East Greenwich, Rhode Island · Narragansett Bay · 41°39.8′N 71°26.5′W · VHF Ch 09
Holding at Greenwich Cove is rated good, over a mud bottom. Set well and check your swing before you trust it.
Greenwich Cove is well sheltered from east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest winds. Check the wind-protection rose above for every direction.
Yes — anchoring at Greenwich Cove is free; a guest mooring runs $40 / night (East Greenwich YC, incl. launch).
Hail on VHF Ch 09 (East Greenwich YC Ch 09).
Reserve or hail — East Greenwich YC transient mooring on Ch 09 (launch incl.); marinas via Dockwa. It fills on summer weekends.
Greenwich Cove is a long, narrow, protected finger off the southwest corner of Greenwich Bay — a snug, all-but-landlocked hole fronting the lively little town of East Greenwich and its Main Street restaurants up the hill.
The town field is resident-only, but East Greenwich Yacht Club and the marinas rent transient moorings (EGYC works Ch 09, launch included), and there's a little anchoring room at the outer end near Chepiwanoxet Point in good mud. The cove is closed at its head and well sheltered from most directions, opening only north toward the bay. Provisions, fuel and a walk into town are all easy from here.
Hazards & cautions. Shoaling at the Greenwich Bay approach means the buoyed entrance channel must be honored. The inner cove is congested with moorings and offers very little swinging room — anchoring is largely limited to the outer/southwest end near Chepiwanoxet Point.
NOAA Coast Pilot notes Greenwich Cove at the southwest end of Greenwich Bay is about 1.3 miles long with depths of 7–11 feet and good anchorage off the small-craft facilities on its west side.
No cruiser reports yet. If you've anchored here, be the first — your note helps the next boat in.
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