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| Portsmouth | |||
| Portsmouth Yacht Club www.portsmouthyc.org Ch. 09; 603-436-9877 |
(New Castle) (; www.portsmouthyc.org). This attractive club is located just west of Salamander Point, on the south side of the Piscataqua. It has good facilities for visiting yachtsmen including five or six rental moorings with launch service and showers. Gas, diesel, water, electricity, and ice are available at the outer floats with plenty of depth. The club honors reciprocal privileges for members of other yacht clubs who can use the handsome 1898 clubhouse. The Portsmouth Trolley swings by on its loop from town every hour. | ||
| Kittery Point Yacht Club (Ch. 09; 603-436-9303). The Kittery Point Yacht Club is not at Kittery Point, but at the eastern end of Goat Island on the south side of the Piscataqua. From the water, the initials “KPYC” can be seen along the porch of the gray clubhouse. One or two moorings are usually available, with launch service on the weekends. There are floats, ice, water, and trash disposal, but no fuel. The clubhouse has showers and a telephone. | |||
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| Agamenticus Yacht Club (207-363-8510). |
Located on the north side of York harbor, the AYC clubhouse and dinghy floats are the second farthest docks to the right, nearest Stage Neck (the farthest docks to the right belong to the Harborside Inn). Club facilities are limited to a two-hour dinghy tie-up and water at the floats, but people there are cordial and helpful.
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| Biddeford Pool Yacht Club (Ch. 16, 68; 207-282-0485). |
Biddeford Pool Yacht Club perches on the east side of The Gut. It is small, informal, and friendly. Gas, diesel, and water are available at the float, which has plenty of depth beside it. Head into the current when docking. Moorings in The Pool should be reserved in advance through the club. The club also maintains moorings outside The Pool in Wood Island Harbor. | ||
| Saco River | |||
| Saco Yacht Club (Ch. 16, 69; 207-282-9893). |
The Saco Yacht Club has several moorings and might have dock space. They also have water and ice. | ||
| Saco Bay | |||
| Prouts Neck Yacht Club (Ch. 09, 16; 207-883-9362). |
There is daily launch service, and water is available on the dock. The club has showers and a pay phone. Very exposed mooring field. | ||
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| South Portland | |||
| Centerboard Yacht Club (Ch. 68; 207-799-7084). This friendly and unassuming yacht club has a substantial fleet of cruising boats and moorings for transients. Centerboard is beyond Maine Shipyard’s red sheds on the south side of Portland Harbor. The small clubhouse has big “CYC” letters on the roof. The club has several guest moorings and keeps track of members who are away cruising. No fuel is available, but water and a head pump are on the long finger float, which has four feet of depth at low. A shower, ice, and a pay phone are ashore. It is quite pleasant to lie at a CYC mooring, gazing across at Portland’s twinkling lights and listening to the low growl of the city in the distance, rocked occasionally by the wash of some large vessel passing. The harbor is the path for jets from Portland’s airport, but pilots tend to sleep later than lobstermen. |
Centerboard Yacht Club (Ch. 68; 207-799-7084). | ||
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