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See pages 212-219. 4 MAPTECH EMBASSY CRUISING GUIDES NEC-14_DisplaySection_A_p1-13.indd 4 3/15/2019 11:38:34 AM p.614 Table of Eastport • ontents Jonesport C • p.598 Southwest Harbor • Camden • p.500 p.550 Boothbay • p.458 Portland • p.422 p.404 INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE 14 • Kennebunkport How to Use This Guide ................................................... 14 Superyacht Destinations .................................................. 26 Paddlesports ..................................................................... 46 • Portsmouth Rhode Island Pumpout Locations ................................... 52 p.364 Finding Your Way ........................................................... 91 Massachusetts Pumpout Locations ............................... 143 New Hampshire Pumpout Locations .............................. 397 Maine Pumpout Locations ............................................ 407 p.290 Clearing Customs in the U.S. and Canada ................... 622 Marina and Advertisers Index ....................................... 632 Boston • Geographic Index .......................................................... 637 (continued on page 8) Provincetown • • Plymouth p.262 Providence • p.50 p.140 • Cruising south? Chatham • New Coverage continues in our East Coast Series Newport Bedford p.206 from Long Island Sound to Mobile Bay, Alabama. • • Nantucket • Martha’s Point Judith • Vineyard Block • Island 6 MAPTECH EMBASSY CRUISING GUIDES NEC-14_DisplaySection_A_p1-13.indd 6 3/15/2019 11:38:40 AM N ARRAGANSETT BAY TO MOUNT HOPE BAY 50 Block Island ..................................................................... 54 Point Judith Harbor of Refuge ........................................ 64 Point Judith Pond ............................................................ 68 Jamestown and Dutch Harbor ......................................... 72 able of Wickford and Allen Harbor ............................................ 78 T Greenwich Bay and Warwick .......................................... 84 The Providence River ...................................................... 92 Warren and Barrington ................................................... 96 Contents Bristol and Prudence Island .......................................... 100 (continued from page 6) Portsmouth and Melville ............................................... 106 Newport ......................................................................... 112 Sakonnet River ............................................................... 130 Fall River and Mount Hope Bay .................................... 134 BUZZARDS BAY 140 Cape Cod Canal ............................................................. 147 Westport ........................................................................ 148 Padanaram ..................................................................... 150 New Bedford and Fairhaven .......................................... 158 Mattapoisett ................................................................... 170 Marion ............................................................................ 174 Wareham ........................................................................ 178 Onset and Phinneys Harbor .......................................... 180 Pocasset and Red Brook Harbors .................................. 184 Megansett Harbor .......................................................... 190 West Falmouth Harbor and Quissett Harbor ................. 194 Woods Hole ................................................................... 196 Cuttyhunk, Elizabeth Islands and Hadley Harbor ........................................................ 200 NANTUCKET SOUND 206 Menemsha ...................................................................... 208 Vineyard Haven ............................................................. 212 Oak Bluffs ...................................................................... 220 Edgartown .....................................................................