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Sailing Directory for the Coast of the United States, Between Boston And SAILINC DIRECTIONS ' * FOK THt I'HE ITED STATES, BOSTON AND THE "MISSISSIPPI, THE GULF OF FLORIDA THE COA- TO HAVANA. LOXDOX : PUBLISHED BY R. H. LAURIE, FLEET bTl'.KET. UCSB LIBRARY y^ (sfr-kS**) SAILING DIRECTORY FOR THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, BETWEEN BOSTON AND THE MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING THE GULF OF FLORIDA, AND THE COAST OF CUBA TO HAVANA. TO ACCOMPANY THE' CHAKT. BY ALEXANDER GEORGE FINDLAY, Fellow of ttve Royal Geographical Society. LONDON : PUBLISHED FOR RICHARD HOLMES LAURIE, 53, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1873. PART I. BOSTON TO CHAELESTON. CONTENTS. VAOR NOTE ON THE BKARING3 AND VARIATION'S OF THE CoMPASK, 1875 1 SECTION I. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. off 2 St. 2 Cashe's 4 BANKS and SHOALS Cape Cod, &c., ; George's Banks, ; Ledge, ; the Fippenies and Stellwagon's Bank o 6 23 and Thatcher's Island 6 Lon- MASSACHUSETTS BAY, ; Cape Ann Lighthouses, ; 6 Baker's Island 8 doner Rock, ; Gloucester Harbour, 7 ; Lighthouses, ; 10 Manchester and Beverly, ; Salem, 11; Marblehead, 12; Nahant, 13, 14; 19 20 21 Boston, 1419 ; Scituate, &c., ; Plymouth, ; Barnstable, ; Well- fleet 22 22 and Cape Cod Peninsula, ; Highlands Light, ; Cape Cod Harbour and Provincetown , 23 EASTERN OF CAPE COD 25 Chatham 26 COAST PENINSULA, ; Harbour, ; Monomoy Island, 26 ; Butler's Hole 27 28 42 28 NANTCCKET AND VINEYARD SOUNDS, ; Nantucket Island, ; Martha's 29 29 Nantucket 29 33 Vineyard, ; Sankaty Head Light, ; Shoals, ; Nan- tacket 33 3-5 36 Directions for Harbour, ; Edgar Town, ; Hyannis Harbour, ; Xantucket Sound 38 39 42 ; Head 40 42 Vineyard Sound, Gay Light, ; Nobsque Light, ; Buzzard's 43 44 45 Bay, ; New Bedford, &c., ; Mattapoiset , 46 or Island 48 ; Rhode Island, ; Newport Rhode Harbour, 47 ; Narraganset Bay, 48 Point Judith and Lighthouse, ; Block Island Lights 49 iv CONTENTS. PAOK LONG ISLAND AND 50 Block Island SOUND, 5075 ; Montauk Point and Light, ; 50 Gardiner's Island Island Sound, ; and Bay, 51-2; Greenport, 53; Plum 53 Gull Islands and 54 the 54 Fisher's Lighthouse, ; Lighthouse, ; Race, ; Island and Sound, 56; Stonington, 58; New London, 59; Bartlett's Reef and 61 Connecticut River and 61 Falkner's Island Lightvessel, ; Saybrook, ; and 62 63 Stratford Point 64 Lighthouse, ; New Haven, ; Light, ; Bridgeport, 64; Black Rock Harbour, 65; Penfield's Reef and Light, 65; Norwalk 65 Sheffield Island and 66 66 Hun- Islands, ; Light, ; Captain's Islands, ; 68 Riyer tington Bay, 67 ; Hempstead, ; East and Hell Gate, 6972 ; Gene- ral Directions for Island 72 South 74 ; Long Sound, ; Long Island, Coast, Pondquogue and Fire Island Lights 74- 1^ NEW YORK HARBOUR, 7684; Highlands of Navesink and Sandy Hook Lights, 76; Lights and Channels, 77; Tides, 78; Directions, 79; General Direc- tions for approacning New York 80- S I SECTION II. SANDY HOOK TO CHARLESTON. and Little 85 and Great Five Barnegat Egg Harbour, ; Absecum Egg Harbour, 87 ; Fathom Bank 8S BAY AND 88 94 and 89 DELAWARE RIVER, ; Cape May Cape Henlopen Lights, ; 89 Channels and 90 92 Shoals on the North side, ; Directions. ; Cohansey, ; 93 93 94 Blake's Channel, ; Wilmington, ; Philadelphia 94 98 Island 94 COASTS OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND, ; Fenwick's Lighthouse, ; 95 Winter Quarter Shoal and Lightvessel, ; Assateague Island Lighthouse, 95 96 Smith's 96 95 ; Cnincoteague Shoals, ; Metompkin Harbour, ; Island, ; 96 ''S Directions, Delaware to the Chesapeake, ; the Capes of Virginia , CHESAPEAKE BAY AND RIVERS, 98 112; Cape Charles and Cape Henry Light- 99 in the entrance of the 100 Shoals in the houses, ; Lights Chesapeake, 99, ; 100 Roads and 101 Directions for en- entrance, ; Lynhaven Hampton Roads, ; 102 or to York 103 to Mob- tering, ; Cape Henry, Lynhaven Bay, River, ; or 104 Point Comfort to the jack New Comfort Bay, ; New Rappahannock to and Potomac Rivers, 104 ; Potomac to the River Patuxent, 106 ; Patuxent 108 112 to River 1 1 '1 Annapolis and Baltimore, ; Susquehanna CAPE HENRY TO CHARLESTON, 113126; Body Island and Light, 113; Cape Hat- teras and Light, 113, 114; Hatteras Shoals and Cove, 114, 115; Hatteras and 116 Lookout Inlet, 116 ; Albemarle Pumplico Sounds, ; Cape Lighthouse Beaufort 117 118 119 and Shoals, 117 ; Harbour. ; Wilmington, ; New Inlet, ; Cape Fear and Frying Pan Shoals, 119; Cape Fear River, 120; Winyah 121 Roman and 123 Bull's Bay and Georgetown, ; Cape Lighthouse Shoals, ; 124 Charleston 1 '_'> Bay and Rattlesnake Shoals, ; Remarks on the Winds, &c., on the Coast of South Carolina 1 26 127 Alphabetical Index ..'O.NTKNT* T SKrTluX III. CHARLESTON TO HAVANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI. F..OE CHAKLBSTGN TO CAPE FLORIDA, 127 US; Pilots, 127; North Edisto Inlet, 127; St. Helena Sound, 128; Port Royal, 129; Tybee Inlet and Sa- 131 Observations on tha of South 134 ; vannah, ; Winds, &c., Carolina, Great Warsaw Sound, 134; Ossabaw Sound, 135; St. Catharine's Sound, Darieu 136 St. 137 : St. 135; Doboy or Inlet, ; Simon's, Andrew's, 138; St. Mary's, 139; Ft-rnandina, 139; Nassau, 140; St. John's, 140; St. 141 143; Indian River 143 ; Augustine, ; Cape Canaveral, Inlet, Jupiter, Orenville, Hilsboro', and New River Inlets, 144; Cape Florida, 145; Fowey Rocks Lighthouse 1 4-5 145 145 148 The FLORIDA REEKS AND KAYS, ; General Description, ; Light- 148 houses and Beacons on the Florida ReetV, 152 ; Harbours and An- chorages on the Florida Reefs, 1-52 160; Lejjare Anchorage, 152; Bahia Honda, 153; Kay West, 153; Marquesas Kays, 157; the Tor- tugas 138 DIRECTIONS FOB FLORIDA STRAIT 1 60 The GULF STI.EAM 161163 The BAHAMA BANKS, 164; Little Bahama Bank, 164; Maternillo Reefs, 164; Providence N.W. 165 ; Great Bahama 165 Channel, Bank, ; Gun Kay and 166 Salt or Sal Bank 167 Lighthouse, ; Kay Kay 168 Port 168 NORTH COAST OT CUBA, ; Sagua La Grande, ; Bahia de Cadiz 169 The of Cardenas 171 ; 171 ; Harbour Kay, ; Bay, Matanzas, Havana 173175 The COAST OF FLORIDA, &c., 176; The Tortugas Bank, 176; Chatham Bay, 1.76; Charlotte Harbour, 177: Tampa Bay, 177; Cedar Kays, 179; St. Mark's, 181; St. George's Sound, 182; Apalachicola, 183; Cape San Bias, 164; St. Joseph's Bay, 184; Sta. Rosa Bay, 185; Pensacola Bay, 186; Mobile, 188; Mississippi Sound, 191; Ship Island, 192; Biloxi 192 Chandeleur 193 River 193 Bay, ; Islands, ; Mississippi, ; Pasa al'Outre, 194; N.E. Pass, 195; S.E. or Balize Pass, 195; South Pasa and 195 S.W. 196 196 ; Directions for Jetties, ; Pass, ; Pilots, Approach- ing the Mississippi 1 9 - AFPKNDIX Cautionary Weather Signals 198 C. S. Part I. Insertion, THE EASTERN COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. *.* THROUGHOUT THIS WORK, THE GIVEN* LONGITUDE IS THE LONGITUDE FROM GREENWICH. THE BEARINGS ANI> COURSES ARE THOSE IJY COMPASS, UNLESS WHERE OTHERWISE EXPRESSED: BUT THOSE GIVEN THUS [ W.S. W.~\ SIGNIFY THE GIVEN DIRECTION OF THE TRUE ; AND WlND, TlDE, AMD CURRENT, IS ALWAYS TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE TRUE. THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, 1875. Off 11 20' W. ; 11 15' IP 45' Boston, Plymouth, W.; Cape Cod, W. ; Vineyard 10 45' Nantucket South 10 20' W. Rhode 9 45' W. ; Sound, ; Shoal, Island, W. ; D East entrance to Island 9 W. ; New 8 50' Long Sound, London, W. ; Sandy entrance to York 7 W. 5 10' Hook, New Harbour, ; Cape May, W. ; Mouth of 4" 45' W. Entrance to 2 45' Delaware Bay, ; Chesapeake Bay, W. ; Cape Hatteras, 2 15' 1 20' W. no variation ; Charleston W. ; Cape Lookout, ; Cape Fear, Harbour, 1" 40' East. 2 30' E. ; 3 10' E. 3 Savannah River, Cape Canaveral, ; Cape Florida, 20' E. ; 4 10' E. New 20' E. Cay West, ; Orleans, T SECTION I. BOSTON TO NEW YOEK. THE descriptions of the Coasts of the United States which succeed, are derived from, and are made to accord with, the fine series of charts drawn up by the officers of the United States Coast Survey. This great work was determined on in 1807, but was not properly commenced till ten years later, under Mr. F. R. Hassler, who continued it for many years. In 1842 a new plan was organized under Professor A. D. Bache, who, as is well known, continued it far towards completion. The elaborate charts of the coasts and harbours, which were published by the Hydrographic Bureau at Washington, contained generally, besides the topographical and hydrographic details, brief sailing directions applicable to its area. To these attached notes we are largely indebted for the subsequent directions. The chart and its plans have been faithfully reduced from the same authorities. U. S.Part I. B BANKS AND SHOALS OFF CAPE COD, ETC. The approach to the north-eastern portion of the United States is somewhat em- barrassed by dangerous banks, of which the shoal spots on the Great George Bank are the outermost, and which lie at 100 miles eastward of the peninsula of Cape Cod. These and others to the E.N.E. of Boston Bay require much caution, and therefore the following notices are necessary to be attended to. ST. GEOEGE'S BANE. This bank was very little known until it was regu- larly surveyed in 1821, by the United States schooner Science, and the sloop Orbit, under the orders of Captain Isaac Hall. The following description is a copy of his report : There are properly four shoals on St. George's Bank ; the whole of them are in- cluded between the lat. of 4T 34' and 4P 53' 30', and long. 67' 18' and 67 59'. Between them are from 15 to 35 fathoms of Avater. The largest, and on which, is the greatest danger, is the most southerly and west- erly. It is somewhat triangular, with a long and narrow spit, making out from the S.E. angle. The' S.E. point is in lat.
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