Elizabeth Islands: Cuttyhunk, Tarpaulin Cove and Hadley Harbor

10 places · Cape Cod and the Islands

A chain of private islands between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, a day from Newport. Cuttyhunk at the end, with its basin and moorings stormed at weekends; Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon, a beach anchorage sheltered from the south-west; Hadley Harbor opposite Woods Hole, the best protected of all. Quicks Hole and Robinsons Hole carry 3 knots of stream.

1. Ethomsen
   1Anchorage· US·4.8

   Cuttyhunk Pond

   Enclosed pond at the western end of Cuttyhunk Island, the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts.

   • Water
   • Buoys

   41.4260, -70.9263See on the chart →
2. 2Anchorage· US·5.0

   Tarpaulin Cove

   Open anchorage on the Vineyard Sound side of Naushon Island, in the Elizabeth Islands of Massachusetts.

   41.4765, -70.7554See on the chart →
3. 3Anchorage· US·4.6

   Bull Island

   Anchorage at Bull Island in Hadley Harbour, at the eastern end of Naushon Island in the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts, on a mud bottom.

   41.5114, -70.7032See on the chart →
4. Giorgio Galeotti
   4Harbour· Falmouth, US

   Woods Hole Yacht Club

   Private members' club in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, on the south-west tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

   41.5272, -70.6759See on the chart →
5. Giorgio Galeotti
   5Anchorage· US·5.0

   Great Harbor

   Mooring field in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, the village at the south-western tip of Cape Cod, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

   • Water
   • Buoys

   41.5262, -70.6816See on the chart →
6. 6Anchorage· US·5.0

   Penzance bay

   Anchorage in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, off the south-west tip of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Penzance Point.

   41.5310, -70.6769See on the chart →
7. Jules Verne Times Two
   7Anchorage· US·5.0

   The Knob

   Anchorage off the Knob, a granite promontory at the entrance to Quissett Harbour near Woods Hole on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

   • Water
   • Buoys

   41.5403, -70.6572See on the chart →
8. 8Anchorage· US·5.0

   Menemsha Bight

   Anchorage in Menemsha Bight on the north-west shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, about 2.5 miles east of Gay Head, with a mud bottom.

   41.3538, -70.7761See on the chart →
9. Balon Greyjoy
   9Harbour· Mattapoisett, US·3.8

   Mattapoisett Boatyard

   Full-service boatyard on the north side of Mattapoisett Harbour, a sheltered inlet on the north shore of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

   41.6528, -70.7990See on the chart →
10. 10Anchorage· US·4.9

    Onset Bay

    Anchorage in Onset Bay on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, just west of the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Onset.

    • Buoys

    41.7352, -70.6512See on the chart →

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