Reviews: Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer

Reviewed by: Matt Claiborne , Dulcinea, on Sep 25, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

The new facility at Lyman-Morse is beautiful, and the staff are some of the friendliest and most helpful we've found during all our travels. The restaurants at the marina are top-notch. The bathrooms, showers, and laundry facility are excellent.

We stayed on a mooring in the outer harbor, which is very exposed and will be rolly with any east component wind or swell. The moorings on the south side near Curtis Island are better. Download the mooring map off the LM website so you know where to go when you get there.

Camden is a must-see town and a great place to walk around. Dozens of shops, restaurants, bars, and anything else. Easy walk to Walgreens and a small grocer. Instacart will delivery provisions to the marina.

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Reviewed by: Tina Pickell on May 30, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 62'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

We feel confident in the Lyman Morse moorings in Camden. Assigned a mooring near Curtis Island, we enjoyed the spectacular view of schooners sailing past with their day charters. The dinghy ride into town or to LM's dinghy dock took about five minutes. Staff was efficient and friendly. The town of Camden is quaint and well worth a visit. Winds kicked up a bit on our second night making our boat roll a bit.

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Reviewed by: Norman Cecil , Ms Bea Haven, on Jul 19, 2021
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

Outer harbor moorings a bit rolly, but well spaced. Lovely town and friendly staff.

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Reviewed by: Luke Carpenter on Aug 21, 2020
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 53'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

We moored out by Curtis Island which is about a 5 minute dinghy ride from the LM dock or the town pier. It's bumpy during the day with all the boats going by but settled down at night and the island is a good lee. It's also a great picnic island with a rope mooring at the west end of the island.

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Reviewed by: Charles Thomsen on Aug 27, 2018
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 43'
Draft: 3.3'

Rating: 5

My wife and I spent 5 weeks on our boat at the Lyman-Morse Marina and were consistently pleased. It is a full-service marina that has a big travel lift, extensive repair, maintenance and building facilities, a well-stocked ship store, a canvas shop, an electronics shop, a fuel dock, a nice lounge with a conference room, sitting area, laundry and shower facilities—and a good restaurant. It handles everything from dinghies to mega-yachts.

However, the real asset of this marina is the culture: the personable character of the people. The clean-cut youngsters on the dock and their dockmasters, the managers running the various facilities and the mechanics that fix the inevitable boat problems are consistently knowledgable, helpful, responsive—and just plain nice.

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