Marine repairs, services and supplies are available at two boatyards on Cambridge Creek. Dockage is available at the municipal boat basin and along the public bulkhead on the creek below the drawbridge, with anchorage permitted in the basin at the head of the project. Marine railways capable of handling vessels up to 100 feet and travel lifts up to 60 tons are also available. Fuel can be delivered by truck at the public wharf on the north side of the municipal boat basin.
Navigation:
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Cambridge, Mile 15.2S, Choptank River, is the center of a large agricultural area with related industries serving the Delmarva Peninsula. It is the second deepest port in Maryland and has an extensive maritime history. The town has services and facilities for both commercial and recreational mariners. Taxi, bus, truck and air services are available.
A dredged entrance channel leads from deep water in the Choptank River to a turning basin at the mouth of Cambridge Creek. Another dredged channel continues from the west corner of the turning basin through Cambridge Creek for about 0.7 mile to a turning basin at the head of the project. Anchorage basins are on each side of the channel about 0.2 mile inside the entrance. In 2010, the controlling depths were 20.1 feet in the entrance channel, thence 18.3 feet in the turning basin. In 1984, the channel through Cambridge Creek had a controlling depth of 11 feet to the turning basin at the head of the project with depths of 9 to 12 feet in the basin; both anchorage basins had depths of 8 to 10 feet.
Most of the waterfront facilities inside the creek have depths of 8 to 12 feet alongside. The State Route 343 highway bridge 0.3 mile above the harbor entrance has a bascule span with a clearance of 8 feet. The bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 16 and works on channels 13 and 68.
