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STALDY A C Y ARL C D ibbon Joy E ric Ramotowski Patricia Darnell 860-742-7393 860-985-3505 410-279-3541 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] © MAPTECH / 4 MAPTECH EMBASSY CRUISING GUIDES NEC-15_Display_A_p1-13.indd 4 1/26/2021 10:17:59 AM p.614 Table of Eastport • ontents Jonesport C • p.598 Southwest Harbor • Camden • p.498 p.548 Boothbay • p.458 Portland • p.422 p.404 INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE 17 • Kennebunkport How to Use This Guide ................................................... 17 Superyacht Destinations .................................................. 28 Paddlesports ..................................................................... 46 • Portsmouth Rhode Island Pumpout Locations ................................... 52 p.364 Massachusetts Pumpout Locations ............................... 142 Finding Your Way ......................................................... 167 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 (continues 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-15_Display_A_p1-13.indd 6 1/26/2021 10:18:03 AM N ARRAGANSETT BAY TO MOUNT HOPE BAY 50 Block Island ..................................................................... 54 Point Judith Harbor of Refuge ........................................ 64 Point Judith Pond ............................................................ 68 Jamestown ........................................................................ 72 Wickford and Allen Harbor ............................................ 78 Table of 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 ............................................................. 146 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, THE ISLANDS 206 AND CAPE COD’S SOUTH SHORE Menemsha ...................................................................... 208 Vineyard Haven ............................................................. 212 Oak Bluffs ...................................................................... 220 Edgartown ...................................................................... 224 Nantucket