Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Falmouth Foreside, ME

Falmouth Foreside, a yachting center 4.3 miles north of Portland, has a boatyard that builds boats to 55 feet and a large marina with mobile hoists to 15 tons, where craft up to 50 feet can be hauled out for hull and engine repairs, and covered or open dry winter storage. Electric and electronic repairs can be made. The marina has float landings with 6 to 10 feet reported alongside. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and water are piped to the floats, and electricity and most marine supplies are available. There is a restaurant at the yard and lodging in the vicinity.
There are numerous private moorings, and the yard maintains guest moorings. Ice, provisions, marine supplies, and bus and taxi services are available.
The Portland Yacht Club, close northeastward of the yard, has a float landing with 10 feet reported alongside; water and electricity are available. The club has a restaurant and club facilities for members and guests.
Navigation:
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In approaching Falmouth Foreside from the southward, care should be taken to pass eastward and northward of the buoy close eastward of York Ledge, before rounding up to the northwestward. A number of small craft cutting too close to the buoy have hung up on the ledge. A daybeacon is on the ledge.
Sturdivant Island, 51 feet high and covered with grass and bushes, is partly wooded and has a house on it. Sturdivant Island Ledges, about 0.4 mile south-southwest of the island, uncover 7 feet in places and are marked on the southern, eastern, and western edges by buoys. Underwood Ledge, to the westward, is covered 4 feet and is marked on its eastern side by a buoy.