Tips for a Cuttyhunk run

We anchored in the outerharbor on Thursday with 15kts out of the NE (worst case scenario) and holding was excellent. Actually we anchored 3 times which had nOthing to do with setting or holding, but guests wishes... Long story...

With the more common S to W winds the outer harbor is very nice and as good a place to overnight before getting a slip or mooring

Otherwise stop in Newport... Always a great destination.

I ve never been to Westport, the entrance just looks too tight with a 6' draft, but being just across cutty indont see the point of stopping there.
 
George + 1. No comparrison between Westport and Sakoonet. Westport is much nicer, local harbormaster happy to assist anyone not sure of entrance. well worth the vist.

John
 
You stop in Westport because it is a very nice destination, for one thing. One of the prettiest harbors there is. You can go in and out stupid or you can do so smart, and smart is easy to obtain. 100 boats or so do it all the time, including bigger ones than mine, or less powered than mine (such as the many sailboats that are based there), and we did it all the time as in once or twice a week. I never thought, "gee, this would be so much tougher in a boat 10 feet longer than mine with a foot more draft". Let alone a 36 Tiara. But let your superstitions and guesses guide you if that's your thing. Don't want any inept riff -raff ruining our harbor., a bad thing for all concerned.

By the way, we always took a mooring on the outside of Cuttyhunk. More privacy and very pleasant. Enjoy!
 
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Originally posted by caltexfla

You stop in Westport because it is a very nice destination, for one thing. One of the prettiest harbors there is. You can go in and out stupid or you can do so smart, and smart is easy to obtain. 100 boats or so do it all the time, including bigger ones than mine, or less powered than mine (such as the many sailboats that are based there), and we did it all the time as in once or twice a week. I never thought, "gee, this would be so much tougher in a boat 10 feet longer than mine with a foot more draft". Let alone a 36 Tiara. But let your superstitions and guesses guide you if that's your thing. Don't want any inept riff -raff ruining our harbor., a bad thing for all concerned.

By the way, we always took a mooring on the outside of Cuttyhunk. More privacy and very pleasant. Enjoy!

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Wow... Not sure if this was directed at me but since you mention a 36 Tiara, I'll assume it was..

I LOVE Westport and have been going there for years. I have not visited by boat but would like to do that as well. My suggestions were based on the POSTERS stated objectives... ie.. to Stop over on the main land side so he could make the quick run to Cutty in calmer AM conditions. He's in a smaller boat, not a 36ft Tiara and coming from Narragansett bay. Since he's coming from Narra bay, Westport doesn't suit his objective as I understood it. 3rd beach is a perfectly reasonable stop over for his purposes. But by no means would I call it a great cruising destination. I was simply suggesting, as the poster himself recognizes, that if you can make Westport, you might as well go to Cutty which is his ultimate destination.

Perhaps I'm reading too much into your post but it stikes me as a bit hostile. And I don't see what I might have done to deserve it. If I am mis-reading, I apologize.
 
"...what is the water/anchorage off third beach usually like?. Is it feasible to anchor in that area overnight?"

Moorings at 3rd beach are available for $20/night. This is fairly new as they used to be mostly, if not all, private. If the wind is out of the south and/or west it would be very comfortable for an overnight stop. If it's out of the north your gonna get rocked. Never anchored there but have seen large and small do so for a day stop so holding is likely pretty good.
 
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