Best anchorages and harbours in Long Island Sound

Narrasketuck Yacht Club

Sailing club at 15 Berger Avenue, Amityville, on Narraskatuck Creek off the western Great South Bay.

Nauti River Marina

Marina on the Connetquot River at Oakdale, Long Island, with about 100 berths and an on-site restaurant.

Ned Dimes Marina

Town-run marina at Compo Beach in Westport, Connecticut, on the Saugatuck River side of Long Island Sound.

Neptune Marina

Marina in Echo Bay, an inlet off Long Island Sound at New Rochelle, New York, on the Westchester County shore.

New Haven Yacht Club

Yacht club founded in 1882 at Morris Cove on the eastern shore of New Haven Harbour, one of the oldest chartered yacht clubs in the United States.

New Suffolk Shipyard

One of the oldest boatyards on eastern Long Island, on School House Creek beside New Suffolk village, off Cutchogue Harbor.

Shagwong Marina Cutchogue

Full-service marina on the west side of Cutchogue Harbor at Cutchogue, on the North Fork of Long Island.

Niantic Bay Yacht Club

Sailing club on the west side of Niantic Bay at East Lyme, Connecticut, sheltered to the south by a breakwater.

Nicolls Point Marina

Family-run marina at Oakdale on the Connetquot River, off Great South Bay, Long Island. Around 64 berths with no transient space.

Noank Seaport Marine

Full-service marina and boatyard at the mouth of the Mystic River in Noank, Groton, Connecticut.

Noank Village Boatyard

Full-service year-round boatyard at the entrance of the Mystic River, in the village of Noank, Groton, Connecticut.

North Cove Yacht Club

Private yacht club at North Cove, just north of Saybrook Point on the Connecticut River in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

North Cove Yacht Club

Private yacht club at North Cove, just north of Saybrook Point on the Connecticut River in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

North Shore Yacht Club

Sailing club with a mooring field on the north shore of Manhasset Bay at Port Washington, New York.

Northport Yacht Club

Private yacht club with moorings on Northport Harbour, Long Island Sound, on Bluff Point Road.

Northport Yacht Club

Yacht club on Northport Harbour, off Long Island Sound at Northport, New York, with moorings serviced for its members.

Norwalk Yacht Club

Members' sailing club with a guest mooring field in Wilson Cove, near the entrance to Norwalk Harbour, Connecticut.

Norwest Marine

Full-service marina and boatyard on the Pawcatuck River at Pawcatuck, near the river mouth and Little Narragansett Bay.

Oakdale Yacht Club

Large full-service marina on the Connetquot River at Oakdale, Long Island, feeding into Great South Bay near Fire Island.

Oaklands Marina

Marina and waterfront restaurant on Dune Road at Hampton Bays, New York, beside Shinnecock Inlet on Shinnecock Bay.

Old Greenwich Yacht Club

Member yacht club inside Greenwich Cove at Greenwich Point, on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound.

Old Harbor Marina

Full-service marina at the eastern end of Clinton Harbor, in Clinton, Connecticut, off Long Island Sound.

Old Lyme Marina

Full-service marina on the lower Connecticut River near Calves Island, Old Lyme, about 3 miles up from Long Island Sound.

Old Man's Boat Yard

Boatyard in Mount Sinai Harbour on the north shore of Long Island, formerly the Davis Island Boatyard.

Old Mill Yacht Club

Private boating club on Shellbank Basin at Howard Beach, Queens, on the north shore of Jamaica Bay.

Open Bay Marina

Full-service marina on Merrick Bay at Merrick, on the south shore of Long Island, New York.

Orchard Creek Marina

Family-run marina on a deep-water canal off Orchard Neck Creek at 57 Ocean Avenue, Center Moriches, on the north shore of Moriches Bay.

Orient Yacht Club

Members' yacht club at the foot of Village Lane in Orient, on the North Fork of Long Island, New York.

Orienta Yacht Club

Member yacht club in the East Basin of Mamaroneck Harbour on Long Island Sound, in Mamaroneck, New York.

Ossining

Anchorage on the east bank of the Hudson River off the village of Ossining, in Westchester County about 30 miles north of Manhattan.

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