Harbor between at the wharves below the bridges range from 5 to 10 Wilson Point on the north and Bell Island on the feet. Commercial traffic is mainly in building materi- southwest. The ruins of a former oil-receiving pier are als, petroleum products, and shell fishing. on the southwestern extremity of Wilson Point. A yacht (115) Norwalk, 1.3 miles above South Norwalk, is a city club is on the east side of the cove, about 150 yards on both sides of the river at the head of navigation. The northward of the wharf ruins, and a marina is at the wharves have depths of about 7 feet alongside. The head of the cove. Gasoline, limited marine supplies, ice, channel from South Norwalk to Norwalk is winding, an 18-ton crane, a 20-ton mobile hoist, and engine and with extensive flats on both sides, and requires local hull repair facilities are available at the marina. In knowledge to follow it even at high water. 1989, the privately dredged channel leading to the ma- (116) Local regulations provide penalties for exceeding rina had a reported controlling depth of 2½ feet (5 feet the posted 5 mph speed limit or for dumping refuse in at midchannel). the harbor. These regulations are enforced by the Ma- rine Division of the Norwalk Police Department. Police (124) Noroton Point, at the southern end of Bell Island, patrol boats operate the year round and are equipped to is marked by a flagpole and a prominent house with a handle radio traffic on VHF-FM channel 16 (156.80 cupola. Rocks, bare at low water, are about 300 yards MHz). The harbormaster at Norwalk can be reached northward of the point. Pine Point, just westward of through the police department. Noroton Point, has a wharf in ruins at its southern end. A shoal with depths of 8 to 12 feet extends about 0.3 (117) The mean range of tide is about 7 feet. mile from the shore westward of Noroton Point. The bottom is broken with boulders in places, and small (118) The tidal currents in Long Island Sound off vessels crossing the shoal should proceed with caution. Norwalk have a velocity of about 1 knot. In Norwalk Ballast Reef, about 0.2 mile westward of Pine Point and River, off Gregory Point, the velocity of current is about off the southeast side of the entrance to Fivemile River, 0.6 knot. The currents in the harbor follow the direc- is almost bare at low water and extends 300 yards off tion of the channel, the ebb current being somewhat Roton Point; a buoy marks the outer end of the reef. stronger than the flood. (See the Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) (125) Fivemile River, a narrow inlet about 0.6 mile west- ward of Noroton Point and about 0.9 mile northward of (119) The channel up to South Norwalk is navigable Greens Ledge Light, is entered through a dredged throughout the year. The harbor and river above South channel that leads northward into the river for about Norwalk are covered with ice during a part of the win- 0.7 mile. The river is shallow except in the dredged ter. A channel is ordinarily kept open to the highway channel and rocks exposed 2 feet at low water have bridge, but the East Norwalk Channel and the channel been reported on the east side of the channel near the channel edge in about 41°03'37\"N., 73°26'47\"W. In 1994, the controlling depth was 4 feet (5½ feet at Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:07 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 318 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound midchannel) to a point about 0.6 mile above Butlers Is- The south end of the reef is marked by a lighted buoy. land at the mouth of the river, thence 1 foot to the head Bold Rock, which uncovers 4 feet, is on the east edge of of the dredged channel. The channel is marked by the rocky ridge extending northward from the reef. buoys at the entrance and by a buoy on the east side Many oyster stakes are on the ridge. about 0.3 mile above the entrance. (134) Cove Harbor, northward of Smith Reef and about 1 (126) In July 1981, depths of 2 to 5 feet were reported mile westward of Long Neck Point, has depths of about alongside the small-craft facility wharves on the east 5 to 10 feet. Local knowledge is necessary to avoid sev- side of the river. The river is used chiefly by pleasure eral rocky areas in the approach to the harbor and to craft. The mean range of tide is about 7 feet. the basin at the northwestern end of the harbor at Cove (127) A special anchorage is in Fivemile River. (See Mills. A depth of about 1 foot can be carried across the 110.1 and 110.55a, chapter 2, for limits and regula- bar at the entrance to the basin; private buoys, one of tions.) which is a seasonal speed limit buoy, mark the ap- (128) Rowayton is a village at the head of Fivemile River. proach. A municipal marina is in the basin. Several small-craft facilities are on the east side of the (135) Westcott Cove, just westward of Cove Harbor, has a river. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on chart dredged channel marked by buoys that leads along its 12364 for services and supplies available.) westerly side to a basin 0.5 mile above the channel en- (129) Scott Cove, about 0.8 mile westward of Fivemile trance, thence for 0.2 mile through the south arm of River and about a mile northwest of Greens Ledge the basin. The east side of the entrance to the basin is Light, is a rocky shelter with a channel good for about 6 protected by a jetty marked on the outer end by a pri- feet to the shallow area northward. There are rocks and vate light. In June 1985, the channel had a midchannel broken ground in the entrance. The channel into controlling depth of 4 feet. A yacht club is in the north- Zieglers Cove, just west of Scott Cove and south of westerly arm of the basin, and a municipal marina is in Great Island, is good for about 9 feet. A rock, covered 5 the southeasterly arm. Gasoline diesel fuel, and water feet, is reported to lie almost in midentrance to this are available at a marina on the west side of the south cove. Local knowledge is required to navigate both arm of the basin. coves. (136) Stamford Harbor, on the north side of Long Island (130) Long Neck Point, about 2 miles southwestward of Sound about 33 miles east of New York, comprises the Fivemile River, has many summer residences and boat bay north of a line from Shippan Point on the east landings on both of its sides. Shoals extend about 0.3 through Stamford Harbor Ledge Obstruction Light to mile off the point. An unmarked sunken wreck is about the west shore north of Greenwich Point. The harbor is 0.5 mile southeastward of Long Neck Point; depth over shoal, and the approach is obstructed to a large extent the wreck is unknown. by ledges and rocks. Shippan Point, the eastern point (131) From Long Neck Point to Shippan Point, about 2.6 at the entrance, is surrounded by rocks which show at miles to the southwestward, there are many reefs and low water. Barges and small coastal tankers constitute boulders, and the bottom is very broken, necessitating the main waterborne traffic in the harbor. Petroleum caution. This area is the approach to several shallow products, scrap metal, sand and gravel, and crushed coves, none of which is commercially important. rock are the principal products handled in the harbor. (132) Goodwives (Darien) River is a small and shallow (137) Stamford is a manufacturing city on the peninsula stream on the west side of Long Neck Point. Foul at the head of the harbor. ground with rocks bare at low water exends nearly 200 years off the west side of Long Neck Point, about 0.3 (138) Stamford Harbor Ledge Obstruction Light mile above the south end of the point. A private sea- (41°00.8'N., 73°32.6'W.), 80 feet above the water, sonal, 342° lighted range and buoys mark the best wa- shown from a white conical tower on a red cylindrical ter to a yacht club and basin on the southeast side pier, is a private light visible from a considerable dis- Noroton Neck. In March 1999, a reported depth of 4.7 tance offshore. Also prominent are a microwave tower feet could be carried to the yacht club landing thence in westward of the city and the large brown office build- 1981, 3 feet through The Gut to the boat club landing ings locally known as Harbor Plaza on Ware Island. just above Peartree Point. Above the boat club landing, Stamford Harbor West Breakwater Light 3 the river is practically dry at low water. Goodwives (41°00.9'N., 73°32.3'W.), 47 feet above the water, is River and its entrance is a special anchorage. (See shown from a tower with a square green daymark at the 110.1 and 110.56, chapter 2, for limits and regula- east end of the west breakwater. A fog signal is at the tions.) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced on the river. light. Stamford Harbor West Breakwater Light (133) Smith Reef, about 0.9 mile southwestward of Long (41°00.9'N., 73°32.3'W.), 47 feet above the water, is Neck Point, consists of two rocks that uncover 2 feet. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:07 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 319 shown from a black skeleton tower with a square green (143) The flood current at the entrance to the harbor has daymark on a small white house at the east end of the a velocity of 0.4 knot and sets 329°; the ebb has a veloc- west breakwater. A fog signal is sounded at the light. ity of 0.8 knot and sets 134°. Inside the harbor the cur- rents have little velocity and usually set fair with the (139) Stamford Harbor is entered through a dredged en- channel. trance channel that leads northward from Long Island Sound between two detached breakwaters to a point (144) The channel in West Branch is usually navigable about 1 mile above the entrance to a junction with the throughout the year, but in East Branch it is closed by dredged channels leading into East Branch and West ice for several weeks during severe winters. Ice forms in Branch. A Federal project provides for depths of 18 feet the harbor during most winters and usually extends to to a point about 0.5 mile below the junction of the a point just northward of the breakwaters. The chan- branches, thence 15 feet to the junction, thence in the nels are kept open as far as practicable by passing traf- West Branch 15 feet to and in the turning basin; thence fic. in the East Branch, 15 feet to Light 1, thence 12 feet to the head of the project about 0.6 mile above the hurri- (145) Prevailing winds are from the south and southwest cane barrier. (See Notice to Mariners and latest edition in the summer and from northeast during the winter of charts for controlling depths.) The 100-foot-wide season. channel in East Branch is constricted to 90 feet by a hurricane barrier that crosses the channel about 300 (146) No particular directions are required. The range fa- yards northward of Ware Island. The 90-foot gated vors the west side of the channel and does not show opening in the barrier will be kept in the open position plainly until eastward of Stamford Harbor West Break- during fair weather, but will be closed on the approach water Light. In East Branch, caution is advised when of a storm or unusually high tides. A red light marks making the turn abreast Ware Island to avoid a rock the channel end of each breakwater. A lighted sign on nearly awash at high water, eastward of the channel either side of the barrier is used to indicate whether the line. barrier is in the open or closed position. A flashing red light is shown from the control tower when the gate is (147) The harbormaster at Stamford can be contacted about to be closed. The channels are well marked by through the Stamford Police Department. A police boat navigational aids, and, in addition, the entrance chan- makes routine patrols of the harbor during the boating nel is marked by a 358° lighted range. season. A 6 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. (140) A dredged anchorage area with depths of 12 to 18 (148) The commercial wharves along East Branch and feet is north of the breakwaters and just westward of West Branch are of the bulkhead and apron type, all are the line of the range lights, about 0.1 mile eastward of privately owned, and some are open to the public. Spur Highwater Rock. Small craft can anchor off the yacht tracks from the railroad serve the facilities in East club and southward or southeastward of Rhode Island Branch. Rocks in depths of 5 to 7 feet. All anchorages in the outer harbor are exposed to southerly and southwest- (149) There are excellent facilities for small craft in both erly winds. East and West Branches. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12364 for services and supplies (141) The Cows comprise a cluster of rocks, almost bare available.) at low water, about 0.8 mile south-southeast of Shippan Point. Between them and the point is an area of foul (150) Captain Harbor, on the north shore of Long Island ground and rocks bare and awash that extends 0.4 mile Sound westward of Greenwich Point and northward of southward of Shippan Point. A lighted bell buoy is Great and Little Captain Islands, affords shelter from about 0.2 mile south of The Cows. Harbor Ledge, about all winds for vessels drawing 12 feet or less. The depths 200 yards south of the west breakwater, consists of at the anchorage in the deeper part of the harbor, about rocks and a ledge marked by a private light. 0.5 mile northward of Great and Little Captain Islands, are 15 to 30 feet. Vessels of less than 7-foot draft anchor (142) The range of tide is 7.2 feet. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:07 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 320 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound on the flats. The bottom is soft, but the entire harbor (157) Mianus River is crossed by an Amtrak railroad bas- and entrances are characterized by boulders. Strangers cule bridge with a clearance of 20 feet, and by a high- should proceed with caution, especially on the flats and way fixed bridge with a clearance of 45 feet, about 0.4 other shoal areas. The eastern entrance to Captain Har- mile to the northward. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and bor, between Flat Neck Point and Little Captain Island, 117.209, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) is the clearer and better one for strangers. The western entrance, northwestward of Great Captain Island, is (158) Several marinas and boatyards are along the west easy of access, but the broken ground there requires side of the river from above the railroad bridge to the caution. head of navigation. (See the small-craft facilities tabu- (151) Greenwich Point, 1.7 miles southwestward of lation on chart 12364 for services and supplies avail- Stamford Harbor West Breakwater Light, is character- able.) ized by a low grassy hill. Reefs extend 0.3 mile south- eastward from Greenwich Point. Woolsey Rock near (159) Mianus, at the head of navigation on the river, is the easterly end of the reefs is bare at low water. A buoy the site of an abandoned sand and gravel wharf. marks these dangers. (152) Flat Neck Point, the western end of Greenwich (160) Indian Harbor is a narrow inlet on the north side of Point, is wooded. A reef with bare and submerged rocks Captain Harbor, about 1 mile west of Cos Cob Harbor. A extends nearly 0.3 mile southwestward and westward channel with a depth of about 7 feet passes about 200 from Flat Neck Point. About 0.2 mile northwestward of feet westward of Tweed Island and follows the west bank the point, the boiler of a wreck, marked by a private sea- to the bulkhead on the west side of the cove 300 yards sonal buoy, shows above high water. above the entrance. Small craft can anchor in the chan- (153) Greenwich Cove opens into Captain Harbor from nel just above this point, favoring the bulkhead. A large eastward, north of Flat Neck Point. The cove is used for prominent white residence with red roof and adjacent mooring local craft. Depths decrease from 8 feet in the white clock tower is on the point separating Smith outer cove to less than 3 feet in the eastern part of the Cove and Indian Harbor. A 5 mph speed limit is en- cove. Old Greenwich is on Greenwich Cove. forced in the harbor. (154) Cos Cob Harbor, on the northeast side of Captain Harbor, has a dredged channel through it which ex- (161) Depths of 6 feet or less extend 250 yards southward tends 1.3 miles northward through the Mianus River to from the point separating Smith Cove and Greenwich the head of navigation at Mianus. In September 1983, Harbor. Bare ledges extend 200 feet southward of the the controlling depth was 4½ feet at midchannel to the point. The yacht club on the point usually maintains bascule railroad bridge, thence 3½ feet at midchannel lights on a flagstaff during the summer. The depth is to the fixed highway bridge, thence 3½ feet in the west about 7 feet at the landing of the Indian Harbor Yacht half of the channel (shoaling to ½ foot in the east half) Club. to the head of navigation at Mianus. Shoaling is re- ported to be abrupt along both edges of the channel. (162) Greenwich Harbor, on the north side of Captain The channel is buoyed to the first bridge; above this Harbor and northeastward of Field Point, is entered point the channel may be followed by steering a through a dredged channel that leads northward 1.2 midchannel course between the marsh banks. Special miles to the head. The channel is buoyed for about 0.8 anchorages are in Cos Cob Harbor. (See 110.1 and mile. In December 1981, the controlling depth was 8 110.58, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) feet. Two anchorage basins are off the west side of the (155) There are several dangers off the entrance of Cos channel. In December 1981, the northerly basin had Cob Harbor that must be avoided; most are buoyed. depths of 2 to 4½ feet except for shoaling to bare along These include Newfoundland Reef, covered 4 feet, a the northern edge, and the southerly basin had depths mile northeastward of Little Captain Island; Red Rock, of 4 to 6 feet except for shoaling to bare along the west which uncovers 7 feet, 0.5 mile west of Newfoundland edge. Reef; Hitchcock Rock, awash at low water, 0.3 mile northwestward of Newfoundland Reef; and Pecks Rock, (163) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. bare at low water, 0.2 mile north of Hitchcock Rock. (164) Greenwich is a city on the railroad at the head of (156) The Riverside Yacht Club, on the east side of Cos Cob Harbor and about 0.5 mile below the first bridge, is the harbor. The wharves are along the point on the east prominent. Also prominent are the stacks of a large side of Greenwich Harbor. The harbormaster at Green- powerplant on the west side of the harbor, just below wich can be contacted through the Greenwich Police the first bridge. Department. A police boat patrols the harbor during the summer season. (165) Several private yacht and boat clubs are in Green- wich Harbor. Gasoline and diesel fuel are available at a small-craft facility on the west side of the harbor at Grass Island. During the summer, a ferry operates from the town landing at the head of the harbor to Little Captain Island, Great Captain Island, and Calf Islands. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:07 PM

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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 322 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (166) Byram Harbor, a bight used by small craft, is at the boulders and broken ground extends 0.4 mile eastward northwest end of Captain Harbor, just northward of and northeastward from the island and is marked by a Calf Islands. Wilson Head, 2 feet high, on a reef that lighted gong buoy. Hen and Chickens, a group of rocks uncovers, is in the middle of the entrance of the bight and boulders about 0.4 mile northeastward of Little and is marked by a buoy off the eastern end. The en- Captain Island, is marked by a buoy on the north side. trance to Byram Harbor from eastward lies between Ot- ter Rocks and Bowers Island. Otter Rocks, which (174) The mean range of tide is 7.3 feet. uncover 3 feet, are marked by a lighted buoy about 150 yards to the southward; a submerged rock is close (175) The tidal current in the entrance between Little northward of the buoy. Bowers Island, just eastward of Captain Island and Flat Neck Point has a velocity of Calf Islands, is marked by a clump of trees and sur- about 0.7 knot. Between Jones Rocks and Cormorant rounded by a drying reef; a buoy marks the north end of Reef the estimated velocity is 1 knot. the reef. A rocky ledge makes out from the point 300 yards northwestward of Otter Rocks, and is marked by a (176) Ice forms in the winter in all the coves and over the buoy. Private small-craft facilities are on the west side greater part of Captain Harbor. It sometimes extends of the harbor. out of the line of Little and Great Captain Islands. (167) The southeastward approach to Byram Harbor is (177) From eastward, a course of about 298° midway be- buoyed. A narrow channel also leads to the harbor from tween the buoys marking the shoals off Flat Neck Point southwestward, passing southward of Huckleberry Is- on the east and Wee Captain Island on the west will lands and between the northwest one of the Calf Islands bring a vessel to a point 0.2 mile north of Hen and and the two nearest rocks, which are sometimes Chickens Buoy 1A. From here a heading of 250°, with marked by private Daybeacon. The rocks 90 yards off the southerly tip of Calf Islands ahead, will lead to an- the southwest end of Huckleberry Islands are bare at chorage off the entrance of Greenwich Harbor. low water. (178) From westward, a course of 014° for Jones Rocks (168) Grassy Rocks, 0.3 mile westward of the southerly Light 3 will lead into the Captain Harbor anchorage. tip of Calf Islands, uncover 7 feet. The four large ledges Proceed with caution when crossing the broken rocky northwestward and westward of Grassy Rocks generally area on which the least found depth is 12 feet, extend- show at low water. ing 0.4 mile westward from the western end of Great Captain Island. Vessels should pass 100 yards south- (169) Jones Rocks, partly bare at high water, are at the eastward of Jones Rocks Light, and over 100 yards southeast end of the foul ground that extends over 0.2 northward of the buoy northwestward of Cormorant mile southeastward from the south end of Calf Islands. Reef, and steer 070° in the harbor. The rocks are marked by a light. (179) Port Chester Harbor, about 1.2 miles westward of (170) Cormorant Reef, northward of Great Captain Is- Great Captain Island, is the entrance to Byram River land, partly bare at high water, has a rock 4 feet high on which leads to the city of Port Chester and the town of the eastern end. A buoy is off the southern end of the Byram (East Port Chester). The harbor entrance is be- reef. tween the breakwater that extends southward from Byram Point on the north and North Manursing Is- (171) Great Captain Island, 2.6 miles southwestward of land on the south; a light is on the outer end of the Greenwich Point, is 0.4 mile long, fringed with reefs, breakwater. The lower section of the river forms the and marked near its southeast end by a light. A munici- boundary between New York and Connecticut. pal bathing beach and ferry landing are on the island. The landing has reported depths of about 3 feet. A buoy (180) The harbor is entered from Long Island Sound marks the reef making off 0.3 mile from the southwest- through a dredged channel that leads northward for 1.2 ern end. The passage between Great and Little Captain miles to a turning basin in Byram River, and thence for Islands is foul and not recommended. another 0.15 mile to just below the Mill Street fixed bridge, the head of practical navigation on the river. In (172) Great Captain Island Light (40°58.9'N., October 1993, the controlling depths were 11 feet to 73°37.4'W.), 62 feet above the water, is shown from a the Yacht Club about 0.4 mile above the entrance, skeleton tower with a red and white diamond-shaped thence 5½ feet (10 feet at midchannel) to the first fixed daymark on the southeast part of the island. A fog sig- nal is sounded at the light. (173) Little Captain Island, a summer resort about 0.6 mile northeast of Great Captain Island, has a municipal bathing beach and ferry landing. The landing has re- ported depths of about 8 feet. A reef extends about 250 yards northeasterly to Wee Captain Island. An area of Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:11 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 323 bridge about 0.8 mile above the entrance, thence 4½ landing and the south breakwater is reserved for swim- feet in the west half and 9 feet in the east half of the ming. channel to the turning basin, thence 9½ feet in the ba- (188) Forbes Rocks, about 0.4 mile south of the Rye sin, thence 1½ feet (3 feet at midchannel) to just below Beach breakwater, are partly bare at low water, on a reef the head of navigation about 30 yards below the Mill with depths of 4 to 11 feet that extends 250 yards to the Street fixed bridge. The channel is marked to a point southward and eastward. A buoy marks the east end of about 0.3 mile above the entrance. the reef. A channel good for a depth of 9 feet leads (181) The New England Thruway fixed bridge, with a southward of buoyed Forlies Rocks to the ruins of a clearance of 60 feet, crosses the river about 0.8 mile wharf at Oakland Beach. Another channel with a least above the channel entrance. depth of 8 feet leads southward from Oakland Beach to the sound. (182) The approach to Port Chester is obstructed by (189) Porgy Shoal, about 0.8 mile south of the Rye Beach rocks, but is not difficult with the aid of the chart. From breakwater, has a least found depth of 5 feet; it is southward it is safer to pass eastward of Bluefish marked by a lighted buoy. Shoal. Fourfoot Rocks may be passed on either side, (190) Scotch Caps are three rocky islets 1.4 miles south- remembering that the buoy is at the south end of the westward from Porgy Shoal and on the northwest side rocks. Entering the harbor, pass westward of Great of the extensive reefs which make out 0.9 mile south- Captain Rocks, eastward of Manursing Island Reef, and westward of Milton Point. The southerly end of the 150 feet southward of Port Chester Light 4 on the end reefs is marked by a lighted bell buoy about 0.6 mile of the breakwater. The channel in Byram River is fairly southward of Scotch Caps. The entire area of the reef well defined at low water, but requires local knowledge northward and northeastward of the lighted bell buoy for the best water; strangers should take it on a rising is very broken and should be avoided even by small tide and proceed with caution. craft in the absence of local knowledge. (191) West Rock, just south of the south end of Scotch (183) The mean range of tide is 7.2 feet. Caps, is marked by a buoy. (184) Principal commerce is in building materials, fuel (192) Milton Harbor, between Peningo Neck and Hen Is- land, is used as a summer anchorage by small pleasure oil, and petroleum products, carried in vessels drawing craft. It is protected from all but southwesterly winds. 5 to 14 feet. Barges discharge oil cargoes at a terminal The harbor depths decrease from 8 feet between Scotch with reported depths of 12 feet alongside. Caps and the southwest end of Hen Island to 6 feet abreast Milton Point. (185) There are several small-craft facilities in Port Ches- (193) Foul ground is on the northwest side near Hen Is- ter Harbor, and on the Byram River at Port Chester and land; otherwise the principal danger in the harbor is a Byram. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on rock bare at low water and marked by a buoy a little chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) northward of midway between Milton Point and the northeast end of Hen Island. The best entrance is be- (186) The area from Great Captain Island southwestward tween the buoys 0.4 mile southwestward of Scotch is fringed with rocks, bare and submerged, and foul Caps. ground. Great Captain Rocks, part of a reef 0.3 mile (194) A yacht club and landing are near the southwest southeastward of Port Chester Light, uncover 5 to 6 end of Milton Point. Near the clubhouse is a prominent feet; a buoy marks the southern end of the reef. Trans- white flagstaff from which lights are exhibited from port Rock, about 0.3 mile south-southwestward of sunset to sunrise during the summer. Manursing Island, is part of several ledges generally (195) A dredged channel, marked by buoys, leads bare at high water which extend some 0.3 mile off- through the harbor from about 400 yards northward of shore. An opening suitable for small craft leads to Rye Milton Point to the city boat basin and marina below Beach; it is buoyed. Mill Pond. In May 2001, the midchannel controlling depth was 3.2 feet to the boat basin, thence 2.1 feet at (187) Playland, a recreational center at Rye Beach, about midchannel in the basin’s north channel and 5.3 feet at 2.4 miles southwest of Great Captain Island, has promi- midchannel in the basin’s south channel; in nent twin towers at the entrance which are conspicu- 1980-1981, depths of 2 to 6 feet were available in the ous from a southeasterly direction. Westward and close center of the basin. Two boatyards are in the harbor. to the north breakwater is a former ferry landing in dis- The largest marine railway can handle craft up to 40 repair. A breakwater extends eastward from the south feet in length; gasoline, water, ice, marine supplies, and end of Rye Beach. The area between the former ferry Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:11 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 324 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound complete engine and hull repairs are available. The city (205) Foul ground extends southwesterly from eastward harbormaster is at the boat basin. of Delancey Point to the Larchmont Harbor breakwater (196) Mamaroneck Harbor, an open bight between Hen off Edgewater Point, on the east side of the harbor en- Island and Delancey Point, is exposed to southerly trance; a light is on the end of the breakwater. Hen and winds, but affords shelter against northerly weather. Chickens, a reef bare at low water in places, lies off the Depths in the outer harbor range from 7 to 12 feet. Im- harbor entrance; surrounding depths are 8 to 17 feet on portant dangers are buoyed; these include Outer the outer parts of the reef. About 0.3 mile westward of Steamboat Rock, near the dredged channel entrance, the breakwater light is Dauntless Rock, covered 8 feet, and Ship Rock, about 0.5 mile southeastward of Outer and surrounded by depths of 14 to 16 feet. These dan- Steamboat Rock. gers are buoyed. (197) About 1 mile northwest of Outer Steamboat Rock is the incinerator tower, a red brick building with a large (206) Larchmont Harbor is between Edgewater Point glass tower, which is a prominent landmark. and Umbrella Point and about 2.5 miles northward of (198) The harbor is entered through a dredged channel Execution Rocks Light. The harbor is the headquarters that leads about 0.5 mile west-northwestward to the in- of the Larchmont Yacht Club. Anchorage depths range tersection with two dredged branch channels leading from about 12 feet in the entrance to 5 feet near Great to basins northward and westward of the junction. The Knob, an islet in the north central part of the harbor. In entrance channel and the branch channel to the north- summer the harbor is full of mooring buoys for small ern basin are marked by lighted and unlighted buoys. yachts. The rocks on the west side are marked, whereas (199) In March-April 2001, the controlling depths in the unmarked shoals extend 200 yards from the eastern dredged channels in Mamaroneck Harbor were: 10 feet shore. The anchorage for larger vessels is westward of in the entrance channel to the junction with the the breakwater. branch channels, thence 8.7 feet (9.9 feet at midchannel) in the northern branch channel to the ba- (207) Umbrella Rock, marked by a buoy, is 250 yards sin, thence 9 to 10 feet in the smaller anchorage at the eastward of Umbrella Point. A few rocks of a breakwa- southwest side of the basin with 6 feet in the larger ba- ter, which was started on Umbrella Rock, are awash at sin northeastward, thence 6 feet from the junction to high water. North Ledge, bare at half tide, is near the the western basin with 6 feet in the basin. The basins western shore southeastward of the yacht club; it is are usually filled with moorings of local craft. marked by private Daybeacon. The principal landing, with a reported depth of about 6 feet alongside, is on (200) A pipeline covered about 6 feet crosses the western the southeast side of the yacht club and is lighted from branch channel about 50 yards above the junction. sunset to sunrise. Mariners are advised to exercise caution and reduce speed while transiting this area. (208) Larchmont Harbor may be entered on either side of Hen and Chickens. The easterly entrance, about 100 (201) The mean range of tide is 7.3 feet. yards southwestward of the end of the breakwater, is about 300 yards wide and has a depth of about 15 feet. (202) The harbormaster has an office on the south side of Harbor Island. The harbormaster controls all moorings (209) Horseshoe Harbor is a small cove just westward of and can be contacted on VHF-FM channel 16; call sign Larchmont Harbor. A prominent gray building is at the WZX-8038. A speed limit of 5 mph is enforced in the head. The cove is used as a small-boat anchorage. harbor. A village police boat patrols the harbor during the summer season. (210) Echo Bay, about 1 mile southwestward of Umbrella Point and 2 miles northwestward of Execution Rocks (203) The town of Mamaroneck extends from both sides Light, is the principal approach to New Rochelle. The of the harbor. Petroleum products, carried by barges, is bay is entered between Premium Point on the north- the main commerce in the harbor. east and Davenport Neck on the southwest. Hicks Ledge, about 0.5 mile off the entrance, is covered 6 feet (204) There are numerous boatyards and marinas in and marked on the south side by a buoy. Mamaroneck Harbor. (See the small-craft facilities tab- ulation on chart 12364 for services and supplies avail- (211) Middle Ground, an extensive shoal with a reef that able.) uncovers 6 feet, lies about 0.5 mile south-southwestward of Hicks Ledge. Emerald Rock, covered 9 feet, is off the west side of the shoal and marked by a buoy. A buoy marks the north end of the shoal. (212) Bailey Rock, which uncovers 4 feet, is near the end of a reef that extends about 200 yards off the point of Davenport Neck. The rock is marked by a lighted buoy. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:12 PM

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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 326 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (213) The bay is an anchorage for small craft and gener- between which should not be used by strangers, even in ally is fully occupied during the summer. Depths range small craft. Huckleberry Island, at the eastern end of from 4 to 15 feet. Small craft can anchor in the shallow the group, is wooded. Pea Island, about 0.3 mile south- cove on the northeast side of the harbor, entering be- eastward of Davids Island, is grass covered, and rocks tween Harrison Island and the rocky, grassy islet off bare at low water are southeastward of it. Columbia Is- the northwest side of Echo Island. Vessels can anchor land has been improved by a seawall, making it about in the general anchorages on either side of the en- 150 feet square, with a pier 150 feet long on the west trance, in depths of 20 to 24 feet. (See 110.1 and side. 110.155 (a) (2), (a) (3), and (1), chapter 2, for limits (222) An obstruction, covered 17 feet, has been reported and regulations.) Vessels should not anchor near the in about 40°52.4'N., 073°45.4'W. about 0.3 mile sewer outlet in the middle of the bay. A special anchor- south-southeastward of Pea Island. Mariners are ad- age is in Echo Bay. (See 110.1 and 110.60 (b-1), chap- vised to exercise caution while navigating in this area. ter 2, for limits and regulations.) (223) Execution Rocks, about 1.4 miles eastward of Davids Island, consist of many boulders and shoals of (214) A 4 mph speed limit is enforced in Echo Bay. considerable extent, marked by a light and buoys. Bro- (215) A dredged channel, on the northwest side of Echo ken bottom, covered 5 to 19 feet, extends about 0.7 mile northward from the light. Bay, leads to a municipal wharf and turning basin at (224) Execution Rocks Light (40°52.7'N., 73°44.3'W.), Beaufort Point. The channel is marked by buoys to the 62 feet above the water, is shown from a white stone turning basin. In October 1985, the controlling depth tower with a brown band midway of its height, attached was 8½ feet at midchannel to the basin, with 6½ to 7 to a granite dwelling. A fog signal is at the light. feet in the basin. (225) Middle Reef, 0.5 mile southward of Davids Island, (216) The area northward of the turning basin, locally has some boulders which show at high water. East known as Ferris Creek, is shoal with extensive mud Nonations and South Nonations are rocks that un- flats that bare at low water. Southwesterly of the turn- cover 4 feet between Middle Reef and Hart Island. ing basin, the depth varies from 9 feet to bare at the South Nonations is marked on its south side by a head of the harbor. lighted bell buoy. (217) New Rochelle is a city on the western shore of Echo (226) Aunt Phebe Rock, 300 yards west of Davids Island, Bay. is bare at half tide and marked by a light. In May 1976, (218) The municipal wharf is on the northeast side of an obstruction covered 4 feet was reported about 400 Beaufort Point. The city police patrol boats usually yards northwestward of the light. Mariners are advised moor alongside the wharf. A small-craft facility and a to exercise caution while navigating in this area. municipal marina are in the northern part of Echo Bay. (227) Goose Island, between Davids Island and Glen Is- Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, and land, is almost completely surrounded by a rock break- lifts to 20 tons are available; hull and engine repairs can water, and has several bare rocks to the westward and be made. The municipal marina monitors VHF-FM southward. A house on pilings is prominent on the is- channel 16. land. (219) Pine Island, between Davenport Neck and Middle (228) Glen Island, 0.4 mile west of Davids Island, is a Ground, is rocky, covered with brush, and occupied by public park used as a pleasure resort. Special permits several cottages. A small private landing is on the west are required prior to using the launching ramp on the side of the island. Two bare rocks and a long bare ledge island. A light is on the north end of the island. A beach are southwestward of the island. protected by two jetties is on the southeast end of the island. The channel on the northwest side of Glen Is- (220) Davids Island, southward of Davenport Neck, is the land is much used as an anchorage by small craft, par- site of ruins of Fort Slocum, an inactive U.S. Govern- ticularly those bound to the club on Travers Island to ment reservation now owned by the city of New Ro- the westward. The channel has a depth of about 7 feet. A chelle. The island is marked by a tank on its north end no wake speed limit is enforced. Glen Island Channel, and a square chimney on its southeast end. A ferry land- marked by buoys, is on the south-southwest side of the ing on the west side of the island was in disrepair in island. The channel entrance is between Hog Island 1987. Reefs partly bare at low water, marked by a lighted and Glen Island and runs along the southwest edge of buoy, extend about 0.2 mile northward of Davids Island. Glen Island to the channel between Travers Islands and Glen Island. In 1990, the controlling depth in the chan- (221) Davids Island is surrounded on its east and south nel was 6½ feet except for a 2½ foot shoal spot in the sides by a foul area of islands and rocks, the passages Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:13 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 327 west side of the channel about 100 yards northwest of and the wreck with 13 feet over it which are 0.3 mile Glen Island Channel Buoy 6. west of the light. (229) New Rochelle Harbor lies between the mainland, (236) Rat Island is a high bare rock about 0.4 mile west of and westward of Davenport Neck, and Glen Island; it is Hart Island. The Blauzes, 13 feet high, are a part of the off the southerly part of the city of New Rochelle. How- reef which extends 0.3 mile northwestward from the ever, the main access of New Rochelle is through Echo north end of Hart Island. Bay, previously discussed. (237) The channel between City Island and Rodman Neck (230) New Rochelle Harbor is entered between Glen Is- is used extensively as an anchorage by small pleasure land and Davenport Neck. An approach channel, with a craft during the summer. A no wake speed limit is en- depth of about 13 feet, leads from south-southwest of forced. Boat clubs and railways for small craft are on Davids Island northward to a point abreast the former the northwest side of City Island. The shores are gener- ferry wharf on the island, thence through deeper natu- ally fringed with boulders and should be approached ral water between Aunt Phoebe Rock and Corning Rock with caution. The north shores of High Island and City northward to the entrance to the harbor. A reef, bare at Island northeastward of the bridge are very foul, and low water, makes off the west side of Davids Island op- boats should avoid the shoals with depths less than 12 posite the buoy marking Corning Rock. Another ap- feet on that side. proach channel, through deeper water, leads from the (238) City Island is connected with Rodman Neck by a northeast between Davids Island and Davenport Neck highway swing bridge, kept in the closed position, with to the entrance. Both channels are well marked. In a clearance of 12 feet. (See 117.779, chapter 2, for 1990, the narrow dredged channel in the harbor had a drawbridge regulations.) Currents at the bridge are controlling depth of 5½ feet (6½ feet at midchannel) to variable and at times exceed 1.5 knots. (See the Tidal within 100 yards of the dam at the head. Current Tables.) (231) Anchorage is not recommended in the harbor be- (239) City Island Harbor, also called Hart Island Roads, cause of its congestion. General and special anchor- is between Hart Island and City Island. It is well shel- ages are in adjacent waters southerly, extending as far tered from easterly and westerly winds and is an impor- as City Island and Locust Point. (See 110.1, 110.60 tant anchorage for coasting vessels in the western end (b), (c), (c-1), and (d) through (f), and 110.155 (a) of Long Island Sound. Besides serving as a harbor of (1), (a) (4), and (1), chapter 2, for limits and regula- refuge, it is often used by vessels desiring pilots or tions.) towboats, or awaiting orders. A spire in the center of (232) Several yacht clubs, marinas, and boatyards are in City Island and a steeple in the northerly part of the is- New Rochelle Harbor. (See the small-craft facilities land are conspicuous objects. tabulation on chart 12364 for services and supplies (240) In September 1993, a submerged wreck was re- available.) ported in about 40°50'36\"N., 73°46'30\"W. (233) A bascule bridge connecting Glen Island with Nep- (241) City Island, on the northeast side of Eastchester tune Island has a clearance of 13 feet. (See 117.1 Bay, is narrow and over 1 mile in length. It is thickly through 117.49, chapter 2, for drawbridge regula- settled and has a commercialized appearance. The west tions.) Just south of the bridge is a yacht club on the side is residential, and the east side is industrialized east side of Neptune Island. with several shipyards and other marine-related facili- (234) Orchard Beach, about 1 mile southwestward of ties. Davids Island, is a park developed by the State of New York on the filled-in area between Hunter Island, to the (242) A pilot boat of United New York New Jersey Sandy north, and Rodman Neck, to the south. The inshore wa- Hook Pilot Association moors at City Island. See Pilot- ter areas off the crescent beach are a swimming area age, New York Harbor from Long Island Sound (in- and are closed to general navigation. The swimming dexed as such), chapter 11. area is marked by private buoys. A bathing pavilion and a flagstaff are prominent. Chimney Sweeps, two prom- (243) High Island is 200 yards northeastward of the inent bare rocks, are about 0.4 mile east of the beach. north end of City Island to which it is connected by a (235) Hart Island, about 1.8 miles southwest of Execu- fixed footbridge with a clearance of 11 feet. The ground tion Rocks Light, is the site of a New York Department under the bridge is reported to bare about 1 foot at low of Correction facility. A stack on the southern part of water. A 528-foot-high radio tower, marked on top by the island and the buildings on the island are promi- red lights, is prominent on High Island. nent. A reef extends about 200 yards southeastward from the south end of the island and is marked by a light. Caution is advised to avoid the 9-foot obstruction Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:14 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 328 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (244) The usual anchorage for deep-draft vessels is Pelham; mariners are cautioned that depths along the southeastward of City Island, southward of a line join- sides of the channel are considerably less than ing the south ends of Hart and City Islands. When an- midchannel, in one area shoaling to about 1½ feet; choring, avoid Deep Reef, a small rocky patch covered thence in 1993, 1½ to 5 feet in the East Y and shoaling 25 feet. Other general and special anchorages are in to bare in the West Y. the vicinity. (See 110.1, 110.60, and 110.155, chap- (255) Special anchorages are in Eastchester Bay. (See ter 2, for limits and regulations.) 110.1 and 110.60 (d), (e), and (f), chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) (245) A long pier in ruins and a wide stone pier, the top of (256) The dangers in Eastchester Bay are few: Big Tom, which is used as a parking area, are at the south end of on the east side near the entrance, is bare at low water, City Island at Belden Point. The western shore of Hart and other rocks around it show at extreme low tides; Island and the wharves on City Island should be given a these are buoyed. Cuban Ledge, covered at half tide, is berth of about 150 yards. marked by a daybeacon and Cuban Ledge Lighted Buoy 2 close southwestward. Numerous rocks and shoals are (246) The mean range of tide is 7.2 feet. on both sides of the channel near the entrance to Hutchinson River. (247) The tidal current has a velocity of about 0.3 knot. (257) Bridges and overhead cables crossing Hutchinson River are listed by type, distance above the dredged (248) Ice seldom interferes with navigation of powered channel entrance, and clearance as follows: bascule, vessels. 0.35 mile, 13 feet; rolling lift, 0.5 mile, 8 feet; overhead power cable at bridge, 130 feet; bascule, 0.9 mile, 30 (249) Gasoline, lubricants, and marine supplies of all feet; fixed, 1.9 miles, 50 feet; fixed, 2.1 miles, 50 feet; kinds are available at City Island. Water is piped to overhead pipeline, 2.5 miles, 130 feet; bascule, 2.6 some of the wharves; ice, electrical connections, guest miles, 6 feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and moorings, and dry and wet storage are readily available. 117.793, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) (258) The Pelham Parkway bascule bridge, 0.35 mile (250) Many boatyards are on the east and northwest sides above the entrance and the Amtrack lift bridge, 0.5 of City Island. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation mile above the entrance, are equipped with radiotele- on chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) phones. The bridgetenders monitor VHF-FM channel 13; call signs KU–9758, KU–6095, and KXS–298, re- (251) Buses serve the subway system of New York City. spectively. (259) Eastchester is a village on the west side of the (252) Eastchester Bay, between City Island and Throgs Hutchinson River about 1.5 miles above Pelham High- Neck, has general depths of 7 to 10 feet in the lower way Bridge. Commerce on the river to Eastchester is in part and 3 to 5 feet in the upper part. The shores of the building materials, fuel oil, and petroleum products. bay are fringed with boulders, and there are many Pelham is on the east side of the river above shoals and several wrecks. Caution is essential, espe- Eastchester. cially where the depths are not more than 3 feet greater (260) Weir Creek is a bight on the west side of the bay than the drafts. Hutchinson River empties into the near the entrance. north end of the bay. (261) There are numerous small-craft facilities in Eastchester Bay. (See the small-craft facilities tabula- (253) A channel marked by buoys leads through tion on chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) Eastchester Bay from 1.1 miles west of Belden Point to (262) Locust Point is about 0.8 mile southeastward of the mouth of Hutchinson River. A dredged channel Weir Creek. A cove just southwestward of the point pro- marked by buoys leads from the mouth for about 2.8 vides small-boat shelter. Rocks, bare at low water, are miles to the head of navigation at the city of Pelham. on the north side of the approach. The entrance has a depth of about 5 feet. Inside the cove, depths range (254) In December 1997, the midchannel controlling from 20 feet at the south end to about 4 feet at the depth was 6 feet from Eastchester Bay Channel Lighted north end. A yacht club and marina are in the cove. A Buoy 7 to the junction with East Y and West Y at marina at the head of the cove has a mobile hoist that can handle craft to 30 tons for engine and hull repairs. Gasoline, water, ice, and marine supplies are available at the marina; depths of about 7 to 10 feet are reported at the wharf. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:14 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 329 (263) The northern approach viaduct of the Throgs Neck (270) The railroad station is about 1 mile from the wharf Bridge crosses the cove from Locust Point to Throgs at Stony Brook. Neck. The fixed spans of the viaduct have a minimum clearance of 30 feet. (271) A high bluff is between Stony Brook Harbor and Nissequogue River, another between Nissequogue (264) The mean range of tide is about 7 feet. Tidal cur- River and Sunken Meadow Creek, and bluffs in places rents have a velocity of 0.4 knot in the vicinity of Big between Sunken Meadow Creek and Northport Bay. Tom, and 0.8 knot at Pelham Bridge. (272) Nissequogue River, a shallow crooked stream (265) Old Field Point, about 5 miles southward of about 4 miles westward of the entrance to Stony Brook Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light, is a low bluff Harbor, is entered through a privately dredged channel with a light and an abandoned tower on its summit. that leads southward from Smithtown Bay for about Boulders extend a short distance off the point, and the 1.4 miles into the river. In June 1981, the channel had a light should be given a berth of about 0.3 mile, even by reported controlling depth of about 5 feet. Rocks and small craft. A gong buoy is 0.6 mile northward of the shoals, bare at low water, are on the bar outside the en- point. Depths of 14 to 18 feet are found about 0.4 mile trance. A seasonal lighted buoy marks the channel ap- northward of the light. proach, and private seasonal lighted buoys mark the channel. Strong tidal currents are reported in the (266) Crane Neck Point, 2 miles westward of Old Field channel. A speed limit of 5 mph is enforced on the river. Point, is a bare conspicuous bluff about 90 feet high Guest moorings, gasoline, water, and limited supplies and covered on top with brush. are available at a marina on the west side of the river, about 0.9 mile above the channel entrance. In 1995, a (267) Smithtown Bay, a broad open bight on the south depth of 3 feet were reported alongside the marina. A side of the sound, extends 7 miles westward from Crane State hospital, a group of buildings with green roofs, Neck Point. Rocky shoals extend 1 mile in places from and two large red brick chimneys are prominent about the shore, the water shoaling abruptly from 51 feet in 0.5 mile southwestward of the river entrance. Farther places. A good summer anchorage in 30 to 50 feet shel- westward, a brick building and a stack are also promi- tered from easterly winds is found about 1 mile south- nent. The railroad station is at Kings Park. ward of Crane Neck Point. (273) Northport Basin, about 10.5 miles westward of Old (268) Stony Brook Harbor is a narrow shallow bay in the Field Point Light and 2.7 miles southeastward of Ea- southeastern part of Smithtown Bay. The approach to tons Neck Point, is a small privately maintained basin the harbor from the bay is over a bar which extends 0.8 with general depths of 7 to 20 feet, and formed by mile off the entrance; the outer end of the bar is gravel dredges working into the high bank; greater marked by a seasonal lighted buoy and the approach to depths are available. In 1977, the privately dredged en- the harbor is marked by private lighted buoys. In June trance channel had a controlling depth of 12 feet. The 1981, 3½ feet was reported over the bar. A private sea- channel is marked by a private lighted buoy and sonal daybeacon is on the east side of the entrance to unlighted buoys; submerged jetties extend northward the harbor. Two branch channels lead from the en- from the east and west sides of the entrance. A danger- trance into the harbor; one leads southwestward to a ous rock is close northward of the seaward end of the steel bulkheaded yacht club wharf and pavilion at the west jetty. The four stacks of a power and light company village of Stony Brook, 0.5 mile inside the entrance, on the east side of the basin are prominent. A town and the other, Porpoise Channel, leads westward to a launching ramp is in the basin. yacht club at the northwestern end of the harbor; gaso- line is available at both clubs. In 1994, a depth of 6 feet (274) An aquaculture site, marked by a private buoy, is was reported in both the southwesterly channel and about 1.2 miles northwestward of the entrance to Porpoise Channel. The channels are marked by private Northport Basin. seasonal lighted and unlighted buoys and a private sea- sonal daybeacon. The buoys are periodically moved to (275) An offshore platform for the receipt of oil, is off mark the best water. A speed limit of 5 mph is enforced Northport. The terminal is owned and operated by in Stony Brook Harbor and Porpoise Channel. Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO), Northport, NY. The platform, with off-lying mooring buoys, is (269) Small-craft facilities are in the harbor. (See the about 1.6 miles northward of the entrance to Northport small-craft facilities tabulation on chart 12364 for ser- vices and supplies available.) Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:14 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 330 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound Basin and about 2.4 miles eastward of Eatons Neck there are buoys farther inside the basin. The basin is Light. Submerged pipelines extend from the shore to subject to frequent changes and the buoys in the basin the platform. The platform is marked at its eastern end are not charted because they are frequently shifted in by a private light, and at the western end by a private position. In March-April 1994, depths of 10 feet could light and fog signal. be carried through the entrance. In July 1987, shoaling (276) Upon the scheduled approach of an incoming ves- to an unknown depth was reported in the entrance sel, the platform, voice call “LILCO Northport Power channel. Station” or “LILCO Dock at Northport”, monitors VHF-FM channel 19. (291) Eatons Neck Basin Channel is maintained ex- pressly to enhance the Eatons Neck Coast Guard Sta- (277) Pilotage is compulsory in Long Island Sound for tion’s rescue response. Further, Eatons Neck Basin has foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register. For become one of the most congested small-boat anchor- these vessels, pilotage to this terminal is available ages in the area in the summer. Mariners are cautioned from: that heavy wakes from rescue craft departing the sta- tion may be experienced by small craft anchoring in (278) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine this area. Pilots, Inc.). (292) Shoals with depths of 4 to 18 feet extend about 0.9 (279) Connecticut State Pilots (a division of Interport Pi- mile northward of Eatons Neck, and broken ridges ex- lots Agency, Inc.). tend northward for another 1.8 miles. The northern end of each area is marked by a buoy. (280) For U.S. enrolled vessels in the coastwise trade, pi- lotage to this terminal is available from (293) Huntington Bay, just westward of Eatons Neck, is the approach to Northport Bay and Harbor, Centerport (281) Connecticut State Pilots (a division of Interport Pi- Harbor, Huntington Harbor, and Lloyd Harbor. The lots Agency, Inc.), bay, protected against all but northerly winds, is an ex- cellent anchorage for large vessels. Depths range from (282) Constitution State Pilots Association, 36 to 25 feet, fairly close to its southern end, and an- (283) Long Island Sound State Pilots Association, Inc., chorage can be selected according to draft and wind di- rection. and (284) Sound Pilots, Inc. (a division of Northeast Marine (294) An obstruction covered by 23 feet is about 0.8 mile southwestward of Eatons Neck Light. Pilots, Inc.). (285) See Pilotage, Long Island Sound (indexed as such), (295) A 017°56'–197°56' measured half nautical mile is on the west side of Eatons Neck. Triangular orange chapter 8, and Pilotage, New York Harbor and Ap- shore ranges mark the ends of the course. proaches (indexed as such), chapter 11. (286) The pilot serves as docking master and remains on (296) Anchorage with shelter from northwesterly winds board on standby while the vessel is moored at the plat- can be had for small vessels at the southwesterly end of form. Pilot services are arranged in advance through Huntington Bay, 0.4 mile northeastward of Hunting- ships’ agents or directly by shipping companies. ton Harbor Light, in 18 to 36 feet. The arms of the bay provide secure harbors; Northport Bay is used gener- (287) Tug service is available from New Haven, Provi- ally by the larger vessels. dence, Brooklyn, or Staten Island on advance notice. (297) the mean range of tide is 7.4 feet. (288) Eatons Neck is a prominent wooded headland with elevations of 100 feet or more, and marked at its north (298) In Huntington Bay the velocity of the tidal current end by a light and tower of Eatons Neck Coast Guard is 0.5 knot off East Fort Point and 0.4 knot in the en- Station. trance to Northport Bay. (See the Tidal Current Tables for predictions.) (289) Eatons Neck Light (40°57.2'N., 73°23.7'W.), 144 feet above the water, is shown from a 73-foot white (299) Duck Island Harbor is a shallow cove on the north stone tower; a fog signal is at the light. side of Northport Bay westward of Duck Island Bluff. Depths range from 6 to 9 feet in the entrance. The (290) The northwest end of the neck is a spit in the form of a hook which encloses Eatons Neck Basin. Eatons Neck Coast Guard Station, is at the head of the basin. The basin is entered through a privately dredged cut between two small riprap jetties about 0.5 mile south- westward of the light; the jetties are covered at half tide. The channel between the jetties is buoyed, and Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:14 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 331 south side of Duck Island Bluff and the southeast side west side. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on of Winkle Point should be given berths of 300 and 400 chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) yards, respectively, to avoid shoal water and inshore (310) Centerport Harbor is a shoal bight on the south rocks. shore of Northport Bay just eastward of the entrance. (300) A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in Duck Island The harbor serves the small-boat interests of the village Harbor. of Centerport. In June 1981, a reported depth of about 7 (301) Northport Bay, which opens off the southeast end feet could be taken through the privately dredged of Huntington Bay, provides good anchorage in 20 to channel to the spit extending southwesterly from Little 50 feet in its western part, and in 8 to 11 feet in the east- Neck, thence about 3 feet to a boatyard on the west side ern half. The entrance to the bay is marked by a lighted of the harbor just below the bridge. The channel is buoy, and the entrance channel, privately dredged to marked by private seasonal buoys. Berths, moorings, about 12 feet, is buoyed. electricity, water, storage, marine supplies, and a (302) An amber light, maintained at the public landing launching ramp are available. A flatbed trailer can haul by the town of Northport, is a conspicuous mark at out craft to 32 feet; hull and engine repairs can be night for vessels making the wharves at Northport. made. (303) A privately dredged channel at the eastern end of (311) A special anchorage is in Centerport Harbor. (See Northport Bay leads to a dredge basin formerly used by 110.1 and 110.60 (a-1), chapter 2, for limits and regu- a sand and gravel company on the north side of Bluff lations.) Point. Several private landings and moorings are in the (312) Huntington Harbor, at the southwest end of Hun- basin. In June 1981, the channel had a reported con- tington Bay, is entered through a marked channel that trolling depth of 10 feet. leads to an anchorage off Huntington Town Dock, (304) Northport Harbor is at the southeastern end of about 2 miles above the channel entrance. A depth of Northport Bay and is entered by a dredged channel that about 8 feet can be carried in the channel. Huntington leads along the waterfront of Northport and an anchor- Harbor Light (40°54.6'N., 73°25.9'W.), 42 feet above age basin west of the village. The channel is marked by the water and shown from a square concrete tower at- private seasonal buoys. In 1994, the controlling depth tached to a dwelling on a rectangular pier, is on the was 5 feet in the channel with 5 to 6 feet available in the west side of the entrance to Huntington Harbor and on anchorage basin. A channel leads from the town land- the south side of the entrance to Lloyd Harbor. A fog ing to a boatyard and marina at the southeast end of the signal is at the light. harbor and is marked by private seasonal buoys. In (313) The channel is marked by a light and by lighted, 1995, reported depths of 5 feet were available in the unlighted, and private unlighted buoys. Some of the channel. The boatyard channel is marked by buoys and private buoys are seasonal. by a lighted buoy at the entrance; these aids are sea- (314) The wharf just southward of Huntington Town sonal and privately maintained. An alternate channel, Dock South is used by sand and gravel barges. The bay marked by private buoys, with a reported controlling constable has an office at the head of the harbor imme- depth of 2 feet in September 1990, leads from opposite diately southward of Huntington Town Dock North. the public landing along the west side of the harbor to (315) A boulder reef, on the west side of the entrance, ex- the head. tends out to Huntington Harbor Light. An obstruction, (305) Bird Island, a bird sanctuary in the southern part reported covered 4½ feet, is 0.35 mile eastward of the of the harbor, is a low, grass-covered, man-made island. light. (306) Vessels select anchorage according to draft in the (316) In March 1991, a dangerous wreck was reported be- harbor; bottom is soft. During severe winters, ice may tween Buoys 9 and 11 in about 40°53'54.9\"N., close the harbor for about 2 months. A 5 mph speed 73°25'46.1\"W. limit marker is in the entrance to the harbor. (317) The tidal currents in the entrance channel have an (307) A special anchorage is in Northport Harbor. (See estimated velocity of 2 knots. 110.1 and 110.60 (a-2), chapter 2, for limits and regu- (318) A special anchorage is in Huntington Harbor. (See lations.) 110.1 and 110.60 (a), chapter 2, for limits and regula- (308) Northport is a village with bus communications on tions.) the eastern shore of Northport Harbor. Depths at the (319) A 5-mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor. principal wharves are about 6 to 8 feet. The greatest (320) Huntington and Halesite are villages at the head of depth that can be taken to Northport is about 14 feet at the harbor. The yacht club landing on the east side of high water. the harbor has a depth of about 10 feet alongside. Gaso- (309) Several small-craft facilities are on the east side line, diesel fuel, berths, electricity, water, and ice can be and the head of the harbor, and a yacht club is on the Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. 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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 332 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound obtained here. Yachts may anchor off the landing, but (329) In June 1981, reported depths of about 12 feet were must keep clear of the channel. in the entrance channel and about 4 to 22 feet in the ba- (321) Coindre Hall, a large brick building with a red roof sin. and numerous chimneys at the entrance to the harbor, and Huntington Hospital, well lighted at night, at the (330) Rocky Point, the northern promontory of Centre head of the harbor are prominent. Island, is a small bluff on whose summit is a large (322) There are several marinas, boatyards, and private prominent house. An extensive foul area with depths of boat clubs in Huntington Harbor. (See the small-craft 2 to 17 feet extends about 1 mile northward of Rocky facilities tabulation on chart 12364 for services and Point. A bell buoy marks the northern end of this foul supplies available.) area. This area is dangerous and should be avoided. (323) Lloyd Harbor extends westward from Huntington Bay nearly to Oyster Bay, from which it is separated by a (331) A shoal area with depths of 4 to 11 feet extends east- narrow strip of land. Vessels can anchor just inside the ward from Rocky Point nearly across Oyster Bay and is entrance, in depths of 7 to 11 feet. The entrance to the marked near its eastern end by Cold Spring Harbor harbor is marked by buoys. A speed limit of 5 mph is Light. Small craft with local knowledge cross the shoal enforced in the harbor. at a distance of about 0.4 mile westward of the light, but (324) Oyster Bay, on the south side of Long Island Sound strangers should not attempt it. about 5 miles westward of Eatons Neck Light, lies be- tween Lloyd Neck and Rocky Point and is the approach (332) The mean range of tide is 7.4 feet. to Cold Spring Harbor and Oyster Bay Harbor. The har- bor is marked by Cold Spring Harbor Light (333) About 0.4 mile northwest of Cold Spring Harbor (40°54.8'N., 73°29.6'W.), 37 feet above the water, and Light the velocity is about 0.5 knot; about 0.2 mile shown from a skeleton tower on a caisson with a red tri- north of Cove Point, 1.2 miles southwestward, it is angular daymark. The entrance and harbor are charac- about 0.8 knot. For predictions, the Tidal Current Ta- terized by extensive shoals, boulder reefs, and broken bles should be consulted. ground making off from the shores. Vessels should pro- ceed with caution if obliged to approach or cross shoal (334) During severe winters ice has been known to ex- areas. The bay south of Cold Spring Harbor Light is a tend the full length of the bay during part of January secure harbor, available for vessels of less than 18-foot and February. draft. (325) Lloyd Neck, between Huntington and Oyster Bays, (335) Plum Point, the easternmost point of Centre Is- is high and wooded, and has a high, yellow bluff on its land, is marked at its south end by a small stone tower; north side 0.8 miles eastward of Lloyd Point. Many boat landings are on the southwest side of the point. A patches of boulders having least depths of 2 to 8 feet ex- yacht club with a prominent flagstaff is about 0.3 mile tend 0.2 to 0.5 mile offshore from East Fort Point to west of Plum Point. The yacht club landing has re- Lloyd Point. Small craft skirting this shore should keep ported depths of about 9½ feet. well outside the line of buoys. (326) Lloyd Point, the north end of Lloyd Neck, is a low (336) Cooper Bluff, at the northeast end of Cove Neck is spit. A rocky shoal extends 0.5 mile prominent. A boulder reef extends nearly 0.3 mile north-northeastward from Lloyd Point. A seasonal northward from Cove Point at the northwest end of lighted gong buoy about 1 mile northward of Lloyd Cove Neck, and is marked by a seasonal lighted buoy. Point marks the northern limit of the 30-foot curve in this vicinity. (337) Cold Spring Harbor, the southeasterly end of Oys- (327) Morris Rock, about 0.5 mile eastward of Lloyd ter Bay, extends about 2.3 miles southward of Cooper Point, is covered by a least depth of 2 feet. The rock is Bluff. The tower on top of a dome of a seminary on the marked by a buoy. hill of West Neck, on the east side of the harbor, is (328) The long jetty, about 0.6 mile southwestward of prominent. A depth of about 14 feet can be carried to Lloyd Point, forms the southern entrance point to The near the head of the harbor by giving the shores a berth Sand Hole, a pond that has been dredged into the spit of about 0.3 mile. by a sand and gravel company. The pond is State con- trolled and may be entered by steering a midchannel (338) The village of Cold Spring Harbor is on the eastern course through the entrance. It is used considerably by shore near the head of the harbor. An oil company pier local boats as an anchorage and harbor of refuge. The at the village has a depth of about 13 feet alongside. A holding ground is good. small-craft facility is on the east side of the cove at the head of Cold Spring Harbor. Gasoline, diesel fuel water, ice marine supplies, berthings, and dry storage are available. A reported depth of about 3 feet is available Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:14 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 333 alongside the facility. A town launching ramp is avail- extends 0.3 mile from the shore for part of the distance able in the harbor. between Oak Neck Point and Matinecock Point to the (339) A speed limit of 5 mph is enforced in the harbor. westward. (340) Special anchorages are in Cold Spring Harbor and (348) Frost Creek, locally known as Guthries Creek, 2 Oyster Bay Harbor. (See 110.1 and 110.60 (t), (u), miles westward of Oak Neck Point, has a channel at the (u-2) and (u-3), chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) entrance which is well defined when the water is below (341) Oyster Bay Harbor, a long, crooked arm in the half tide. The creek is protected by a stone jetty that ex- western side of Oyster Bay, has a channel with a depth tends a short distance from the shore about 50 yards over 30 feet leading into the area westward of Moses eastward of the channel. The channel has a reported Point. Good anchorage is available southward of Moses depth of about 1 foot near the entrance. The creek is Point. West of this point, the channel is narrow and not recommended without local knowledge. suitable only for vessels drawing less than 10 feet. Ves- (349) Peacock Point is just west of Frost Creek. A stone sels of less than 7-foot draft can anchor in the bight be- jetty to protect a private boat landing extends a short tween Cove Neck and the wharf at Oyster Bay, and also distance from the west side of the point. in West Harbor, the large bight on the northwest side of (350) Matinecock Point, 1.1 miles westward of Frost Centre Island. A speed limit of 5 m.p.h. is enforced in Creek, is marked on its western side by a stone pier in the harbor. ruins. A shoal extends about 600 yards off the point and (342) The village of Oyster Bay, on the shore south of is marked at its end by a lighted gong buoy which is re- Oyster Bay Harbor, has rail communication. A channel, moved if endangered by ice. marked by private seasonal buoys, leads southwestward from deep water in Oyster Bay Harbor to an oyster (351) Hempstead Harbor, 4 miles wide at the entrance wharf in about 40°52'37\"N., 73°31'32\"W., thence west between Matinecock Point and Prospect Point, is free to a boat basin. The oyster wharf has reported depths of from dangers if the shores, between the entrance and about 10 feet along the face and southeast side. Parallel Mosquito Cove, are given a berth of 0.3 mile. It is much to and about 200 feet off the northwest side of the wharf used by vessels seeking shelter in any but strong north- is a row of sunken barges. An oil receiving wharf is erly winds and affords excellent anchorage with good about 125 yards southward of the oyster wharf. holding ground. Vessels can anchor in any part of the (343) A small-craft facility is close eastward of the en- harbor according to draft and direction of wind. A good trance to the boat basin. Gasoline, diesel fuel, berthing anchorage for vessels drawing less than 20 feet is just with electricity, water, ice, marine supplies, dry stor- inside a line from Mott Point to the breakwater at Glen age, and a 10-ton hoist are available; hull and engine Cove Landing. Small vessels can anchor behind the repairs can be made. breakwater. Vessels should avoid anchoring in the pipe- (344) Brickyard Point, about 0.5 mile westward of Moses line area between Glenwood Landing and Bar Beach. Point, should be given a berth of at least 0.2 mile off its On the western shore above and below Bar Beach are westerly side to avoid several dangerous rocks to the large sand and gravel plants. On the eastern shore are northwestward of the point. None of these rocks is several villages. A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the marked. Extensive privately owned oyster beds, marked harbor. by stakes, are in this area. (345) Mill Neck Creek, at the northwest end of Oyster Bay (352) Waterborne commerce in the harbor is in sand, Harbor, is crossed by a highway bridge having a bascule gravel, petroleum products, and building material. Ves- span with a clearance of 9 feet. The area westward of the sels engaged in this commerce usually draw from 3 to bridge has depths of 2 to 16 feet. 12 feet. (346) Oak Neck Creek, northwest of Mill Neck Creek, is entered at high water as the creek is practically bare at (353) A special anchorage is in Hempstead Harbor. (See low water. 110.1 and 110.60 (u-1), chapter 2, for limits and reg- ulations.) (347) Oak Neck Point (40°54.9'N., 73°34.1'W.), 4 miles west-southwestward of Lloyd Point, is marked by many (354) Weeks Point, on the eastern side near the entrance, large residences. Several stone jetties extend a short is marked by a breakwater which protects a private boat distance from the shore just westward of the point. A landing. Nearly 0.5 mile southward of Weeks Point is shoal, strewn with boulders and marked by a buoy, the entrance to a basin protecting a private wharf which has a reported depth of 8 feet at the end. The ba- sin shoals to the head, and there are rocks bare at low water near the northern end. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:15 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 334 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (355) Glen Cove is a city with rail and bus communica- narrow channel. (See the Tidal Current Tables for pre- tion on Glen Cove Creek, about 1 mile back from the dictions.) eastern shore of the bay. The breakwater extends 500 (364) In severe winters ice has been known to close navi- yards west-southwestward from Glen Cove Landing gation for about 6 weeks during January and February. and is marked at its end by a light. The anchorage be- hind the breakwater is known as Glen Cove Harbor, the (365) The shore between Prospect Point and Mott Point depths ranging from 18 to 22 feet behind its outer half (40°51.4'N., 73°40.6'W.), to the southeastward, is and 7 to 9 feet near shore. marked by prominent bluffs. A shoal with boulders ex- tends 0.2 mile from shore between the points and for a (356) Glen Cove Creek, 0.6 mile southward of the break- short distance south of Mott Point. Buoys mark the water, has a dredged channel from Mosquito Cove to limits of the shoal eastward and northeastward of Mott the head. In 1994, the controlling depth was 2½ feet in Point. Picket Rock, with 2 feet over it, is 350 yards off- the right half of the channel with shoaling to less than a shore northward of Mott Point. An obstruction covered foot in the left half for about 0.6 mile above the en- 16 feet is about 0.7 mile north-northwestward of the trance. The remainder of the project is not being main- point in 40°52'05.5\"N., 73°40'59.1\"W. tained. An overhead power cable near the head has a clearance of 65 feet. The entrance is buoyed. (366) Prospect Point, marked by prominent houses on the bluff, has a rocky shoal making out nearly 0.4 mile (357) There are several small-craft facilities in Glen Cove northward from it. The shoal rises abruptly from a Creek. (See the small-craft facilities tabulation on depth of 60 feet. The north end of the shoal is marked chart 12364 for services and supplies available.) by a lighted gong buoy that is 0.8 mile eastward of Exe- cution Rocks Light. About 0.2 mile eastward of the (358) A dredged channel, entered between Bar Beach and buoy are rocky patches with depths of 17 to 18 feet. An Glenwood Landing, leads alongside Glenwood Landing obstruction with 23 feet over it is east-northeastward to South Glenwood Landing at Motts Cove. In 1991, the from the buoy. controlling depth in the dredged channel was 7 feet. A natural channel continues south through extensive (367) Sands Point, 0.7 mile west of Prospect Point, is flats for about 0.5 mile with a depth of about 5 feet. Lo- marked by a daybeacon. A boulder reef extends about cal knowledge is advised. 0.3 mile off the point and is marked by a lighted buoy. The boulders show at low water for a distance of about (359) Sea Cliff is a village on the steep hill on the south 300 yards from shore. A stone tower is a prominent ob- side of Glen Cove Creek. From Sea Cliff southerly to the ject on this point. northerly wharves at Glenwood Landing, a shoal ex- tends 300 yards from the east side of the harbor and is (368) Barker Point, about 1 mile south-southwest of marked by a buoy at the north end and a light at the Sands Point, is a high bluff on the northeast side of the south end. A dredged entrance channel, marked by two entrance of Manhasset Bay. Gangway Rock, marked by private lights, leads from deep water in the harbor a light and gong buoy, is at the northwesterly end of a northeastward to a municipal marina just north of broken line of rocks and shoal water which extends 0.6 Glenwood Landing. In November 1999, the reported mile northwestward from Barker Point. Success Rock, controlling depths were 8 feet in the entrance channel, awash at low water and marked by a buoy, is about 0.2 thence 7 feet in the marina basin. mile southeastward of the light. (360) Glenwood Landing is a village on the eastern shore (369) Manhasset Bay, between Barker Point and Hewlett abreast Bar Beach. The stacks of a powerplant are Point, affords excellent shelter for vessels of about 12 prominent. A private light is shown from the outer end feet or less draft, and is much frequented by yachts in of an unloading boom when the boom is in operation. the summer. The depths in the outer part of the bay An overhead power cable crossing from the powerplant range from 12 to 17 feet, and 7 to 12 feet in the inner to Bar Beach has a clearance of 90 feet. Depths of about part inside Plum Point. The extreme south end of the 8 to 10 feet are available at the Glenwood Landing bay is shallow with extensive mudflats. Depths of about wharves. 6 to 2 feet can be taken through a natural channel al- most to the head of the bay. A 5 mph speed limit is en- (361) A boatyard, reached only at high water, is at South forced. Glenwood Landing. Craft to 30 tons can be hauled out for minor hull repairs. (370) Waterborne commerce is in petroleum products, carried in vessels drawing 6 to 10 feet. (362) The mean range of tide is 7.3 feet. (371) General and special anchorages are in Manhasset (363) In the channel west of the breakwater the tidal cur- Bay. (See 110.1, 110.60 (g) through (j), and 110.155 rents are weak and variable. At Bar Beach the tidal cur- (a) (6) and (l), chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) rents have a velocity of about 0.8 knot through the The bottom is soft and affords good holding ground. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:15 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 335 (372) A seaplane restricted area is off Manorhaven. (See the water. A boat basin, partially enclosed by an 162.15, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) L-shaped pier, is at the point. In June 1981, the basin had reported depths of 10 to 13 feet. (373) The mean range of tide is 7.3 feet. (381) Little Neck Bay is entered between Kings Point and (374) Plum Point, is a low spit extending southward Willets Point, 1.2 miles to the south-southwestward. Depths are 10 to 12 feet in the entrance, decreasing from the eastern shore about 0.6 mile southward of gradually to the head, about 2 miles inland, where the Barker Point. An entrance buoy is about 150 yards bay divides into two branches which almost dry; there southward of Plum Point. The bight eastward of Plum are boulders in places close to the shores. Point is shoal. (382) The shores of Little Neck Bay are thickly settled, (375) Port Washington is a village with rail communica- and there are many private boat landings. A much used tion on the south side of a shoal bight about 1.2 miles anchorage, in depths of 2½ to 7 feet, is in the cove mid- southeastward of Plum Point. An apartment complex way along the east side of the bay. on Tom Point, 0.9 mile east of Plum Point, is promi- (383) A small-craft facility is on the west side of the bay. nent. Depths of about 8 feet can be carried in the Water, ice, and limited marine supplies are available. In buoyed approach from the lighted buoy off Plum Point June 1981, the facility had a reported depth of 4 feet to the docks at Port Washington, thence through the alongside. unmarked channel along the east side of the bight to its (384) General and special anchorages are in Little Neck north end northeastward of Tom Point. In 1979, shoal- Bay. (See 110.1, and 110.60 (k), and 110.155 (a)(7) ing to 1½ feet was reported in the approach to the and (l), chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) wharves east of Tom Point in about 40°50'04\"N., 73°42'17\"W. In June 1981, depths of 5 feet were re- (385) East River is a 14-mile-long tidal strait that con- ported on the north side of the town dock with 2 and 4 nects Long Island Sound with New York Upper Bay and feet on the west and south sides, respectively. Depths at separates the western end of Long Island from the New the other wharves are reported to range from 4 to 9 York mainland. The Sound entrance is between Throgs feet. Neck and Willets Point; the Upper Bay entrance is be- (376) There are extensive small-craft facilities at Port tween The Battery and Governors Island. Hell Gate, Washington and to the eastward and westward of Tom about halfway between Throgs Neck and The Battery, is Point at Manorhaven. (See the small-craft facilities tab- noted for its strong tidal currents. Harlem River ex- ulation on chart 12364 for services and supplies avail- tends northward from Hell Gate to the Hudson River. able.) Both sides of the East River, from The Battery to Port (377) Hewlett Point (40°50.3'N., 73°45.2'W.) is on the Morris, a distance of 9 miles, present an almost contin- west side of the entrance to Manhasset Bay. A boulder uous line of wharves except where shoals or currents reef, mostly bare at low water and marked by a lighted prevent access. buoy at its northern end, extends about 0.2 mile north- ward from the point. (386) A Federal project provides for main-channel depths (378) General and special anchorages are between of 35 feet from Throgs Neck to the inactive New York Hewlett Point and Elm Point, about 1.3 miles south- Naval Shipyard, about 2 miles from the western en- eastward of Stepping Stones Light. (See 110.1, 110.60 trance, and thence 40 feet to deep water in New York (j)(1), and 110.155 (a)(6) and (l), chapter 2, for limits Upper Bay. and regulations.) (379) Stepping Stones Light (40°49.5'N., 73°46.5'W.), 46 (387) Mariners transiting East River in the vicinity of feet above the water, is shown from a red brick struc- Rikers Island and/or South Brother Island Channel are ture on a granite pier, with a white horizontal band on advised of the following: the southwest face, 1.3 miles southwest of Hewlett Point. The Stepping Stones, a dangerous boulder reef (388) East River Main Channel Lighted Buoy 5 has been which dries in places, extend 0.8 mile southeastward established northeast of Rikers Island in 40°47'47\"N., from the light to the Long Island shore. In August 73°51'59\"W. to assure that no vessel penetration of air 1976, a submerged rock, covered 18 feet, was reported space exists over that portion of the East River which 100 yards west-northwestward of Stepping Stones coincides with the glide path of the Light. (380) Kings Point, marked by a private light, is 1.6 miles south-southwestward of Hewlett Point and is the site of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. The 172-foot unguyed steel flagpole at the academy is said to be the country’s tallest; the top of the pole is 216 feet above Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:15 PM

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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 337 northeast-southwest runway of La Guardia Airport. (397) See Pilotage, New York Harbor from Long Island Vessels with mast heights in excess of 125 feet shall Sound (indexed as such), chapter 11. pass 100 yards to the north of this buoy so as to avoid interference with the glide path. (398) Vessels intending to employ a tug should arrange (389) Vessels transiting South Brother Island Channel to do so before proceeding westward of Rikers Island. and using the turning basin at its southern terminus shall ballast prior to entry, and are cautioned that mast (399) Throgs Neck, on the northwest side of the entrance heights in excess of 125 feet may penetrate the glide to East River, is marked by a light, a stack, and a tall path to the northwest-southeast runway to La Guardia tank. Throgs Neck Light (40°48.3'N., 73°47.5'W.), 60 Airport. If mast heights cannot be lowered below 125 feet above the water, is shown from a skeleton tower feet, La Guardia Air Traffic Control Tower shall be noti- with a black and white diamond-shaped daymark on fied by telephone (212-779-0242) prior to terminal de- the outer end of the neck. The shoal ground which ex- parture or channel entry. tends 0.1 mile southward and eastward from the light is marked by a lighted bell buoy. (390) Several general and special anchorages are in East River. (See 110.1, 110.60, and 110.155, chapter 2, for (400) Fort Schuyler, on the outer end of Throgs Neck, is limits and regulations.) used as a base for the State University of New York Maritime College. The 550-foot-long wharf, on the (391) The mean range of tide in East River is 7.1 feet at southwest side of the fort, is used to moor the school’s Willets Point, 5.1 feet in Hell Gate, and 4.6 feet at The training ship. Depths of about 25 feet are reported Battery. (See the Tide Tables for daily predictions for alongside the face. The Battery.) (401) Throgs Neck Bridge, a highway suspension bridge (392) In East River the flood current sets eastward and with a channel clearance of 138 feet and 152 feet at the the ebb sets westward. Note: this is the direct opposite center, crosses East River from Throgs Neck to the of conditions in Long Island Sound where the flood is Long Island Shore. generally westward and the ebb eastward. (402) Willets Point, 0.7 mile southeastward across the (393) The velocity of current is 0.7 knot at Throgs Neck, entrance to East River from Throgs Neck, is marked by 1.6 knots at Port Morris, 4 knots in Hell Gate, 3 knots at Fort Totten, the granite walls of which are prominent. Brooklyn Bridge, and 1.5 knots north of Governors Is- Little Bay, westward of Willets Point, has general land. In Hell Gate (off Mill Rock) the velocity is 3.4 depths of 6 to 10 feet and is used by local small craft. knots for the eastward current and 4.6 knots for the Depths of about 9 feet can be taken in the buoyed chan- westward current. nel to the piers on the Little Bay side of Willets Point. Fort Totten Coast Guard Station is on the east side of (394) The direction and velocity of the currents are af- Little Bay at Fort Totten. fected by strong winds which may increase or diminish the periods of flood or ebb. The currents generally set (403) A general anchorage is in Little Bay. (See 110.1 with the channel, but heavy swirls are found in Hell and 110.155 (b)(2) and (1), chapter 2, for limits and Gate. regulations.) (395) (See the Tidal Current Tables for the daily predic- (404) The southern approach viaduct of the Throgs Neck tions of slack water and times and velocities of Bridge crosses the west part of Little Bay. The fixed strengths of currents in Hell Gate and at other places spans of the viaduct have a minimum clearance of 30 on the East River. feet. (396) In October 1991, tidal currents in Hell Gate were (405) In March 1996, a sunken wreck was west of Throgs reported to deviate significantly from official predic- Neck in 40°48'32\"N., 73°48'40\"W. tions published by the National Ocean Service. Mari- ners should exercise caution and discretion in the use (406) Whitestone Point, 2 miles westward of Willets of published tidal current predictions. Also, previously Point, is a small bluff marked by a light; a fog signal is available Tidal Current Charts for New York Harbor sounded at the light. The town of Whitestone is be- have been withdrawn. tween Little Bay and Whitestone Point. Several private boat clubs are at Whitestone. In June 1981, reported depths alongside the boat club docks ranged from ½ to 6 feet. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:16 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 338 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (407) The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge is a suspension (414) Clason Point (40°48.3'N., 73°50.9'W.) is on the structure that crosses East River from Old Ferry Point north side of East River about 3 miles west of Throgs on the Bronx side to a Long Island landing 0.4 mile Neck. Pugsley Creek, which empties into Westchester southwestward of Whitestone Point; the channel clear- Creek and East River along the east side of Clason ance is 135 feet. Point, is very shallow and should not be entered with- out local knowledge. Small boats anchor on the flats (408) In March 1989, a submerged obstruction was re- west of Clason Point. A flagstaff at the yacht club on ported in the East River just west of the Clason Point is prominent. Bronx-Whitestone Bridge in about 40°48.1'N., 73°50.1'W. (415) College Point is on the Long Island side of East River opposite Clason Point. College Point Reef, cov- (409) Powell Cove, between the Long Island end of the ered 6 feet and marked by a light, is 0.2 mile Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and Tallman Island, 0.6 mile north-northeastward of the point. to the westward, has general depths of 2 to 5 feet. Pier ruins are on the east side of the cove entrance. Tallman (416) The town of College Point is south of the point and Island, now joined to the Long Island shore, is marked on the east side of the entrance to Flushing Bay. The by the prominent tanks of a sewage-disposal plant. wharves on the west side of the town have depths alongside ranging from ½ to 10 feet. The shallow bight (410) Old Ferry Point is on the north side of East River 2 north of the town has depths of 2 to 5 feet and is used as miles westward of Throgs Neck. The bight between a small-boat anchorage. Several small-craft facilities Throgs Neck and Old Ferry Point affords anchorage, are at College Point. Marine railways to 45 feet, mobile with good holding ground, in depths of 15 to 35 feet; cranes to 35 tons, water, ice, marine supplies, storage, the water shoals abruptly from 18 feet, 0.3 mile from and hull and engine repairs are available. The mean shore, to depths of 4 to 5 feet. Several private landings range of tide at College Point is 6.5 feet. are on the north side of this bight. (417) Flushing Bay extends southeast between the town (411) Westchester Creek, on the north side of East River, of College Point and La Guardia Airport, 0.6 mile to the is entered through a dredged channel that leads north- southwest. Flushing Creek flows into the east side of ward through a shallow bight between Old Ferry Point the head of the bay. A dredged channel, marked by and Clason Point (chart 12339), 0.7 mile to the west- buoys and lights, extends from East River through the ward, to the head of navigation at Westchester, about bay to the mouth of the creek and thence upstream for 2.3 miles above the channel entrance. In December about 0.8 mile to the I.R.T. (Roosevelt Ave.) railroad 1991, the controlling depths were 10 feet (11 feet at bridge. A turning basin is on the west side of the midchannel) from the entrance to the Bruckner Ex- dredged channel west of the entrance to Flushing pressway bascule bridge, thence 5½ feet (11 feet at Creek. A small-craft anchorage area extends northwest midchannel) through the bascule and fixed bridges, from the turning basin. In June 2001, the controlling thence 9½ feet (11 feet at midchannel) to just below the depths were 12.4 feet (14.7 feet at midchannel) head of the project. The channel is buoyed to a point through the bay channel to the turning basin, thence about 1 mile above the entrance. Waterborne traffic on 11 to 15 feet in the turning basin and 4 to 5 feet in the the creek consists chiefly of petroleum products, sand anchorage basin, thence 11.4 feet at midchannel to the and gravel, and crushed rock. Northern Boulevard bridge, thence 1.2 feet was avail- able in the left inside quarter with shoaling to bare in (412) Several highway bridges, three fixed and one bas- the remainder of the channel to the I.R.T. railroad cule, cross Westchester Creek at Unionport, 1.5 miles bridge. Flushing Bay is mostly shallow, with depths of above the channel entrance. The Bruckner Expressway less than 6 feet outside the channel. bascule bridge has a clearance of 14 feet, and the fixed bridges have a least clearance of 52 feet. (See 117.1 (418) Depths of 8 to 14 feet are between the east side of through 117.59 and 117.815, chapter 2, for draw- the channel and the town of College Point. Small craft bridge regulations.) The bridgetender at the Bruckner anchor south of College Point in depths of 4 to 8 feet. Expressway bridge monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KX-8289. (419) General and special anchorages are in Flushing Bay. (See 110.1, 110.60 (1) through (1–2), (m) (413) There are small-craft facilities on the west side of through (m–2), and 110.155 (b–5), chapter 2, for the creek above Castle Hill Point and at Unionport. Wa- limits and regulations.) ter, limited marine supplies, and storage facilities are available; hull and engine repairs can be made. (420) A restricted area is in a portion of the southern part of the channel through Flushing Bay. (See 162.20, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:17 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 339 (421) A 0.6-mile-long dike, covered at high water and (429) The mean range of tide is 6.9 feet at Hunts Point marked at either end by a light, runs close along the and at Westchester Avenue Bridge. west side of the channel to within 0.3 mile of the head of the bay. (430) Bronx River is crossed by four bridges to East 172nd Street. Bruckner Expressway Bridge, 1.7 miles (422) The L-shaped pier at the head of Flushing Bay par- above the entrance, has a bascule span with a clearance tially encloses a small-boat basin. In March-April 1990, of 27 feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.771, depths of 6 to 10 feet, with shoaling to 2 feet near the chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) Westchester Av- western edge, were available in the turning basin just enue Bridge, 2 miles above the entrance, has a fixed west of the small-boat basin. Inside the small-boat ba- span with a clearance of 18 feet. The elevated railway sin, depths of about 7 feet were reported in June 1981. structure over Westchester Avenue Bridge has a fixed The marina to the westward has a reported depth of span with a clearance of 61 feet. The railroad bridge, 2.1 about 5 feet inside. Gasoline, diesel fuel, berths, elec- miles above the entrance, has a rolling-lift span with a tricity, water, ice, storage, and a 30-ton hoist are avail- clearance of 8 feet, but the draw is no longer opened. able; limited electronic and engine repairs can be (See 117.771(b), chapter 2, for drawbridge regula- made. tions.) The Bruckner Expressway Bridge is equipped with radiotelephone. The bridgetender can be con- (423) Ice generally obstructs navigation in Flushing Bay tacted on VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KX–8189. and Flushing Creek during a part of January and Feb- ruary. (431) Hunts Point is on the north side of East River about 4 miles west of Throgs Neck. A marginal wharf (424) The twin fixed Whitestone Expressway highway extends 0.3 mile northeastward from the point; depths bridges over Flushing Creek, 0.2 mile above the mouth, of 17 to 24 feet are reported alongside. Small craft an- have a clearance of 34 feet. The Northern Boulevard chor in depths of 9 to 17 feet on the flats east of the Bridge, 0.4 mile above the mouth, has a bascule span wharf. with a clearance of 25 feet. In September 1979, the Northern Boulevard Bridge was being converted to a (432) Rikers Island, in the middle of East River between fixed bridge; when completed the bridge will have a Hunts Point and La Guardia Airport, is partly occupied clearance of 35 feet. (See 117.783, chapter 2, for draw- by buildings of the Department of Correction of New bridge regulations.) The bridgetender monitors York. The island is about a mile long, southeast to VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KX–8192. northwest, and 0.6 mile wide. The larger part of the is- land, southeast of the buildings, is used as a trash (425) Flushing is on the east side of Flushing Creek. dump. Waterborne traffic consists chiefly of sand, gravel, crushed rock, and petroleum products. Drafts of in- (433) East River main channel, project depth 35 feet, bound and outbound vessels seldom exceed 12 feet. leads northward of Rikers Island. A much-used general Vessels must go directly to the marginal wharves be- anchorage, with depths of 21 to 30 feet, is between the cause the creek has no room for anchorage. south side of the channel and the flats off the north side of the island. (See 110.1 and 110.155 (b) (6) and (1), (426) The east entrance to Rikers Island Channel, be- chapter 2, for limits and regulations.) tween Rikers Island and the mainland, is obstructed by a lighted runway approach to La Guardia Airport. The (434) East River Main Channel Lighted Buoy 5 has been approach to Bowery Bay is from westward of Rikers Is- established northeast of Rikers Island in 40°47'47\"N., land. 73°51'59\"W. to assure that no vessel penetration of air space exists over that portion of the East River which (427) Bronx River, on the north side of East River, is en- coincides with the glide path of the north- tered through a dredged channel that leads east-southwest runway of La Guardia Airport. Vessels north-northwestward through a shallow bight between with mast heights in excess of 125 feet shall pass 100 Clason Point and Hunts Point, 1.1 miles to the west- yards to the north of this buoy so as to avoid interfer- ward, to the head of river navigation at East 172nd ence with the glide path. Street, about 2.3 miles above the channel entrance. The river is being filled in above 172nd Street. In June (435) North Brother Island, 0.3 mile northwest of Rikers 2001, the controlling depth was 3.1 feet (4.2 feet at Island, is occupied by the ruins of former municipal midchannel) to Westchester Avenue Bridge, thence 1.0 buildings. East River main channel leads northward foot (2.0 feet at midchannel) to East 172nd Street. The and westward of the island; a light marks the main channel is marked by buoys to a point about 0.6 mile channel side of the island. above the entrance. (428) Waterborne traffic on the Bronx River consists chiefly of sand, gravel, and crushed rock. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:17 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 340 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (436) The buoyed channel between North Brother Island approach as the channel is narrow, the bottom is rocky and South Brother Island, 0.1 mile to the southward, and uneven, and tidal currents are strong. has a controlling depth of about 25 feet. Shoaling to 16 (443) Lawrence Point, on the southeast side of East River feet exists on the south side of the channel in about 0.7 mile westward of Rikers Island, is occupied by an 40°47'54\"N., 73°53'47\"W. The channel is marked by a extensive gas and electric plant. A light marks the outer light off the north side of South Brother Island. The part of the ledge, partly bare at low water, which ex- channel is narrow and subject to strong currents and tends 0.3 mile northeastward from the point. should not be used by vessels of limited maneuverabil- (444) Randalls Island and Wards Island are on the north- ity. western side of East River between Port Morris and Hell Gate, separating that river from Harlem River, which is (437) A ledge, partly bare at low water, extends 0.2 mile described later. The islands provide recreational facili- southward from South Brother Island; the outer part of ties for the residents of the city of New York. the ledge is marked by a light. (445) Bronx Kill, which separates Randalls Island from Port Morris, is a narrow passage that extends westward (438) Port Morris, 0.2 mile westward across East River from the East River for about 0.6 mile to a dam. A fixed main channel from North Brother Island, has rail ter- railroad bridge with a clearance of 68 feet and a fixed minals to and from which car floats are taken through highway bridge with a clearance of 51 feet cross the East River. passage. Bronx Kill is navigable for about 0.2 mile from the Harlem River to the dam. (439) South Brother Island Channel, marked by lighted (446) Sunken Meadow is the reclaimed area now joined and unlighted buoys, leads from deep water east of to the northeast end of Wards Island and southeast end North Brother Island and along the west side of Rikers of Randalls Island. Island to a turning basin on the west side of Bowery (447) Little Hell Gate, which formerly separated Wards Bay. In 1997, the controlling depth was 32.8 feet in the Island from Randalls Island and formed a passage from entrance channel to the turning basin, thence 34.3 feet East River to Harlem River, has been mostly filled in in the turning basin. and together with Sunken Meadow joins Wards Island with Randalls Island. (440) Vessels transiting South Brother Island Channel (448) Hell Gate Bridge, which crosses East River from and using the turning basin at its southern terminus Wards Island to Long Island 7.1 miles from The Battery, shall ballast prior to entry, and are cautioned that mast has a fixed railroad span with a clearance of 134 feet. heights in excess of 125 feet may penetrate the glide (449) Negro Point is the southernmost point of Wards Is- path to the northwest-southeast runway to La Guardia land. Triborough Bridge, which crosses East River Airport. If mast heights cannot be lowered below 125 from Negro Point to Long Island 6.8 miles from The feet, La Guardia Air Traffic Control Tower shall be noti- Battery, has a highway suspension span with a clear- fied by telephone (212-779-0242) prior to terminal de- ance of 138 feet. In June 2002, the bridge was under re- parture or channel entry. construction; fixed workmen scaffolding has temporarily reduced the vertical clearance about 3 feet. (441) Bowery Bay, across Rikers Island Channel from (450) Holmes Rock and Hog Back are two bare rocks, Rikers Island, has depths of about 10 feet. A special an- which are on the eastern and northern parts, respec- chorage is in the west part of the bay. (See 110.1, tively, of a reef in the bight on the south side of Wards 110.60 (n) and 110.155 (b) (5) and (1), chapter 2, for Island westward of Negro Point. The western extremity limits and regulations.) A pipeline area is in the south- of this reef is marked by a light. east part of the anchorage area. A fixed highway bridge (451) Hallets Point, on the Long Island side of East River crosses Rikers Island Channel and Bowery Bay and about 0.3 mile southwestward of Negro Point, is connects Rikers Island with the Borough of Queens, marked by a light. There are main-channel depths close New York; clearance over the channel is 52 feet for a to the point. width of 125 feet. (452) Hell Gate is the part of East River between Wards Island and Roosevelt Island, 0.7 mile to the southwest. (442) Bowery Bay may be approached from the East River The crooked channel, the strong tidal currents, and the main channel from the northward through South heavy traffic in Hell Gate require extra caution on the Brother Island Channel and from the northwestward part of the navigator to avoid accident or collision. Ves- through a 100-yard-wide channel which leads between sels navigating Hell Gate on a rising tide sometimes the ledges that make off from Lawrence Point on the find it necessary to pass starboard-to-starboard because southwest and South Brother Island on the northeast. of the strong currents between Negro Point and Hallets The controlling depth in the 100-yard-wide channel is about 19 feet. Caution is advised in the northwestern Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:17 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Western Long Island Sound I Chapter 9 I 341 Point. This situation may arise when one of the vessels (459) The tidal currents in Harlem River run southward does not maneuver readily or is handling a tow. North- from Hudson River to East River while the east-going eastward of Negro Point and southwestward of Hallets current is running in Hell Gate; and the reverse. The Point, the customary port passings are made. south-going current in Harlem River is considered the (453) Mill Rock, on the northwestern side of the main flood. The times of slack water are subject to variations channel through Hell Gate, is 0.2 mile southwest of depending upon freshet conditions in Hudson River. Wards Island and the same distance northwest of The velocity of the current is 2 knots or more in the Hallets Point. The islet is marked by lights on its north narrower parts of the channel. (See the Tidal Current and south ends. Tables for predictions.) (454) Harlem River, which joins East River in Hell Gate (460) Roosevelt Island (Welfare Island), 1.6 miles long between Wards Island and Manhattan Island, extends and 0.1 mile wide, is in the middle of East River south- northward about 7 miles and connects with Hudson west of Hell Gate. A gray stone tower is on the north River through Spuyten Duyvil Creek. The channel end of the island, and a fountain, illuminated at night through Harlem River is narrow, tortuous, and naviga- during the summer, is on the south end of the island. ble only for powered vessels. By taking care to avoid several isolated 11- to 13-foot spots, a depth of about 14 (461) East River main channel, with project depth of 35 feet can be carried to the Hudson River; the chart is the feet, is on the west side of Roosevelt Island. The chan- guide. nel east of the island is narrower and has a controlling depth of about 23 feet. (455) Traffic is heavy in Harlem River. Vessels with heights too great to pass under the closed drawbridges (462) The currents in both channels off Roosevelt Island should make the passage against the current. are strong, and caution is advised while navigating in these areas. (456) There are more than a dozen draw and fixed bridges over Harlem River. The minimum clearance under (463) The 36th Avenue highway bridge which crosses the closed drawspans is 24 feet except at the railroad bridge eastern channel from Roosevelt Island to Long Island over the entrance from Hudson River where it is only 5 5.6 miles from The Battery has a vertical-lift span with feet. Clearance under raised vertical-lift spans exceed clearances of 40 feet down and 99 feet up. (See 117.1 100 feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.789, through 117.59 and 117.781, chapter 2, for draw- chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) Minimum bridge regulations.) The bridgetender monitors clearances under fixed bridges exceeds 100 feet at the VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KX–8184. center of the spans. (464) Queensboro Bridge, which crosses from (457) Four bridges over the Harlem River, the 103rd Manhattan Island to Roosevelt Island and thence to Street lift bridge, the Triborough lift bridge, the Park Long Island 5.0 miles from The Battery, has fixed spans Avenue lift bridge, and the Conrail swing bridge at with clearances of 131 feet over the main channel and Spuyten Duyvil, at 0.1 mile, 1 mile, and 1.7 miles, and 133 feet over the eastern channel. An overhead cable 6.7 miles, respectively, above the entrance, are car with overhead power cables crosses the main chan- equipped with radiotelephones. The bridgetenders nel immediately north of the bridge. The low point of monitor VHF-FM channel 13; call signs KIL-820, travel of the cabin is not less than 135 feet. KGW-326, and KA-5059, and KU-9797, respectively. The Conrail bridge is maintained in the open position except for the passage of trains or for maintenance. (458) The mean range of tide in Harlem River is 5.1 feet (465) Roosevelt Island Reef (Welfare Island Reef), with in Hell Gate and 3.6 feet at the entrance from Hudson bare islets, rocks awash, and submerged rocks, extends River. 0.3 mile southwestward from the island. Belmont Is- land, near the southwest end of the reef, is marked by a light. Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:17 PM

Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 342 I Chapter 9 I Western Long Island Sound (466) Newtown Creek is entered on the eastern side of bridgetenders at the Greenpoint Avenue and Metropol- East River 3.6 miles from The Battery. The creek ex- itan Avenue bridges monitor channel 13; call signs tends 3.3 miles eastward and southward and has several KX–8182 and KX–8179, respectively. (See 117.1 short tributaries or basins. Traffic is fairly heavy and through 117.59 and 117.801, chapter 2, for draw- consists chiefly of petroleum products, sand, gravel, bridge regulations.) and crushed rock; drafts of vessels navigating the creek (473) Grand Avenue Bridge, which crosses East Branch, seldom exceed 15 feet. has a swing span with a clearance of 8 feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.801, chapter 2, for draw- (467) Tributary basins are Dutch Kills, on the north side bridge regulations.) The bridgetender can be contacted of Newtown Creek 0.8 mile from East River; Whale on VHF-FM channel 13; call sign KX–8187. Creek, on the south side opposite Dutch Kills; Maspeth Creek, on the east side 2.2 miles from East River; East (474) From abreast the entrance to Newtown Creek, the Branch, on the east side 2.5 miles from the river; and 35-foot-project main channel of East River crosses English Kills, which extends westward and southward from the west side of the river to the east side. Depths of from the East Branch entrance and forms the last 0.8 24 feet extend as much as 0.2 mile from the piers on the mile of Newtown Creek. west side. Poorhouse Flats Lighted Range (Front Light; 40°43.5'N., 73°57.8'W.), bearing 161°, is on the (468) A Federal project provides for a 23-foot channel in Brooklyn side of the river and marks the best water in Newtown Creek from the East River to and in a turning the crossover. basin about 240 yards above the Kosciuszko Memorial Bridge, thence 20 feet in East Branch and in English (475) Williamsburg Bridge, which crosses East River 2 Kills to the Metropolitan Avenue bridge, and thence 12 miles northeast of The Battery, has a suspension span feet in English Kills to the head of the project at with a clearance of 133 feet. Montrose Avenue. (See Notice to Mariners and latest edition of chart for controlling depths.) (476) The site of the inactive New York Naval Shipyard is in Wallabout Bay, on the Brooklyn side of East River 1.7 (469) The mean range of tide in Newtown Creek is 4.1 miles northeast of The Battery. feet. The tidal current is weak and variable. (477) Manhattan Bridge, which crosses East River 1 mile (470) Pulaski Bridge, which crosses Newtown Creek 0.5 northeast of The Battery, has a suspension span with a mile above the mouth, has a bascule span with a clear- clearance of 134 feet. The clearance under the mainte- ance of 39 feet at the fenders and 46 feet at the center. nance platform installed at the west channel edge is The bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13; call 115 feet. sign KX–8178. (478) Brooklyn Bridge, which crosses East River 0.7 mile (471) Dutch Kills, which is about 0.5 mile long, is northeast of The Battery, has a suspension span with a crossed by the following drawbridges: Long Island Rail- clearance of 127 feet. road bridge, Borden Avenue bridge, and Hunters Point Avenue bridge. Minimum clearance under the closed (479) East River Deepwater Lighted Range (Front Light; drawspans is 2 feet. (See 117.1 through 117.59 and 40°41.9'N., 74°00.1'W.), bearing 078°, is on the Brook- 117.801, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.) In lyn side of the river and marks the best water in the July 2002, Long Island Railroad bridge was reported in- 40-foot-project main channel which leads from deep operable as a swing bridge and closed to vessel traffic. water in New York Upper Bay to the East River. The Clearance under the fixed bridge is 83 feet. range line passes about midway between The Battery and Governors Island, 0.5 mile to the southward. (472) Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, 1.1 miles above the mouth of Newton Creek, has a bascule span with a (480) The channel between The Battery and Governors clearance of 24 feet at the fenders and 30 feet at the cen- Island is very congested and subject to strong currents. ter. Kosciusko Memorial Bridge, 1.8 miles from the Caution should be exercised while navigating in the mouth, has a fixed span with a clearance of 125 feet. area. Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, which crosses English Kills 3 miles from the mouth of Newtown Creek, has a bascule span with a clearance of 10 feet at the center. Montrose Avenue Bridge, at the head of English Kills, has a swing span with a clearance of 4 feet. The Coast Pilot 2 - 32nd Ed. Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:05:17 PM

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