Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound

Vella's Marina & Boat Works

Marina and repair yard at 3555 Bartz Street, Oceanside, New York, on the canals off East Bay south of the town.

Venice Marina

Full-service marina at 3939 Emmons Avenue on the south shore of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.

Viking Marina

Full-service marina at the head of the Pawcatuck River in Westerly, Rhode Island, a few miles from open water.

Village Marina

Renovated marina on the Housatonic River in Milford, Connecticut, with quick access downstream to Long Island Sound.

Walkers Marina

Private marina off Stonington Harbour, Connecticut, established in 1958, with around 135 berths and dock depth near 14 feet.

Wantagh Park Marina

County-run marina inside Wantagh Park, a 111-acre Nassau County park on the South Shore of Long Island, New York.

Watch Hill Cove

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

• Sheltered E, SE, S

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.

Waterview Marina

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

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.

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 Sayville Boat Basin

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

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

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.

Wetmore's Marina Dockage

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

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.

Willow Point Marina

Full-service marina at Cape Vincent, New York, where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario.

Woodmere Bay Yacht Club

Member-owned yacht club on Hewlett Harbor at East Rockaway, on the south shore of Long Island.

World's Fair Marina Pier 1

Pier 1 of the World's Fair Marina in Flushing Bay, Queens, on the northern edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

World's Fair Marina

Public marina in Flushing Bay, Queens, at the northern edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, near Citi Field and LaGuardia Airport.

Wright Island Marina

Full-service marina in the Lower Harbour of New Rochelle, on western Long Island Sound, operating since 1982.

Yachtsmen's Cove

Marina at 696 South Main Street, Freeport, bordering Freeport Bay on the south shore of Long Island.