Yacht Charter: Visit Sag Harbor on a crewed Yacht Charter
Sag Harbor Windmill
Tucked into the eastern end of Long Island in New York, Sag Harbor is a great location to embark, disembark or just to visit as a port o’ call, during a crewed yacht charter in New England. Sag Harbor is a large protected natural harbor, and as such was a perfect location for the colonial settlement, Sag Harbor Village, to burgeon on the surrounding shores. Today the Sag Harbor Village District is on the National Register of Historic Places surrounding a still well protected harbor, now mainly in use by visiting yachtsmen, and is a great port to include on a crewed yacht charter.
Yacht Charter: New England Location Destination Yacht Charter Highlights
A yacht charter location destination for summer, New England, in the northeastern United States, offers a coastline and islands filled with great locations to explore on a crewed yacht charter. Cold water fresh seafood including the Maine Lobster, clams, oysters, halibut, scrod, and George’s Banks Sea Scallops are always a wonderful part of a crewed yacht charter in New England, all of which is great fresh plucked from the waters whether raw, smoked, steamed, baked, fried or otherwise, to enjoy on the aft deck watching the historic New England world go by. Visit the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket south of Cape Cod and the multitude of islands in Maine north of Cape Cod, or gunk hole along the coast from northern to southern New England on a crewed yacht charter. Located right in Newport, Rhode Island, here at Northrop and Johnson Yacht Charters we are very familiar with this cruising area, essentially our backyard and look forward to helping you with a crewed yacht charter through the waters of New England
Yacht Charter; Family time at Historic Mystic Seaport, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Children's Museum
Cruise into Historic Mystic Seaport on a crewed yacht charter in the New England area, dock right in front of the re-created seaport town of yore and let the fun begin. Docking in Historic Mystic Seaport on your crewed yacht charter is docking in the middle of the hustle and bustle of an active seaport from yesteryear, and is an outstanding family adventure for children of all ages. Spending time in Historic Mystic Seaport on a crewed yacht charter with children is an active hands-on colonial history learning experience filled with fun.
Yacht Charter: Along the southern coast of Cape Cod
Cape Cod Canal
Extending out into the Atlantic as a peninsula, Cape Cod, is an integral part of the New England coastline, and should always be a part of a yacht charter in southern New England waters. Often referred to locally as “The Cape”, Cape Cod is technically both a peninsula and an island, as “The Cape” is separated from the mainland by the man made Cape Cod Canal built in 1914, which effectively cut “The Cape” off as an island from the mainland. The Cape Cod Canal is also a boon to yachtsmen that want to include waters south and north of Cape Cod in a crewed yacht charter itinerary in southern New England.
On a crewed yacht charter in Down East Maine, you might find yourselves actually cruising south and east on your charter yacht from the mainland, meaning actually cruising down and east. The Down East area is defined as the coastline and islands of the state of Maine from Penobscot Bay to the Canadian Border, and is a lovely yacht charter cruising area while on a yacht charter in these waters. With hundreds of pine covered rock studded islands, and waters filled full of cold water fish and shellfish, including the infamous Maine Lobster, this area is a yachtsmen’s delight and a great cruising area for a crewed yacht charter in New England.
Yacht Chartering; Visit historic Boston on a yacht charter in New England
Boston Harbor Rowes Wharf
As one of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston is a stop in history on a crewed yacht charter itinerary in New England. The Boston Greater Regional Area is split by the Charles River that ends in Boston Harbor and is navigable for smaller yachts. Out in Boston Harbor is the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area comprised of a surprising number of harbor islands such as Calf Island, Gallops Island, Great Brewster Island, Green Island, Little Brewster Island, Little Calf Island, Long Island, Lovells Island, Middle Brewster Island, Nixes Mate, Outer Brewster Island, Rainsford Island, Shag Rocks, Spectacle Island, The Graves, and Thompson Island, all of which can be seen as you wend your way into the Boston inner harbor dockside on a crewed yacht charter including Boston on your yacht charter itinerary.
Sail into Bar Harbor Maine on a Crewed Yacht Charter in New England
Bar Harbor, ME
Bar Harbor, Maine, a quinsentential Maine coastal village perched on the eastern shore of Mt. Desert, is a must stop visit by crewed yacht charter on a yacht charter of New England when cruising along the Maine Coast. Facing a large harbor and surrounded by Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor offers something for everyone. Stop in Bar Harbor on a crewed yacht charter, and be the first to see the sunrise in the United States on any given day, from the top of Mount Cadillac in Acadia National Park. Visit the museums of Bar Harbor and Maine history and explore the many shops filled with typically Maine souvenirs. And enjoy a feast of Maine lobster choosing from a lobster roll to a full lobster boil. All of this and more is available when sailing into Bar Harbor on crewed yacht charter.
What could be a better place to visit while on a yacht charter in New England than Old Mystic Seaport, a living history museum showcasing life in a New England coastal town in the late 1800’s; and the largest maritime museum in the United States? If you make dockage reservations early enough for your yacht charter visit, you can sail or cruise right into Mystic Seaport and dock next to the world’s last wooden whaleship the “Charles W. Morgan’. Wake up on your yacht charter to various sights and sounds from the pages of history as a 19th century working seaport comes alive.
Portland, Maine Visit an old city by yacht with a new look
Portland Maine Headlands
The old seacoast town of Portland, located in southern Maine, is a funky city filled with galleries, one-of-kind boutiques and shops, and eclectic restaurants serving everything from the traditional fare of New England clam chowder, lobster rolls and Maine seafood to nouveau cuisine. Read the rest of this entry »
Newport, Rhode Island, A 17th Century Pirate’s Haven
Newport, Rhode Island, Bowens Wharf Historic Wharf
Maybe hard to believe and rarely mentioned, but while piracy was raging in the Caribbean, it was also alive and well in Newport, Rhode Island at the end of the 17th century and into the 18th century. For Newport then, was one of the premier colonial harbor towns, with a large deep water port that allowed ships to sail right up to the docks and unload, a luxury when many locations required anchoring out, with shallow draft skiffs to bring goods ashore. However, a lenient and even encouraging atmosphere was just as much a draw as a deep water active port for those that “bent the rules”, to make Newport not only their home, but also their port for refit work, and overhauls. Goods were easily swallowed into a vast void ashore and pirate captured ships were even re-named and provided new colonial Owners in the courts of Newport. In fact piracy in Newport was so prevalent at the end of the 1690’s, that notice was taken in London and censure was sent. A request was even made in London by English Trade Officials to remove the Charter for the colony of Rhode Island. Read the rest of this entry »
