Sag Harbor Launch, Moorings & Services (Sag Harbor, NY)

Sag Harbor Launch, Moorings & Services
1 Long Wharf, Sag Harbor, NY 11963

Date of Service: Friday, 9/18/26 (2:10PM – 4PM) (Inside Mooring Ball#E01A & Mooring Ball#D01A) – Monday, 9/21/26
Cons: Child Witnessing Staff’s Behavior (Tender Accompanied, Male Child 6 – 9 Years Old), Confirmed REZ Followed by Staff Cancellation After Moored Twice, Confirmed REZ Means Nothing (Confirmed Until Monday – Told to Leave Sunday), Dockwa Does Not Mention Rental of Private Mooring Balls, Doesn’t Monitor VHF (Request to Call), Pricey, Professionalism, Relocating to Mooring Ball#D01A Entangled, Rude Staff, & Staff Profanity Use
Pros: Booking Responsiveness (Dockwa), Location, No Wake Zone, Full Refund Following Staff Cancellation, Large Mooring Ball Eyes for Cleats, Long Mooring Ball Lines (High Bow), Protection, Reservation Required, Swing Room, & Water Depth

• Complimentary Pump Out
• Launch Service
• Long Term Storage ($)
• 63 Mooring Balls ($)

Special Comments: Complimentary boat side pump out.

Contact the Sag Harbor Launch on VHF Channel 73 upon entering the harbor.

Medical facilities and pharmacies are located within 5 miles of Sag Harbor, NY.

Mooring field offers easy, walkable access to Sag Harbor Village groceries, restaurants, and shops. Some local village businesses offer direct delivery to vessels.

Only a 30 miles from Block Island (New Shoreham, RI) and 20 miles from New London, CT.

Ship to shore water taxi launch service runs from 9AM – 9PM. Extended to 10PM on Fridays and Saturdays in July and August. Cost is around $5/PP one-way.

Transient mooring inside the break wall for boats up to 50′ and in the Outer Mooring Field for boats 50′ – 150′. There are moorings available on a first come first serve basis. 

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Stay Again: ABSOLUTELY NOT!

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Booted off our Mooring Ball#E01A. Booked through Dockwa. Jacques confirmed the Mooring Ball via Dockwa and verbal ball assignment with Ken D, E01A (echo-0-1-alpha) 45 minutes before our approach. Confirmed. At which time told to call with any questions as VHF is not monitored. Reference the map. We got it! We were told there are only two Mooring Balls that can accommodate us on the inside where we’re assigned.

After being moored for two hours (2PM – 4PM), someone knocked on the hull, but we didn’t see anyone. I looked, and it was a child and man in a tender. Jacques proceeds outdoors. Person told him that we had to move. So, of course, Jacques asks the person asked who he was, Ken the same person Jacques had been speaking with.

Jacques stepped inside to grab his phone showing Ken the Dockwa chat and provided map. Didn’t care but, nasty to say we had to move anyways. Ken further claimed these were all private moorings, and since a Nor’Easter was coming on Sunday (9/20/26), every transient would have to vacate the field anyway. So, Jacques said, “but our REZ is until Monday“, didn’t matter we can’t stay. Further mentioned this particular Mooring Ball (E01A) can’t hold us anyway, so we have to move. Jacques further inquired, but aren’t the Inside Mooring Ball#E01A & Mooring Ball#D01A the designated two to hold us? He left via tender with presumably his son roughly 6 – 9 years old.

We proceeded to the next Mooring Ball #D01A; Jacques driving from the cockpit and I on starboard by the door to grab the pick up stick. Just then he rushes back over via tender to say that the line was completely tangled just as I was beginning to thread the eye. Ken struggled to untangle them from under the mooring ball. Eventually, he moved out of our sight, before we could make it to the bow, he tossed the starboard line up over our bow rail and muck went flying everywhere. Jacques expressed his dissatisfaction and his response, “get the f@#k out of here, I’m cancelling your reservation“! Tossed the port side line back in the water and left. As promised, he canceled it via Dockwa. (WOW, cruising up and down the East Coast, that’s a first!) Deliberate on his part because the staff cancelling erases the Dockwa REZ and chats from the consumer access and ability to leave a negative review. Clever way, to maintain a high star rating! Jacques has reached out to Dockwa directly as a result of our experience.

We briefly remained moored and frantically began unexpectedly researching a last minute alternative options in unfamiliar waters (with a 6′ draft) as the Harbormaster passed by shortly after the incident. 

We purposely chose to moor in Sag Harbor, NY for the weekend to dine, explore, and shop as first-timers. Needless, to mention this was not the positive experience we encountered! As a personal result of our mooring experience at Sag Harbor Launch, Moorings & Services (Sag Harbor, NY) we cannot recommend to our boating community.

Jacques reached out to Dockwa directly regarding our experience. Dockwa issued a full refund of $450 in a timely fashion. Beyond the refund, Ken (who manages and owns it) handling of the situation posed a safety issue to us and our vessel (6′ draft and 50′ LOA) as we were forced to unexpectedly plan for an alternative option on a whim, which by our standards is unacceptable business practice.

On the bright side we just saved ourselves $450!

TIP: Anchor (N41°0.568′ W72°16.534′) on the east end of the Break Wall where the Outer Mooring Field is located for a muddy bottom.

Note: As of 2026, anchoring is prohibited within 50′ markers and moorings. The fairway area between 500′ – 1,500′ from the shore is reserved for boat traffic and recreation. Long term anchoring is prohibited! Outer Management Area exceeding 48 hours require a permit from the Sag Harbor Harbormaster beforehand.

*By the outer harbor mooring field area we noticed a floating dock. Nothing charted nor markings, anchored far enough away, we later learned it’s a floating dock for seaplanes to drop off and pick up passengers.