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A town marina, just above the entrance to Sluice Creek, has berths with electricity, water, ice and a launching ramp. In 1993, depths of 1½ to 6 feet were reported alongside the marina.
There are two boatyards with several marinas and marine railways on West River. The largest marine railway can handle craft up to 40 feet; berths with electricity, water, ice, gasoline, diesel fuel, limited supplies, a 12-ton mobile crane, a 25-ton lift, and complete engine and hull repairs are available.
A 5 mph speed limit is enforced in the harbor.
Navigation:
Click the “Map View” button above to see a chart of this harbor.
The approach channel to Guilford Harbor, marked by buoys, leads along the southeasterly side of Indian Reef, thence westward of Half Acre Rock to a dredged channel about 0.5 mile northwestward of Half Acre Rock. The dredged channel leads northward through the harbor and eastward of Guilford Point to a junction with Sluice Creek and East River, about 0.6 mile above the channel entrance. At the junction, the dredged channel leads northwesterly into Sluice Creek for about 0.1 mile and northeasterly into East River for about 0.4 mile to an anchorage basin. Buoys and a private range mark the dredged channel to the junction. In 2004, the controlling depths in the dredged channel were 3.2 feet to the junction of East River and Sluice Creek, thence 1.5 feet in Sluice Creek, thence 6 feet in the left half of the channel and 2.2 feet in the right half, to the anchorage basin with 1 to 6 feet in the basin except for shoaling to bare toward the northeast limit and in the south half of the entrance into the basin. Deeper water is available with local knowledge.
At high water and with local knowledge, small boats can go above the anchorage basin in East River to the fixed railway bridge, about 1.3 miles above the basin. The bridge has a clearance of 4 feet. An overhead power cable with a clearance of 45 feet is about 0.3 miles below the bridge.
The West River empties into the western side of Guilford Harbor 0.2 mile westward of Guilford Point. A railroad bridge about 0.7 mile above the mouth has a clearance of 6 feet. Guilford is the town above the railroad bridge. In 1988-1989, a depth of 4½ feet was reported in West River entrance channel; the channel is marked by buoys and a 321° lighted range.

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