Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Fisherman's Wharf Marina

Marina of 62 berths on the Intracoastal Waterway at Venice, on the Florida Gulf coast.

Fishermans Cove Marina

Marina on LaGrange Bayou at Freeport, on the north shore of Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida.

Fishermen’s village

Full-service marina attached to the Fishermen's Village waterfront complex in Punta Gorda, on the south bank of the Peace River at the head of Charlotte Harbor, south-west Florida.

FishWater

Anchorage on Lake Murray, South Carolina, near the lake's southern shore close to Lexington.

• Sheltered NW, N, SW, S, SE

Five Mile River Landing

Mooring field at the mouth of the Five Mile River, between Rowayton and Darien on Long Island Sound, Connecticut.

Fleet Marina

Mixed commercial and pleasure marina on Pope's Island, New Bedford, between New Bedford and Fairhaven on the Acushnet River.

Flounder Bay Yacht Club

Members yacht club on Flounder Bay at the north-west tip of Fidalgo Island in Anacortes, Washington.

Folly Boat RAMP

Public concrete boat ramp on the Folly River at Folly Beach, South Carolina, managed by Charleston County.

Fore Points Marina

Marina on the Portland waterfront in Casco Bay, with 150 floating berths plus 12 megayacht berths behind a wave-attenuating breakwater pontoon.

Forest City Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the south shore of Lake Erie at 5301 North Marginal Road, on the Cleveland lakefront.

Forest Sound Marina

Anchorage on the Intracoastal Waterway behind Topsail Island, near Hampstead in North Carolina, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, E, SE, S, NW

Fort George Island Marina

Deepwater marina with floating pontoons on the St Johns River, near its mouth on the Atlantic, just east of Jacksonville in north Florida.

Fort McAllister Marina

Full-service marina on the Great Ogeechee River near Richmond Hill, Georgia, about seven miles off the Atlantic ICW near marker 98.

Fort Myers Yacht Basin

Municipal marina on the south bank of the Caloosahatchee River in downtown Fort Myers, on the Okeechobee Waterway.

Fort Rachel Marina

Full-service boatyard and marina on Bullock Cove, in the northern reaches of Narragansett Bay, at Riverside, Rhode Island.

Fort Trumbull Marina

Marina on the Thames River within Fort Trumbull State Park, near the harbour mouth at New London, Connecticut.

Fort Walton Beach Yacht Basin

Family-run marina on Santa Rosa Sound at Fort Walton Beach, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the Florida Panhandle.

Foss Harbor

Marina on the Thea Foss Waterway in the south-west corner of Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington.

Four C's Marina

Small family-run marina near the mouth of Oak Orchard River at Point Breeze, Kent, New York.

Four Fish Marina

Marina on the Indian River Lagoon along NE Indian River Drive at Jensen Beach, Florida, between Jensen Beach and Stuart.

Four Point Landing

Marina and storage facility on Four Point Road in Dulac, Louisiana, on the Bayou Grand Caillou marsh network in Terrebonne Parish.

Fowler Marine, Revere

Boat repair yard on the Pines River at Revere, Massachusetts, off the Saugus River estuary north of Boston.

Fowler's Marina

Full-service marina on the east side of Sodus Bay, the largest bay on the south shore of Lake Ontario, New York.

Fox Island Yacht Club

Members' yacht club in Cedrona Cove on the south-east side of Fox Island, in Hale Passage between Fox Island and the Key Peninsula.

Fox's Grove Marina

Family-run marina on the Delaware River at Essington, Pennsylvania, in operation since 1918 and about 10 minutes by road from Philadelphia.

Foxhaven Marina

Family-run marina on West Harbor at Catawba Island, near Port Clinton on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Ohio.

Franck S Farley State Marina

Public state marina at Atlantic City, New Jersey, on the back bay behind the Absecon Inlet, with 630 floating berths.

Frank Hall Boat Yard

Year-round full-service boatyard on the Pawcatuck River in the village of Avondale, Westerly, Rhode Island.

Frank M Weeks Yacht Yard

Boatyard on the Patchogue River at Patchogue, New York, off the Great South Bay.

Frank S Farley State Marina

Large public marina on Clam Creek at Atlantic City, New Jersey, run by the Golden Nugget casino and hotel.