The name says it all ! Once a "Fair Haven" for the great whaling fleet, Today it's a "Fair Haven" for a fishing fleet, a marine repair industry and a large recreational sailing and boating community. Fairhaven shares the west side of the Hurricane Barrier protected New Bedford-Fairhaven Inner Harbor.

A well marked 8-mile approach, on the northwestern side of Buzzards Bay, guides you through the two massive gates that flank the 150 foot opening of the Hurricane Barrier into a well protected New Bedford-Fairhaven Inner Harbor... The 4,600 foot long barrier protects the the town of Fairhaven on the east, and the city of New Bedford on the west...

Fairhaven Harbor Master Gary Golas reminds owners of moorings in Fairhaven to register with the town by filling out an application at the Selectmen's office. There is no fee to register, but boat owners who place a boat on a mooring must pay a $10 fee for a boat sticker. According to Golas, most moorings are concentrated in six areas -- east of Sconticut Neck in Little Bay, off the Seaview Avenue boat ramp, off West Island, and in the inner harbor off Fort Street, Crow Island, and north of the Route 6 bridge. "We have a particularly difficult job attempting to identify the owners of some old moorings off the Coast Guard Auxiliary docks near Crow Island," said Golas. "I have been working closely with John Simpson (director of the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission) in finding those mooring owners."

If mooring owners do not come forward, Golas said they may lose their mooring permit and the mooring will be removed. Golas has charted and entered the locations of most Fairhaven moorings into a database.

The Fairhaven harbormaster's office now has large-scale reference charts in town hall to locate and identify all mooring locations as well as potential new mooring fields. Golas received a grant from the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management office last season to help chart the town's moorings.

Capt. Joshua Slocum
Fairhaven, MA
sailed around the world in 1895

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