188 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 1, Chapter 6 Chapter 1, Pilot Coast U.S. 68°30'W 68°W Chart Coverage in Coast Pilot 1—Chapter 6 NOAA’s Online Interactive Chart Catalog has complete chart coverage MAINE http://www.charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml AY 13312 N B T O S N K I AU L L T I N G S R I 13316 V E R N A R 44°30'N R A U G U N A I B AY G O R S D E U N A N F L S R B I A V Y Blue Hill E R 13323 Winter Harbor B A Y Bar Harbor Petit Manan Island Desert Mount Island F R E 13322 N C Northeast Harbor H Schoodic Head B L U M E Southwest Harbor H I A L L N B A E G Y 13321 B G E A M O Y G G I N 13324 R E A C H 13315 13318 Y A B O H Swans Island C I R E J 13315 Long Island I S L E Marshall Island A U H Isle au Haut GULF OF MAINE A U T B A Y 44°N 13313 13312 19 SEP2021 19 SEP 2021 U.S. Coast Pilot 1, Chapter 6 ¢ 189 Petit Manan Island to Jericho Bay, Maine (1) the west side of the ledge. Broken ground, and several ENC - US4ME30M unmarked ledges, are in the vicinity of Moulton Ledge; Chart - 13312 vessels should avoid this area. An 18-foot spot, 0.6 mile to the southward; a 23-foot rocky shoal, 0.3 mile to the southeastward; and Stone Horse Ledge, covered 11 feet (2) The coast between Petit Manan Point and Jericho Bay is indented by Frenchman Bay, Blue Hill Bay and about 0.8 mile to the northward, are all unmarked. numerous smaller bays and harbors. Mount Desert (12) Dyer Bay, westward of Petit Manan Point, has Island, between Frenchman and Blue Hill Bays, is excellent anchorage in depths of 20 to 42 feet. The mountainous and is the highest land feature on the coast entrance, 3.3 miles northwestward of Petit Manan Light, of Maine. The summits are rounded, and several of them and the bay channel are unmarked and seldom used except are nearly the same height, making it difficult to identify by small local vessels. A group of ledges and rocks, with individual peaks at a distance. narrow and deep passages between them, extends from the westward partway across Dyer Bay entrance. (3) Acadia National Park comprises the greater part of the southern half of Mount Desert Island, particularly (13) A good passage nearly 0.5 mile wide is between Petit the mountainous areas and the lower half of Schoodic Manan Point and The Castle (44°24.4'N., 67°55.2'W.), Peninsula on the eastern side of Frenchman Bay, the easternmost bare ledge. One mile above The Castle including the scenic Schoodic Point, and part of Isle au the channel narrows to a width of 250 yards because of Haut. Schoodic Mountain, about 16 miles northward of rocks and ledges that extend out from both shores and are Schoodic Point, is visible for a good distance off the coast. covered 8 to 11 feet. Above this the channel widens to 0.5 mile and then narrows gradually to 400 yards westward (4) Mount Desert Rock, 17.5 miles southward of Mount Desert Island and 11.5 miles outside of the nearest of Sheep Island, 3.3 miles north of The Castle. The least island, is a rocky islet about 20 feet high. depth in midchannel is about 18 feet, but a stranger should not attempt to enter at low water with a vessel drawing (5) Mount Desert Light (43°58'07"N., 68°07'42"W.), 75 feet above the water, is shown from a 65-foot conical more than 8 feet. gray granite tower on the rock. A sound signal at the (14) Strangers can enter Dyer Bay with the aid of the chart light is operated by keying the microphone five times in clear weather in the daytime. Local knowledge should consecutively on VHF-FM channel 83A. be obtained before attempting it at any other time, as there are many fish weirs covered at or near high water. (6) Columbia Ledge, 0.7 mile southward of the rock, is covered 18 feet and unmarked. (15) Tidal currents are strong in the entrance of Dyer Bay but follow the general direction of the channel except near (7) Dyer Point, on the west side of the entrance, where they COLREGS Demarcation Lines set in and out of Gouldsboro Bay. (8) The lines established for this part of the coast are (16) The Castle; Bonney Chess Ledge, 300 yards west of described in 33 CFR Part 80.105, chapter 2. The Castle; and Little Ledge, 0.5 mile west of The Castle, (9) are bare and lack distinguishing marks. Yellow Birch ENC - US5ME51M Head, on the east side of Dyer Bay near the entrance and Chart - 13324 0.7 mile northeastward of The Castle, is a high bare bluff. (17) Stanley Cove and Yeaton Cove indent the west side (10) The bight between Petit Manan Bar and Schoodic of Dyer Bay, 0.7 mile and 1.5 miles northward of Dyer Peninsula is the approach to Dyer Bay, Gouldsboro Bay Point, respectively. A commercial lobster pound with and Prospect Harbor. Local fishermen are the principal service wharf is in each cove. Another lobster pound with users of these waters. Vessels should use caution when service wharf is in the unnamed cove, 0.5 mile eastward crossing broken areas where the charted depth does of the north end of Sheep Island. Gasoline is available at not considerably exceed the vessel’s draft. The most the wharves, which dry at low water. important village is Prospect Harbor. Gouldsboro and (18) Carrying Place Cove extends southeastward from Steuben can be reached by small craft at high water. Dyer Bay north of Sheep Island. The head of the cove, (11) Moulton Ledge, off the entrance to Dyer and 300 yards from Pigeon Hill Bay, is soft mud and dries at Gouldsboro Bays and 3 miles westward of Petit Manan low water. Light, is awash at low water. A lighted bell buoy marks (19) Pinkham Bay, at the head of Dyer Bay, has numerous rocks and ledges. A narrow crooked channel with a depth 190 ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 1, Chapter 6 19 SEP 2021 of 7 feet leads for some distance toward the head of the extending 200 yards northeastward from Eastern Island. bay which dries at low water. The channel is about 75 yards wide between the 30-foot (20) Dyer Harbor, a shallow bight in the upper part of curves, and the controlling depth is about 28 feet. The Dyer Bay, is dry at low water. It is located about 0.6 mile tidal currents have a velocity of 2 to 3 knots at strength northwest of Sheep Island and just westward of Goods through these passages, and in Eastern Way they set Point. There is a pier in the cove on the west side of diagonally. Goods Point, with 2 feet of water at the head. (27) (21) Gouldsboro Bay, separated from Dyer Bay by Dyer Routes Neck, is 4 miles northwestward of Petit Manan Light (28) Approaching Gouldsboro Bay from eastward and and 6 miles northeastward of Schoodic Island. Excellent entering through Eastern Way from off the fairway bell anchorage may be had in depths of 12 to 54 feet. The buoy southward of Petit Manan Light, steer 310° for 4.5 bay is the approach to the villages of Gouldsboro and miles until abeam of the southern tip of Eastern Island, Steuben, 6.5 and 7 miles, respectively, above the entrance. bearing 040°, distant 550 yards, then steer 000° through However, the approaches are unmarked and used only by the passage. The tidal currents set across this course with small craft at high water. considerable velocity with the flood northeastward and (22) Ice obstructs navigation in the bay from December to ebb southwestward. Change course as necessary to pass March. In severe winters the bay is closed to the entrance. midway between Eastern Island and Bald Rock. When Clusters of piling in the bay, the remains of old fish weirs, inside the islands, steer 300° until abeam of the south tip are hazardous to small craft. It has been reported that most of Youngs Point, then stand up the middle of the bay. The of the weirs can be avoided by remaining in the middle water shoals gradually toward the head, and anchorage of the bay. can be had anywhere between the entrance and Point (23) Sally Islands, a chain of small islands and ledges, Francis by giving the shores a berth of at least 500 yards. extend across the entrance to Gouldsboro Bay. Included (29) Approaching from westward and entering through in the Sally Islands are Eastern Island, grassy with tree Eastern Way, from the lighted bell buoy off Schoodic stumps and 0.5 mile southward of Dyer Neck; Bald Rock Island, steer 046° for 4.4 miles, passing 0.4 mile with sparse grass on it, 700 yards westward of Eastern southeastward of Little Black Ledge to a position where Island; Sally Island, rocky, with grass on top and a Cranberry Point is in line with Prospect Harbor Point small cottage and two lone trees on its northerly side just Light.