Bookletchart™ Mount Hope Bay NOAA Chart 13226

BookletChart™ Mount Hope Bay NOAA Chart 13226

A reduced-scale NOAA nautical chart for small boaters When possible, use the full-size NOAA chart for navigation.

Included Area Published by the Somerset, about 5.3 miles, and Dighton, about 7.5 miles above the Fall River, are towns on the west side of Taunton River. Taunton, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration manufacturing city, is at the head of navigation about 12.5 miles above National Ocean Service Fall River. Office of Coast Survey Mount Hope Bridge crosses the entrance to Mount Hope Bay between Bristol Point and Rhode Island. The bridge has two lighted towers which www.NauticalCharts.NOAA.gov are visible for many miles in clear weather and a racon. It is a high-level 888-990-NOAA suspension highway bridge with a clearance of 135 feet. Mount Hope is a prominent hill on the western side of the bay 2 miles What are Nautical Charts? northeastward of the suspension bridge. The eastern and western slopes are wooded. Spar Island is a small, low island near the center of Nautical charts are a fundamental tool of marine navigation. They show Mount Hope Bay. water depths, obstructions, buoys, other aids to navigation, and much Borden Flats, the shoal area northward of the channel in Fall River more. The information is shown in a way that promotes safe and Harbor, is marked by a light equipped with a sound signal. efficient navigation. Chart carriage is mandatory on the commercial Three shallow streams that empty into the northern part of Mount Hope ships that carry America’s commerce. They are also used on every Navy Bay are entered only by local small craft. Kickamuit River, the westerly and Coast Guard ship, fishing and passenger vessels, and are widely one, has a narrow buoyed entrance through which the currents have carried by recreational boaters. considerable velocity. The buoyed channel has a depth of about 6 feet.

What is a BookletChart? Cole River, the middle of the three, is buoyed on the east side of the entrance. South Swansea, on the west shore of Gardners Neck, has a This BookletChart is made to help recreational boaters locate boatyard with a 25-ton mobile hoist and a marine railway that can themselves on the water. It has been reduced in scale for convenience, handle craft up to 50 feet for hull, engine, and electronic repairs or but otherwise contains all the information of the full-scale nautical storage. Berths, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, and marine chart. The bar scales have also been reduced, and are accurate when supplies are available. In 1981, a reported depth of 6 feet could be used to measure distances in this BookletChart. See the Note at the carried to the boatyard. A ramp is on the western side of the bay, bottom of page 5 for the reduction in scale applied to this chart. approximately 0.7 mile south of the entrance to Kickamuit River. A highway bridge, about 1.5 miles above the entrance, has a 41-foot Whenever possible, use the official, full scale NOAA nautical chart for fixed span with a clearance of 7 feet. navigation. Nautical chart sales agents are listed on the Internet at Lee River, the easterly stream, is navigable to a fixed bridge about 1.2 http://www.NauticalCharts.NOAA.gov. miles above the entrance. A shoal in midchannel just north of the This BookletChart does NOT fulfill chart carriage requirements for narrow opening through the fill, 0.8 mile above Brayton Point, has a regulated commercial vessels under Titles 33 and 44 of the Code of depth of 1 foot. Federal Regulations. Anchorages.–Fall River Harbor has no designated anchorages. Vessels may anchor on either side of the dredged approach channel in the outer Notice to Mariners Correction Status harbor or at any locality in Mount Hope Bay where depth and bottom

are suitable; the chart is the best guide. This BookletChart has been updated for chart corrections published in Caution.–The fender protection on the southeast side of the Brightman the U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners, the National Geospatial Street bridge has been destroyed, and the Captain of the Port, Intelligence Agency Weekly Notice to Mariners, and, where applicable, Providence, has ordered that outbound barges in excess of 1,000 gross the Canadian Coast Guard Notice to Mariners. Additional chart tons pass through the bridge only on the flood tide. corrections have been made by NOAA in advance of their publication in Quarantine, customs, immigration, and agricultural quarantine.–(See a Notice to Mariners. The last Notices to Mariners applied to this chart chapter 3, Vessel Arrival Inspections, and Appendix A for addresses.) are listed in the Note at the bottom of page 7. Coast Pilot excerpts are Fall River is a customs port of entry. not being corrected. Quarantine is enforced in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Public

Health Service. (See Public Health Service, chapter 1.) Fall River has For latest Coast Pilot excerpt visit the Office of Coast Survey website at several hospitals. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=2. The Coast Guard vessel documentation office at New Bedford, MA,

(Selected Excerpts from Coast Pilot) serves Fall River. (See Appendix A for address.) Mount Hope Bay, in the northeastern part The harbormaster can be contacted through Fall River City Hall. of Narragansett Bay, is the approach to the The speed limit is 5 knots in the channel off the piers and wharves. city of Fall River and Taunton River. There Supplies.–Provisions, marine supplies, gasoline, and water can be are two approaches to the bay. The obtained in Fall River. Water is available at most of the berths. approach from the Sakonnet River, previously discussed, is little used. The approach from East Passage is well marked, and with care 34 feet can be carried in the channel into the bay. U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center Fall River, on the eastern shore of the 24 hour Regional Contact for Emergencies mouth of Taunton River and head of Mount Hope Bay, is an important manufacturing center as well as distribution RCC Boston Commander point of petroleum products. Principal products handled through the 1st CG District (617) 223-8555 port are petroleum products, latex, shellac, cotton, and some lumber. Boston, MA

Lateral System As Seen Entering From Seaward on navigable waters except Western Rivers

PORT SIDE PREFERRED CHANNEL PREFERRED CHANNEL STARBOARD SIDE ODD NUMBERED AIDS NO NUMBERS – MAY BE LETTERED NO NUMBERS – MAY BE LETTERED EVEN NUMBERED AIDS

PREFERRED CHANNEL TO PREFERRED CHANNEL GREEN LIGHT ONLY STARBOARD TO PORT RED LIGHT ONLY FLASHING (2) TOPMOST BAND GREEN TOPMOST BAND RED FLASHING (2) FLASHING FLASHING OCCULTING GREEN LIGHT ONLY RED LIGHT ONLY OCCULTING QUICK FLASHING QUICK FLASHING ISO COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) COMPOSITE GROUP FLASHING (2+1) ISO

"2" R "8" Fl R 6s 1 2 Fl R 4s "1" G "9" GR "A" RG "B" Fl G 6s Fl G 4s Fl (2+1) G 6s Fl (2+1) R 6s LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT LIGHTED BUOY LIGHT

C 6 G G 5 U GR C "1" "5" RG G "U" GR RG R 2 R C "S" N "C" "G" N "6" "2 "

CAN DAYBEACON CAN NUN NUN DAYBEACON

For more information on aids to navigation, including those on Western Rivers, please consult the latest USCG Light List for your area. These volumes are available online at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov

VHF Marine Radio channels for use on the waterways: Distress Call Procedures Channel 6 – Inter-ship safety communications. Channel 9 – Communications between boats and • Make sure radio is on. ship-to-coast. • Select Channel 16. Channel 13 – Navigation purposes at bridges, locks, and • Press/Hold the transmit button. harbors. • Clearly say: “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.” EMERGENCY INFORMATION Channel 16 – Emergency, distress and safety calls to • Also give: Vessel Name and/or Description; Coast Guard and others, and to initiate calls to other Position and/or Location; Nature of vessels. Contact the other vessel, agree to another channel, and then switch. Emergency; Number of People on Board. Channel 22A – Calls between the Coast Guard and the public. Severe weather • Release transmit button. warnings, hazards to navigation and safety warnings are broadcast here. • Wait for 10 seconds — If no response Channels 68, 69, 71, 72 and 78A – Recreational boat channels. Repeat MAYDAY call. Getting and Giving Help — Signal other boaters using visual distress signals (flares, HAVE ALL PERSONS PUT ON LIFE JACKETS! orange flag, lights, arm signals); whistles; horns; and on your VHF radio. You are required by law to help boaters in trouble. Respond to distress signals, but do not endanger yourself.

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