Casco Bay and the Midcoast: Portland to Port Clyde

12 places · Maine

From Portland, 365 islands in Casco Bay including Jewell Island and its bunkers, then the ragged Midcoast: Harpswell, the Kennebec river up to Bath, Boothbay Harbor, Christmas Cove, Pemaquid, Monhegan offshore and Port Clyde. A harbour every 5 miles, visitor moorings almost everywhere, and 2 to 3 knot streams in the rivers.

1. 1Harbour· Portland, US

   Portland Yacht Services

   Full-service boatyard and shipyard on Portland's working waterfront, Maine, at 100 West Commercial Street, founded in 1981.

   43.6433, -70.2640See on the chart →
2. Peter Dutton from Forest Hills, Queens, USA
   2Harbour· South Portland, US·4.6

   Sunset Marina

   Full-service marina at 231 Front Street in South Portland, on the western shore of Portland Harbour, Maine.

   43.6495, -70.2422See on the chart →
3. Dougtone
   3Anchorage· US·4.7

   Casco bay

   Anchorage in Casco Bay, Maine, among the islands east of Portland and within reach of Chebeague Island.

   43.6868, -70.0916See on the chart →
4. Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA
   4Anchorage· US·5.0

   Harpswell harbor - Stover's point bay

   Anchorage off Stover's Point in Harpswell, Maine, set among the islands of Casco Bay on a mud bottom.

   43.7580, -70.0059See on the chart →
5. Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA
   5Harbour· Boothbay Harbor, US

   Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

   Yacht club on the west side of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with one of the better protected mooring fields on the coast.

   43.8471, -69.6439See on the chart →
6. 6Anchorage· US·5.0

   South Bristol Harbor

   Anchorage in The Gut, the narrow tidal passage that separates Rutherford Island from the mainland at South Bristol, Maine.

   43.8589, -69.5644See on the chart →
7. 7Harbour· South Bristol, US

   Gamage Shipyard

   Historic shipyard and marina on a peninsula at The Gut, South Bristol, Maine, between John's Bay and the Damariscotta River.

   43.8619, -69.5609See on the chart →
8. Rorythomasoconnor
   8Anchorage· US·4.7

   Monhegan

   Mooring buoys in Monhegan Harbour, off Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine, about 12 nautical miles from the mainland. Mixed rock, weed and mud bottom.

   • Water
   • Buoys

   43.7679, -69.3189See on the chart →
9. Dennis G. Jarvis
   9Anchorage· US·5.0

   Port Clyde North

   Anchorage at the southern tip of the St. George peninsula in mid-coast Maine, on a mud bottom with good holding.

   • Water

   43.9306, -69.2681See on the chart →
10. Nancy
    10Anchorage· US·4.5

    Kittery Point

    Mooring and anchorage area at Pepperrell Cove, just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River in southern Maine.

    • Buoys

    43.0811, -70.7066See on the chart →
11. Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA
    11Harbour· Biddeford, US·4.8

    Biddeford Pool Yacht Club

    Private yacht club at Biddeford Pool on the southern Maine coast, with guest moorings open to transient boats for a fee.

    43.4466, -70.3558See on the chart →
12. 12Anchorage· US·5.0

    Sheepsco River

    Anchorage on the Sheepscot River in midcoast Maine, on a mud bottom, sheltered from north through to south-east.

    43.8641, -69.6714See on the chart →

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