Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound

Icard Marina

Small private marina in the Lower Harbour of New Rochelle, on western Long Island Sound, with just 4 berths.

Imperial Yacht Club Inc

Private marina on Echo Bay at Davenport Neck, New Rochelle, New York, on Long Island Sound.

Indian Harbor Yacht Club

Yacht club founded in 1889 on Steamboat Road, Greenwich Harbor, Connecticut.

Indian Neck Yacht Club

Members-only yacht club on the Branford River at Branford, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.

Island Boat Club

Marina on City Island in the Bronx, at the western end of Long Island Sound off Eastchester Bay.

Island Boatyard

Marina and full-service boatyard in West Neck Harbor, on the south side of Shelter Island, New York, between the north and south forks of Long Island.

Island View Marina

Family-run marina on the Patchogue River, on the Great South Bay shore of Long Island, New York.

Island Yacht

Marina and boat dealership at Lindenhurst, on a tidal creek near the mouth of Neguntatogue Creek, north shore of Great South Bay.

Englewood Marina

Hudson River marina at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, at the foot of the George Washington Bridge, run as Englewood Marina LLC.

J M Marine

Small marina and boat repair yard at 222 Old Neck Road in Center Moriches, on the north shore of Moriches Bay, Long Island.

Jeffstar Marina

Family-run marina at 100 Jefferson Street, Freeport, near the Nautical Mile on the south shore of Long Island.

Jones Inlet Marine

Full-service marina on South Main Street in Freeport, New York, in a sheltered basin off Jones Inlet on Long Island's south shore.

K & K Outboard

Full-service marina and boat dealer on Long Beach Road in Island Park, New York, on the bays inside Reynolds Channel.

Kelsey Boat Yard

Boatyard on the Branford bank of the Farm River in Branford, Connecticut, running since 1934.

Kings Plaza Marina

Marina in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, set along the perimeter of the Kings Plaza shopping centre car park, on the edge of Jamaica Bay.

Kings Park Yacht club

Members' boating club at Kings Park on the north shore of Long Island, New York, near the mouth of the Nissequogue River.

Knutson's Yacht Haven

Full-service marina on the east side of Huntington Harbour at Halesite, Long Island Sound, operating from the same site since 1937.

Larchmont Yacht Club

Private club marina in Larchmont Harbour on Long Island Sound, about 18 miles north-east of New York City, with seasonal moorings and a sheltered harbour basin.

Lawrence Marina

Marina in a sheltered basin at Lawrence on the south shore of Long Island, New York, about 2 miles from the Atlantic.

Leeward Cove Marina

Full-service marina on the Patchogue River, Patchogue, New York, a few minutes from the Great South Bay.

Lighthouse Marina

Marina of 150 floating berths on Meetinghouse Creek off Great Peconic Bay, near Riverhead on Long Island, New York.

Little Peconic Bay North

Anchorage on the northern side of Little Peconic Bay, off the North Fork of Long Island near Cutchogue, New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Locust Point Yacht Club

Private members' yacht club at the tip of the Locust Point peninsula in the Bronx, on Eastchester Bay near the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Stonington Harbor

Anchorage in Stonington Harbour, off Fishers Island Sound in south-eastern Connecticut, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Lotteryville Marina

Family-run marina on the Pawcatuck River at Westerly, Rhode Island, about a 20-minute run from the open sea.

Louis Engel Waterfront Park

Anchorage off Louis Engel Waterfront Park at Ossining, on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York State.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Mago Point Marina

Small marina on Mago Point, on the east bank of the lower Niantic River at Waterford, Connecticut.

Maidstone Harbor Marina

Marina in a sheltered cove off Three Mile Harbor, an inlet of Gardiner's Bay at East Hampton on Long Island's South Fork.

Manhasset Bay Marina

Marina at Port Washington on Manhasset Bay, off the western end of Long Island Sound in New York.

Maple Avenue Marina

Marina on Penataquit Creek at Bay Shore, on the Great South Bay, Long Island, with around 150 berths on fixed and floating pontoons.