Harbour

Bristol Yacht Club

Name: Bristol Yacht Club
Address: Bristol, US
Telephone: +14012532922

Bristol, United StatesRhode Island

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Type: Harbour

Yacht club at Bristol, near the geographic centre of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with a mooring field open to visiting cruisers.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

The mooring field forms a broad semicircle east of the club dock, in good depth with holding reported as reliable. Hail the launch on VHF channel 68 for a mooring assignment on arrival.

Practical

Visitors get free launch service to the docks, grounds, clubhouse and downtown Bristol. Heads and showers open round the clock, a playground, gas barbecue and picnic areas. The town harbourmaster runs a pump-out service to the moorings. Reservations through Dockwa.

History

Bristol holds the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States, with a Fourth of July parade running since 1785. The town was home to the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, builder of several America's Cup defenders.