HARPSWELL HARBOR

corrected waypoint: 43° 45.57’N 070° 00.24’W

4th ed. Cruising Guide page 90 Maine Coast Guide: Casco Bay 169-170

Charts: 13290, 13288

Chart Kit: 60, 17

Casco Bay overview chart

HARPSWELL HARBOR is a big, wide-open bay on Harpswell Neck at the entrance to Harpswell Sound. It is easy to enter and well protected from prevailing winds, so even though this is not the area’s most scenic anchorage, it may come in handy.
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Approaches. Entering the harbor, leave can “13” to port and take a wide swing to the left and into the harbor to avoid the rock and the 1-foot spot off the elbow of Stover Point. One way to avoid the hazard is to leave most of the lobster buoys to port.
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Anchorages, Moorings. The Merriconeag Yachting Association is based here, and they graciously maintain a guest mooring, marked "MYA," for visiting yachtsmen. Or you can anchor in about 12 feet of water at low, just outside the lobsterboat moorings, where the holding ground is good. You will be well protected here from the southwest wind, without a hint of roll.
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Getting Ashore. Land at the road where the chart says “West Harpswell.” Don’t make the mistake of going ashore (or returning) at low tide, or you will be squelching through clam flats.
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Things to Do. The road leading up the hill is pretty and bucolic, but there are no stores nearby.

Thanks to Roger Ford for the waypoint correction, above.