Best anchorages and harbours in New England

Shaw's Boat Yard Inc

Year-round boatyard and marina on the Taunton River at Dighton, Massachusetts, inland from Mount Hope Bay.

Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club

Member-run boat club on Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, holding the largest waterfront plot among the bay's clubs.

Sheffield island

Anchorage off Sheffield Island, the southernmost of the Norwalk Islands on northern Long Island Sound, in Connecticut, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Shelburne Ship Yard

Historic shipyard and marina in Shelburne Bay, Lake Champlain, on a site where boatbuilding has been documented since 1797.

Shellfish Marine

Family-run marina and boatyard on West Avenue in West Sayville, on the Great South Bay shore of Long Island, New York.

Shelter Bay Yacht Club

A 35-berth yacht club at Kings Point on Manhasset Bay, Long Island Sound, New York.

Shinnecock Marina

Marina at the north-east end of the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays, on the south shore of Long Island, New York.

Signal Point Marina Association

Marina on the outer part of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with floating docks and views over the harbour entrance.

Smithtown Bay Yacht Club

Private yacht club and marina on the north shore of Long Island at St James, New York, on Stony Brook Harbour off Smithtown Bay.

Somerset Marina & Yacht Sales

Family-run full-service marina on the Taunton River at Somerset, Massachusetts, near the head of Mount Hope Bay.

South Bay Marine Service

Full-service boatyard and marina on South Ketcham Avenue in Amityville, on the Narrasketuck Creek leading to the Great South Bay.

South Shore Boat Yard

Family-run boatyard just inside the entrance of the Patchogue River, Patchogue, New York, facing Watch Hill on Fire Island.

South Yard Marina

Marina and yard at Ferry Point on the Connecticut River in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, just north of the Amtrak rail bridge.

Spencer's Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard in Milford Harbour, off Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Spicer's Marina

Large marina and mooring field at 93 Marsh Road in Noank, Groton, Connecticut, on Fishers Island Sound near the Mystic River mouth.

Spindle Rock Club

Boating club with docks and moorings on the East Branch of the Westport River, at Westport Point, Massachusetts.

Split Rock Point

Anchorage off a rocky headland on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, about four miles south-east of Essex.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Spring Point Marina

Large full-service marina at the entrance of Portland Harbour, in South Portland, Maine.

Squantum

Mooring buoy off Squantum, a peninsula of Quincy in Massachusetts, bordered by Dorchester Bay and Quincy Bay south of Boston Harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Squeteague Harbor Marine

Small boatyard at Squeteague Harbor in Cataumet village, Bourne, on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Stamford Yacht Club

Members' yacht club at Westcott Cove on the Shippan peninsula, Stamford, Connecticut, with 134 floating berths for sail and power craft up to 35 feet.

Standish Boat Yard

Family-owned full-service boatyard and marina on the Sakonnet River at Tiverton, Rhode Island.

Stanley's Boat Yard

Full-service boatyard on Barton Avenue, on the Barrington River in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Star Island Yacht Club

Full-service marina on Star Island in Lake Montauk, at the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.

Stave Island

Anchorage off Stave Island in Lake Champlain, Vermont, north-west of Malletts Bay near the South Hero shore.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Steamboat Wharf Marina

Full-service marina and boatyard on the Weir River in Hull, in a protected cove across from World's End.

Stone Cove Marina

Family-run marina of 163 berths on Point Judith Pond at South Kingstown, Rhode Island, sheltered behind the salt pond barrier.

Stonebridge Marina

Full-service marina on the east side of Onset Bay, part of Buzzards Bay, in the village of Onset, Wareham, Massachusetts.

Stonebridge Marina

Marina on the East River in Onset village, Wareham, at the north end of Buzzards Bay close to the Cape Cod Canal.

Stonington Harbor Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on Stonington Harbour, Connecticut, with dock space and a small number of transient moorings in the outer harbour.