[hamiam]

Great Salt Pond has a huge anchoring area North of the channel if that is the way you want to go. We did a night sail from Newport a few weekends ago, picked up a town mooring, and then started calling marinas at7am and got a slip at the Boat Basin. (My favorite as they do not raft boats.) Payne''s usually has space if you call them in the am as they do not take reservations. You might also luck out and find an empty town rental mooring (lime green in color). Good luck.