Terrific staff and 5 star showers and laundry. Dock Master Nancy was great. They offer two courtesy cars. Town is busy but fun. View from Mt Battie on a clear day is incredible. We will definitely come back here.
After tying to a mooring and finding ourselves too close to a lobster buoy, we asked for guidance on a better location. The dockmaster came out in a skiff and pointed out multiple other options. There are so many mooring balls in Boothbay Harbor it was very difficult to understand whose was whose. We greatly appreciated the help.
Stopped here on our way north. Easy access to amenities and all members and staff that we met were kind and helpful. We paid a return visit on our way back south. We love IPYC and Onset. Thanks again to the folks at IPYC who make Onset such an easy and fun stopover. Came in again June 2025. Mooring price has gone up but still a good deal.
The town is great and the location of the club is convenient. There are two showers each for men and women and a lounge area. Adequate if not many people there.
Very secure moorings and nice facilities on shore. All staff are very friendly and helpful. One of our favorite stops in New England.
It's just a mooring ball. No facilities, no launch included. They don't supply any information about facilities in Newport unless you call and ask. It would have been helpful if they told us about the marine center at Ann Street and we didn't have to discover it on our last day there. You would think a Newport maritime business would be more helpful to cruisers.
Helpful harbormaster and good mooring gear. Convenient to restaurants, beach and other attractions.
Everyone was very nice and helpful. We greatly appreciate their courtesy car and that they provide towels in the showers. Free laundry and nice restaurant are big pluses as well. There is nothing nearby but the courtesy car makes things in town accessible. We had nearby diesel mechanic Frank Smith of Sea Power (252 402 5800, not affiliated with the marina) come to check our Yanmar that seemed to be burning oil. He was very helpful. Only drawback would be if a big storm was blowing from the south as there is not much protection from that direction.
Dave and crew were super helpful and very accommodating for all our needs. We highly recommend SHZ.
It's been a great stay. Good protection from bad nor'easter. Nice town and all the launch drivers are terrific. We've extended our stay several times.
Rachel was very accommodating for our need of a mooring ball close in as our outboard was not working. We very much enjoyed our time in Essex waiting for hurricane Lee to pass. I would have given 5 stars but the hot water in the showers was on warm.
Yacht club was fine but mooring was right next to the channel and there was a whole lot of boat traffic that despite the no wake zone, made it a bit bouncy.
Jason is a terrific dockmaster. He came out the morning after our late arrival to check on us and inform us of all the amenities at our disposal. We used the free bikes and went to downtown Portsmouth which was fun. The mooring field is very peaceful compared to the Portsmouth Yacht Club mooring field which gets a lot of wakes. We highly recommend Safe Harbor Kittery Point.
We didn't partake of any amenities but the mooring did a fine job of keeping our boat in place. Rodney, the launch driver, was terrific. He made sure we knew where to tie up our dinghy and informed us of all the intricacies of the club. We'd go back again.
Responsive to our request for a mooring near the NH side and wonderful launch drivers.
They were fabulous. We were mistakenly given a mooring for a smaller boat so when we pointed out that the gave a a spot at the dock for the same price as a mooring. Dockhands and harbor master were very helpful for docking and undocking. We very much appreciated their giving us space at the dock.
Stayed on a mooring for two months earlier this season because we had twork on chain plates and the windlass. The location is very convenient to St. Petersburg but without the density. We grew to love the town of Gulfport and found the marina staff friendly and accommodating. Our only complaint is related to the fetch with wind from SE to W. But that's life on the water, eh?
Very well protected from all wind directions and the entire field is in a no wake zone. There is a strong current that can often make the mooring ball bounce on your hull when wind and current conflict. The facilities on land are minimal - - two heads with showers and a fairly large laundry room. That said, we never had to wait for the head in the one week we were there. It's a very long dinghy ride from the farthest end of the field (we were on ball 64) , but there is another closer public landing up the canal by the ball fields. The town of Ft Myers Beach is not a 'must see' but we enjoyed multiple meals at Filipe's and the Matanzas Inn. Matanzas Pass Preserve is accessible by dinghy and offers a nice walking trail. Other than that, don't know what else to do there unless you rent a car.