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Biddeford Pool

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For years, Biddeford Pool has been a popular harbor on Maine’s southern coast, where the options are much more limited than north of Cape Elizabeth. There are guest moorings managed by the club, launch service, and plenty of good holding ground in sand for anchoring. The somewhat shallow channel and anchorage areas will limit boats drawing more than 7 feet at low tide.

Approach & Cautions

Photo: Wood Island lighthouse near Biddeford Pool by Byron Howes

From the south in anything but nasty weather, enter to the south of Wood Island following the buoys marking Danbury Reef and Washman’s rock. In bad weather or when coming from the north, find the Saco River bell northwest of Wood Island and then head straight up the harbor.

Depths in the outer channel are as shallow as 6 to 7 feet, while depth in the anchorage area is shown on the chart as 7 feet at MLW.

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Docking, Anchorages, or Moorings

There are guest moorings managed by the Biddeford Pool Yacht Club with launch service, and plenty of good holding ground in sand for anchoring. Shallow areas were dredged in 2020-2021, opening more of the harbor to deeper draft boats. The Yacht Club monitors channels 9 and 68 on the VHF and accepts mooring reservations on Dockwa . The phone is 207-282-0485. Launch service is available into the evening.

Do not try to enter through the inner gut into the Pool, as there are no moorings available or spots to anchor, at any tide. It is difficult to turn around in the currents and crowded boats, except at slack high. The guest moorings and anchorage are all in the outer harbor.

Getting Ashore

Photo: Beach at Biddeford by Ian Bruce

Launch service is available if you use a yacht club mooring; otherwise, inquire about using their limited dinghy space. There are pleasant walks throughout the community and a lovely beach just south of the yacht club. Club employees can direct you to the store and help obtain service.

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Biddeford Pool Yacht Club

BPYC hosts a vibrant sailing program for youths and adults, members and non-members from the City of Biddeford. Beginners sail in fleets of Vanguard Prams and Turnabouts, while more advanced sailors sail Lasers, 420’s and a fleet of Rhodes 18’s.

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Biddeford Pool

A summer harbor.

By Mimi Bigelow Steadman It's high season in Biddeford Pool, a cloistered community of shingle-style cottages at the rocky tip of a sand- and saltmarsh-bordered isthmus in Saco Bay. Summer residents and renters are doing what they've done for generations: racing Rhodes18s at the Biddeford Pool Yacht Club, playing tennis and golf at the Abenakee Club, and socializing with other families who've been coming here forever. "Sometimes we'd do everything in the same day: golf, sailing, tennis, beach. We still call that a Pool Day," said my friend Ann Souder, whose father served as rector of the Episcopal chapel every August for 19 years. "There was usually a gang of about 20 of us. After dinner, we'd play capture the flag on the golf course, or go to South Point and sit on the rocks. If there was a full moon, we'd go sailing." The summer set in those days had a busy social schedule, Souder remembered. "My parents went to a cocktail party almost every night except Wednesday, which was Little Beach family picnic night, and Sunday, which was Little Beach adult picnic night. You can't imagine the wardrobe Mother brought with her!"

In 1616, Europeans who settled here christened the community Winter Harbor. Had they been able to foresee the future, they might have chosen to call it Summer Harbor, instead. It's mighty quiet in winter, with only about 150 residents, plus some 60 University of New England students who rent. Seven snowy owls did liven things up a bit when they visited last winter. Recently, I joined a clutch of Poolers (both year-round and summer residents) and tourists enjoying chowder and other take-out seafood at waterfront picnic tables behind F. O. Goldthwaite's, a seasonal general store. Fortified, I explored the broad, sandy beach (limited paid parking) and the Audubon trail that rims East Point. This timeless village draws visitors like me throughout the season, and some stay at the local B&B or sign up for a retreat at the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center, a former summer hotel. Cruisers may pick up one of two yacht club moorings in Wood Island Harbor-open to the east, northeast, and northwest-or venture into the nearly landlocked pool to a third guest mooring. The four- to five-knot tidal rip at the entrance can be challenging, even by dinghy, but it's worth the effort: the yacht club is considered one of the friendliest on the coast.

Its small clubhouse stands next to the fishermen's co-op, whose members moor their boats just off the dock. These days, they all commute to work. With escalating property taxes, "The last fisherman moved away 15 years ago," said local Realtor Peter McPheeters. McPheeters, who originally summered here with his parents, recalls being told as a child about the good old days gone by. Now a parent himself, he sometimes finds himself repeating the same old lament. "But even though I occasionally see kids staring at their iPhones," he said, "I think they still enjoy the simple things the Pool has to offer." Hiking the Audubon Trail on a summer afternoon is one of those simple pleasures. From its cliff-edge path, I looked across the water at Wood Island Lighthouse, said to be haunted. One day, I'd like to take the tour boat over to search for a paranormal vibe (tours leave from Vine's Landing during July and August; reservations are required). For now, I'll ponder the ghosts of summers past in Biddeford Pool. I imagine young love unfolding amid dinghy races, and first kisses stolen on seaside porches. "Yes, romances and crushes galore," Ann Souder said. Of all the infatuations, though, surely the most enduring is the one Poolers have with this summer harbor, where memories are made, and held dear. Mimi Bigelow Steadman lives on the Damariscotta River in Edgecomb and spends as much time as possible exploring Maine by land and sea.

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Joining the Biddeford Pool Yacht Club may be easier than you think! Here’s what you need to know:

Membership Application Policy (in a nutshell):

Membership is open to those persons with a residential connection to the surrounding coastal communities. Boat ownership is not a prerequisite for membership.

Applicants must be sponsored by three members, including at least two voting members.

Sponsorships must be in the form of a letter.

Applicants must fill out a Membership Application ( download ). The sponsor returns it to the Club with all supporting documentation. This sponsor will become the “Lead Sponsor” and all future communications with the applicant will be conducted through this Lead Sponsor. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Moorings in Biddeford Pool Harbor are privately owned and permitted by the City of Biddeford . There is a waiting list at City Hall and this is not handled by BPYC as part of your membership.

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