Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Pier 7 Marina

Marina at the head of the South Channel in Gloucester Inner Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts.

Pier 7 Marina

Small full-service marina on the Saginaw River in downtown Bay City, Michigan, with around 42 berths and a fuel berth.

Pier 76 Marina

Powerboat marina on the west bank of the Patchogue River at Westbrook, Connecticut, just north of the Boston Post Road bridge known to local boaters as the Singing Bridge.

Pier 88 Marina

Family-run marina on the bay at Sea Isle City, New Jersey, five blocks north of Townsends Inlet on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Pike Marine

Family-run marina at 80 Main Street in Essex, Massachusetts, on the Essex River in Cape Ann.

Pike's Bay Marina

Marina in Pikes Bay near Bayfield, Wisconsin, a base for cruising Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior.

Pilot House Marina

Family-run full-service marina on Neabsco Creek in Woodbridge, Virginia, with a restaurant on site.

Pilottown Marina

Boat slip marina on Pilottown Road in Lewes, on the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal at the west end of town, in Delaware.

Pine Avenue Pier

Pier on Rainbow Harbor in downtown Long Beach, southern California, next to the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Catalina Explorer ferry terminal.

Pine Island Commercial Marina

Working marina at St James City, at the south end of Pine Island, with access to Pine Island Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.

Pineda Point Marina

Family-run marina on the Indian River Lagoon at Merritt Island, on Florida's Space Coast, with wet berths and dry storage.

Pines Point Marina

Full-service marina on the St. Martin River at Ocean Pines, Maryland, about 6 miles upriver from the Isle of Wight Bay.

Piney Narrows Yacht Haven

278-berth marina at Kent Narrows on Kent Island, Maryland, between the Chester River and Eastern Bay on the Chesapeake.

Pioneer Point Marina

Small marina and marine store on the Swinomish Channel south of La Conner, Washington, with fuel berth open to passing boats.

Pipe Creek Marina

Small marina in Sandusky Bay at the mouth of Pipe Creek, on the south shore of Lake Erie.

Piper Point Marina

Small marina on Piper Slough at Bethel Island, on the edge of Franks Tract, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Pirate's Cove Marina

Full-service marina of 195 berths on Roanoke Sound near Manteo, North Carolina, built around offshore charter fishing.

Pirate's Cove Resort & Marina

Full-service marina on the Manatee Pocket at Stuart, with 50 wet berths for boats up to 90 feet and dry rack storage for craft up to 32 feet.

Pirate's Cove Marine

Marina in the inner harbour of West Harbor on Fishers Island, New York, in eastern Long Island Sound.

Pirate's Den Marina

Service marina on Neale Sound Drive at Cobb Island, Maryland, where the Wicomico River meets the Potomac in southern Charles County.

Pirates Cove

Sheltered anchorage off the Intracoastal Waterway near Dania Beach, southern Florida, lying between Dania Beach Marina to the north and Hollywood Marina to the south.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW

Pirates Cove Dock Bar

Restaurant marina at Galesville on the West River, off the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

Pirates Cove Marina

Marina and boat club on a sheltered canal at Bayshore Boulevard in Dunedin, off St Joseph Sound on Florida's Gulf coast.

Piscataqua Marina

Small marina on Badgers Island, Kittery, Maine, on the Piscataqua River opposite Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Pittsburg Marina

Municipal marina of 575 berths on New York Slough, gateway to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 40 nm east of San Francisco Bay.

Plantation Yacht Harbor Marina

Village-owned marina inside Founders Park on Plantation Key, Islamorada, on the bay side of the Florida Keys.

Plattsburgh Boat Basin

Full service marina on the west shore of Lake Champlain at the mouth of the Saranac River, 5 minutes' walk from downtown Plattsburgh in northern New York State.

Bonefish Bay Anchorage

Anchorage in Bonefish Bay off Coco Plum at Marathon, in the middle Florida Keys, on a sand bottom, protected from SE, S and SW winds.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Pleasant Street Wharf

Full-service marina in the heart of Wickford Cove, North Kingstown, on the west shore of Narragansett Bay. Slips and moorings for visitors.

Pleasure Cove Marina

Full-service marina on Bodkin Creek at Pasadena, Maryland, just inside the western shore of Chesapeake Bay north of the Patapsco River.