🎯 Activity
Boat Trip to Saba Rock and the Bitter End
A short launch ride across the sound to two sailing outposts reachable no other way.
Typical duration
240 min
Price
Taxi plus launch about US$45-60 pp return (≈ €42–56)
From port
9 km / 5.6 mi
Transfer time
45 min
Indoor / Outdoor
outdoor
Queue risk
low
🕐 Best time to visit
Only on a long call; leave the ship on the first tender
The far end of the North Sound has no roads at all, so Saba Rock and the Bitter End Yacht Club are reached the way sailors reach them: a twenty-minute taxi to the dock at Gun Creek and then a launch across the water. Saba Rock is a bar and small hotel occupying an entire rock in the middle of the sound, and the Bitter End is the sailing club that gave the sound its reputation, both rebuilt since the 2017 hurricanes. It is a lovely half day and a genuinely risky one on a port call: budget an hour each way and do not attempt it on a short stop.
Getting there from the port
Taxi 20 minutes to Gun Creek, then a resort launch or water taxi across the sound