Best anchorages and harbours in Boston and the North Shore

Hull Bay

Open anchorage off the town of Hull, on the western side of Hingham Bay in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Boston Waterboat Marina

A marina on historic Long Wharf in Boston inner harbour, the city's oldest continuously operating yachting facility.

Isle of Shoals

Anchorage at the Isles of Shoals, a small archipelago about 6 miles off the New Hampshire and Maine coast. Gosport Harbour lies between Star, Cedar and Smuttynose islands.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Charlestown Marina

Marina set in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard on Boston Harbor, occupying berths on Piers 6 and 8 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Back Harbor (Sandy Bay)

Anchorage in Sandy Bay off Rockport, Cape Ann, with a sand bottom and the Sandy Bay Yacht Club 0.2 nm to the south-east.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Portsmouth Yacht Club

Member yacht club at New Castle, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua River, with visitor moorings and a public fuel berth.

Kittery Point

Mooring and anchorage area at Pepperrell Cove, just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River in southern Maine.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Gloucester Inner Harbor

Working fishing harbour at Gloucester on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, about 25 miles north-east of Boston, sheltered behind a long breakwater.

Seaport Landing Marina

Municipal marina on the Lynnway in Lynn, Massachusetts, on the north shore of Boston harbour about 10 miles north of Boston.

Portsmouth Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on the Piscataqua River in New Castle, New Hampshire, with a public fuel berth and transient moorings off the clubhouse and in Pepperrell Cove across the river in Maine.

Portsmouth

Anchorage on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, on the Maine and New Hampshire boundary, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

South Boston Yacht Club

Yacht club mooring field in Dorchester Bay, off South Boston, Massachusetts, inside the inner harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Quamino rock bay

Anchorage in Cohasset Harbour, Massachusetts, beside Big Quamino Rock, a barren islet off the inner harbour.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Safe Harbor Kittery Point

Marina in the Back Channel of the Piscataqua River, on the Maine side of the river opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with direct open access to the Gulf of Maine.

Annisquam Yacht Club

Private sailing club on the Annisquam River at Annisquam village, Gloucester, Massachusetts, founded in 1896.

Cape Ann Marina

Year-round marina on the Annisquam River just inside Gloucester harbour, on the north shore of Massachusetts, about 40 miles north of Boston.

Atlantis Marina

Marina of about 130 berths at 550 Pleasant Street, Winthrop, Massachusetts, set in the sheltered water of Winthrop Harbor.

Badgers Island Marina

Marina on the Maine bank of the Piscataqua River at Kittery, opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 2 nm from the river mouth.

Beacon Marine Basin Inc

Family-owned marina at 211 East Main Street in East Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Smiths Cove off the inner harbour.

Bert's Boat Yard-Marina

Small semi-private boatyard on Norton Street at North Weymouth, Massachusetts, used mainly by South Shore Yacht Club members.

Beverly Port Marina Inc

Full-service marina at 43 Water Street, Beverly, at the mouth of Beverly Harbour on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

Beverly Port Marina Inc

Full-service marina at 43 Water Street in Beverly Harbour, on the Massachusetts North Shore, holding around 300 boats in summer.

Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina

Full-service marina at Jeffries Point in East Boston, on the site of the former East Boston shipyard.

Boston Harbor, Barking Crab Marina

Small marina in Fort Point Channel, Boston, behind the Barking Crab seafood restaurant, between the Northern Avenue Bridge and the Evelyn Moakley Bridge.

Boston Yacht Club

Yacht club station in Marblehead Harbour, on the Massachusetts North Shore, with moorings, pontoon berths and a fuel berth on the waterfront.

Braintree Yacht Club

Members' yacht club at the head of the Weymouth Fore River, in Braintree, Massachusetts, in the most sheltered waters of Boston Harbour.

Brown's Yacht Yard

Year-round full-service boatyard on the eastern shore of Gloucester's Inner Harbour at Cripple Cove, Massachusetts.

Captain's Cove Marina

Marina of 180 berths in a sheltered inlet of the Town River at Quincy, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

Carefree Boat Club Boston

Members' boat club at Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina, 256 Marginal Street, East Boston, on the north shore of the inner harbour.

Cohasset Harbor Marina

Marina of 75 floating berths at the end of Parker Avenue in Cohasset, on the South Shore of Massachusetts.