Best anchorages and harbours in New England

Lighthouse Marina

Small marina at 47R Parker Street on Smith Cove, in the inner harbour of Gloucester, on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.

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

MacCallum's Boathouse

Boat dealership and marina on Northwood Lake at 1049 Dover Road in Epsom, New Hampshire.

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.

Maine Yacht Center

Full-service boatyard and marina on the Presumpscot River side of Portland, Casco Bay, with 80 berths and a 990ft pontoon.

Manchester Harbor Boat Club

Members' boat club in Manchester Harbor on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, on the same sheltered inlet as the town's boatyards.

Manchester Marine

Full-service boatyard inside Manchester Harbor on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, with around 40 seasonal berths and transient moorings.

Manchester Yacht Club

Members' yacht club at Tucks Point in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, set just inside the entrance to Manchester Harbour.

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.

Marblehead Yacht Club

Yacht club on Marblehead Harbour, north of Boston in Massachusetts, in the old Shipyard neighbourhood.

Marina

Small marina inside Three Mile Harbor, a narrow inlet of Gardiner's Bay at East Hampton on Long Island's South Fork.

Marina 59

Five-acre marina at 59-14 Beach Channel Drive on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, set in Somerville Basin off Jamaica Bay.

Marina at Admirals Hill

A 140-berth marina on the Mystic River at Chelsea, just upstream of Boston inner harbour, with bridge-free access.

Marina at American Wharf

Marina at the head of the Thames River in downtown Norwich, Connecticut, where the Yantic and Shetucket rivers meet.

Marina Mooney bay

Marina at Point au Roche on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, about an hour south of Montreal and three miles off Interstate 87 Exit 40.

Marine World

Full-service marina and boat dealer on Freeport Creek at Freeport, Long Island, off the south shore of New York.

MarineMax Boston

Full-service marina on the Town River at Quincy, just south of Boston, with around 255 wet berths.

Mariner's Cove Marine

Full-service marina and boat dealership on the Shinnecock Canal at Hampton Bays, Long Island.

Marker 7 Marina

Marina and tackle shop on the west bank of the lower Niantic River at East Lyme, Connecticut.

Marston's Marina

Small-boat marina on the tidal Saco River at Saco, Maine, about 3.5 miles upriver from the Camp Ellis entrance and roughly 2 miles below the town of Saco.

Masons Island Marina

Full-service marina in a sheltered cove off the Mystic River at Mason's Island, Mystic, Connecticut, with 120 floating berths and 20 moorings.

Massabesic Yacht Club

Members' sailing club on Lake Massabesic at Auburn, New Hampshire, on Route 28A about a third of a mile south of the Route 121 rotary.

Matt's Marina

Full-service marina in Seaford Harbor on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, off South Oyster Bay.

Mattituck Commercial Dock

Bulkhead dock inside Mattituck Inlet on the north shore of Long Island, the only harbour between Port Jefferson and Greenport.