Summer Solstice Cruise to Mystic Seaport Museum and Environs

Solstice Cruise with NEMA and friends to the Mystic Seaport Museum and several beautiful anchorages nearby. 

As a part of the cruise we’ll spend two nights at the Seaport Museum, June 21 and 22.  That will give us a full day to relax and enjoy that very special location. The Museum is giving a discount on dockage and holding weekend dock space for us, but they ask that we reserve dockage without delay.  

Current thinking about the itinerary is as follows:

For the boats coming from the East:

• Thursday 6/19 depart Newport in the morning, anchor at Smelt Brook Cove, Point Judith

For the full fleet:

• Friday 6/20 rendezvous in the Mystic vicinity where we’ll have a pleasant run to Mystic the following day.  Napatree Beach has been recommended.
• Saturday 6/21 arrive Mystic via the Bascule Bridge
• Sunday 6/22 day at the Museum
• Monday 6/23 Coecles Harbor
• Tuesday 6/24 Lake Montauk
• Wednesday 6/25 Great Salt Pond, Block Island 
• Thursday return to home port

For boats coming by trailer

• Barn Island has a public boat ramp.  

Please join. Feedback is welcome. Please weigh in on what would make it easier for you to participate.  Most important, please commit to the project and reserve your dock space.

[1] More detail about Mystic Seaport Museum:

As cruisers we will have full access to the property after hours. The Museum has 19 acres of everything nautical and a town that has been faithfully restored to the year 1876.  It really is a “must see” for anyone who loves boats and/or American history. The Seaport Museum has excellent showers, laundry and other facilities for cruisers.  Dock fees are $6/foot rather than $7/foot. Book on Dockwa; mention NEMA in the comments to get the discount.  Dock fees include entrance to the property (24 hours) for all aboard. To avoid dock fees you have the option to anchor upriver and dinghy to the Museum.  In that case each visitor will have to purchase a daily ticket, but you will have after-hours access to the property also.  We encourage folks to join us at the dock for convenience and to support this worthy cause, but the dinghy option is just fine too.