Best anchorages and harbours in United States

West Island Marina

Family-run marina on West Island in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on the Nasketucket Bay side of Buzzards Bay.

West island mooring

Mooring buoy off Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, on Biscayne Bay, Miami. Part of the city mooring facility, sheltered from N and NE.

• Sheltered N, NE

West Islip Marina And Beach

Town of Islip bayfront park on the Great South Bay at West Islip, with seasonal berths, a launch ramp and a swimming beach.

West River Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on Cadle Creek off the West River near Edgewater, Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay.

West Sayville Boat Basin

Marina at 138 Atlantic Avenue in West Sayville, on the Great South Bay shore of Long Island, New York.

West Shore Marina

Private marina on the west shore of Gig Harbor, home of Gig Harbor Junior Sailing.

West Sound Marina Inc

Largest marina on Orcas Island, in the lee of Picnic Island at the head of West Sound, San Juan Islands.

West Wind Marina

Marina on Waite's Wharf in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, with 60 berths, 50 of them for visitors.

Westbrook Marine Center

Full-service marina at Westbrook on the Patchogue River, close to the eastern Long Island Sound shore in Connecticut.

Westerly

Anchorage off Watch Hill in Westerly, the south-westernmost point of Rhode Island, sheltered by Napatree Point at the entrance to Little Narragansett Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Western Cove

Anchorage in Penobscot Bay off Eggemoggin Reach, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Western Yacht Harbor

Marina on the western shore of Lake Union in Seattle, rebuilt after a fire destroyed the covered moorage and office.

Westhampton Yacht Squadron

Private sailing and yacht club on Moriches Bay at Remsenburg, New York, on the bay's north shore.

Westlake Marina

Marina on the west side of Lake Montauk, in a sheltered basin near the harbour entrance, Montauk, New York.

Westpoint Marina

Marina of about 300 berths on the east shore of Braddock Bay, west of the Genesee River mouth on Lake Ontario, near Rochester.

Westport Marina

Private marina and boatyard on the West River at Shady Side, Maryland, on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay south of Annapolis.

Westport Marina

Marina at the northern end of Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California. End ties, side ties and standard berths for boats from 20 to 60 ft.

Westport Yacht Club

Member yacht club on the East Branch of the Westport River, with limited transient moorings.

Westville Power Boat Association

Members' boating club on Big Timber Creek at Westville, New Jersey, founded in 1908 and one of the oldest clubs on the Delaware River.

Westward Shores Marina

Small marina on the north-west shore of Ossipee Lake at West Ossipee, New Hampshire, part of a lakeside resort.

Wetmore's Marina Dockage

Small-boat marina on the Patchogue River at Westbrook, Connecticut, with direct access to Long Island Sound.

Wexford Harbour

Private inland harbour inside the gated Wexford community on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with 280 berths reserved for residents.

Whaler's Cove Yacht Club

Members' yacht club in the inner part of Cold Spring Harbor, on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

Whaling City Marina

Marina on Pope's Island in New Bedford harbour, Massachusetts, on the Acushnet River inside the hurricane barrier.

Wharf at Clear Lake

Slip-owner marina at the west end of Clear Lake, off Davis Road in League City, Texas, with about 57 liveaboard and 148 other berths, all individually owned.

Wharf Marina

Marina on the Grand River in downtown Grand Haven, Michigan, with berths from 18 to 45 ft and a fuel berth.

Wheeler Landing Yacht Harbor

Gated marina on the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan, with 236 berths giving access to Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron.

Whiskey Island Marina

230-berth marina on Whiskey Island peninsula, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on Lake Erie, 5 minutes from downtown Cleveland.

White Horse Key

Anchorage off White Horse Key, a mangrove and sand island in the Ten Thousand Islands of south-west Florida.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

White Lake Municipal Marina

Municipal marina at the north-east end of White Lake at Whitehall, Michigan, reached from Lake Michigan through the White Lake channel.