Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Washington Marina Company

Marina on the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, in Washington DC, near the Wharf district.

Washington Sailing Marina

Marina on the Virginia bank of the Potomac River at Daingerfield Island, just south of Reagan National Airport in Alexandria.

Watch Hill Cove

Anchorage off Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, on the edge of Little Narragansett Bay. Sand bottom with good holding.

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Water Street Limited

Private slip rental operation on Water Street in downtown Cheboygan, on the right bank of the Cheboygan River.

Water Street Public Dock

Sailing club on Bullock Cove between Riverside and Barrington, at the northern end of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

Waterfront Marina

Marina at the top of Main Street in Sag Harbor, on the South Fork of Long Island, with 77 berths for vessels from 20 to 200 feet.

Waterfront Marina

Small private marina at 919 Bayside Drive in Newport Harbour, taking boats up to about 33 feet with a maximum beam of 12 feet.

Waterfront Marine

Marina and boatyard at 1821 Somers Point Road, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, on the waters off Great Egg Harbor Bay.

Waterfront Place North Docks

North section of the Port of Everett Marina on Possession Sound, Washington. Newest of three dock groups, built in 2007 as part of the Waterfront Place redevelopment.

Waterfronte Villas & Yacht Club

Private residential marina at Carolina Beach, North Carolina, set on the point where Myrtle Grove Sound meets Snows Cut.

Waterline Marina

Marina of 92 berths in a naturally protected harbour off the ICW at Eau Gallie, in Melbourne, Florida.

Waterman's Harbor Inc

Gated private marina on Dickinson Bayou near Texas City, Texas, with covered lift berths and floating pontoon berths.

Watermark Marina

Dry-storage marina on a private bay off the Cape Fear River at Wilmington, North Carolina, set on a 20-acre waterfront site.

Waters Edge Marina

Municipal marina on the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River, at Grosse Ile Township, Michigan's only island township.

Waters Gate Marina

Small family-run marina at Holgate, southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey, on Little Egg Harbor.

Waterview Marina

Small marina at East Rockaway on Long Island's South Shore, on a creek off Hewlett Bay.

Waterway Marina

Marina on the St. Lucie River at Stuart, Florida, owned by HMY Yachts, within walking distance of historic downtown Stuart.

Waterways Marina

Marina serving the gated Waterways community in Richmond Hill, Georgia, on the Redbird Waterway with access to the Great Ogeechee River and the ICW.

Watson Landings Marina

Marina on Watson Bayou in Panama City, Florida, used as a base for wet berths and dry storage.

Waucoma Yacht Club

Yacht club founded in 1907 on the Quinnipiac River at Front Street, New Haven, the third yacht club established in the city.

Waukegan Harbor & Marina

Public marina of around 640 berths on the western shore of Lake Michigan at Waukegan, Illinois, roughly 40 miles north of Chicago.

Waverly Marina

Members-only moorage on the east bank of the Willamette River three miles upstream of downtown Portland, Oregon, on the edge of Milwaukie.

Wayfarer Marina Slips

Marina in the D and E Basins of Marina del Rey, on the Los Angeles coast in California.

Wayfarers Cove Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard on the Neuse River at Minnesott Beach, North Carolina, between Oriental and New Bern.

Weeki Wachee Marina

Small marina on a canal off the Mud River in Hernando Beach, Florida, about 10 minutes by car from the Weeki Wachee spring.

Weeks Marina

Marina and marine railway on Cuckold Creek off the Patuxent River at Hollywood, Maryland.

Well Rock anchorage

Anchorage in the outer waters off Cohasset Harbour, on the Massachusetts coast south of Boston, on a sand bottom.

Safe Harbor Wentworth By The Sea

Full-service marina at New Castle on Little Harbor, New Hampshire, with 170 floating berths and around 100 reserved for visitors.

Wentworth By The Sea Marina

Full-service marina on New Castle Island, New Hampshire, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River near Portsmouth.

West Basin Marina

US Navy MWR marina on the Patuxent River at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, near the mouth of the river on Chesapeake Bay.