Maine

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Contents 1 Maine 2 Charts 3 Radio Nets 4 Local Weather 5 Ports and Popular Stops 6 Offshore Islands and Groups 7 Coastal Passage Notes 8 Special Boating Bylaws and/or Regulations of the State 9 Cruiser's Friends 10 Forum Discussions 11 External Links 12 References & Publications 13 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 14 Personal Notes 15 Cruising Wiki Navigation

Maine

General description of the State, etc.

Submit details about the sailing/cruising in the area, etc.

Charts

Entire Maine Coast

• Chart No 13260 (Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod)

Down-East Maine

• Chart No 13325 (Quoddy Narrows to Petit Manan Island)

Mid-Coast Maine

• Chart No 13312 (Frenchman and Blue Hill Bays and Approaches)
• Chart No 13302 (Penobscot Bay and Approaches)
• Chart No 13288 (Monhegan Island to Cape Elizabeth)

South/West Coast Maine

• Chart No 13286 (Cape Elizabeth to Portsmouth)

See the various ports listed below

Chart Sources

• Paper NOAA "print-on-demand" charts (up-to-date within last 2 weeks) - about $20 each
  
• RNC Raster files of NOAA Navigation Charts (free - updated weekly)

Radio Nets

Also see World Cruiser's Nets

Local Weather

Local weather conditions?

• NOAA databuoys realtime wind/wave data

Sources for Weather forecasts:

• NOAA Coastal Waters Forecast

Ports and Popular Stops

Down East Maine

Mid-coast Maine

• Acadia National Park
  • Bar Harbor
  • Northeast Harbor
  • Southwest Harbor

• Penobscot Bay
  • Stonington
  • Castine
  • Belfast
  • Camden
  • Rockland

• Monhegan Island

• Muscongus Bay

• Booth Bay
  • Boothbay Harbor

• Casco Bay
  • Bailey Island Gut
  • Falmouth Foreside
  • Great Diamond Island
  • Peaks Island
  • Portland

South/West Coast Maine

• Cape Elizabeth
  • Richmond Island
• Biddeford Pool
• Kennebunkport
• York Harbor
• Kittery
• Isles of Shoals

Offshore Islands and Groups

List Islands

Coastal Passage Notes

Details?

Special Boating Bylaws and/or Regulations of the State

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Cruiser's Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forum Discussions

List links to discussion threads on the Cruiser Log Forum

External Links

Links to relevant websites.

References & Publications

Publications, Guides, etc.

• MapTech "Embassy" Crusing Guides If you can only afford one, this is it. (MapTech makes the NOAA digital charts)
• Waterway Guides Also good (especially for upscale marina-hopping), but fewer ports.
• Cruising Guide to the New Engand Coast excellent sailors' background supplement to either of the above.
• Visual Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast A picture (color aerial photograph + chart) is worth a thousand words.
• A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast outstanding detail from local authors.
• Guide to New England Marinas book + CDROM (excellent, but listed dockage rates are outdated and low)

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

Personal Notes

Personal experiences?

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