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From megayachts to skiffs, all boats—and boaters—find welcome refuge in Falmouth Harbor
Text & Photos by Tom Richardson Falmouth Harbor, shown on charts as Falmouth Inner Harbor, was created in 1907, when an inlet was cut in the barrier beach separating freshwater Deacon’s Pond from Nantucket Sound. Long and narrow, with a mean low-water depth of 10 feet, it’s a wonderfully protected spot and makes a great port of call for cruisers on their way up or down the coast, as well as an ideal base for boaters launching shorter excursions to destinations such as Nantucket (27 nautical miles), Martha’s Vineyard (5 nautical miles) and Cuttyhunk (12 nautical miles). No fewer than...