Best anchorages and harbours in New England

Hurricane Island

Guest moorings off the east side of Hurricane Island, in the Fox Islands group of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom, shelter from north-west through south-west.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Seaport Landing Marina

Municipal marina on the Lynnway in Lynn, Massachusetts, on the north shore of Boston harbour about 10 miles north of Boston.

Quai de Falls Park

Free city dock at Vergennes Falls Park, on the south bank of Otter Creek below the falls in Vergennes, Vermont.

Portsmouth Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on the Piscataqua River in New Castle, New Hampshire, with a public fuel berth and transient moorings off the clubhouse and in Pepperrell Cove across the river in Maine.

Eastern Cove

Anchorage in Eastern Cove on the south side of Mount Desert Island, midcoast Maine. Sand bottom with patches of weed.

• Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE

Port Jefferson Moorings and Launch Service

Visitor mooring field run by a launch service in Port Jefferson Harbour, on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Frenchboro

Anchorage and mooring field at Lunt Harbor, Frenchboro, on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine, about 8 nm south of Mount Desert Island.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

New-London waterfront

Mooring field and anchorage on the Thames River off downtown New London, Connecticut.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Lakeman Harbour

Tight pond-sized cove off the north-east corner of Roque Harbor, in the Roque Island archipelago of downeast Washington County, Maine. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Hog Island

Mud-bottom anchorage off Hog Island, at the entrance to Bristol Harbour in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

• Sheltered S

Westport Marina

Full-service marina in Northwest Bay, on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, run by the Carroll family since 1982.

Castleton Boat Club

Member-owned marina on the east bank of the Hudson River at mile 136.9, eight miles south of Albany.

Tenants Harbor

Working fishing harbour midway down the St. George peninsula in Maine, on a mud bottom, with shelter from nearly every quarter.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Dutch Harbor

Harbour on the west side of Conanicut Island at Jamestown, Rhode Island, between the island and Dutch Island in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S, SE

Port Clyde Harbour

Working harbour and anchorage at the tip of the St George peninsula, midcoast Maine, sheltered behind Hupper Island. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Raymond Rocks East

Anchorage off East Norwalk in the Norwalk Islands, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Cape Porpoise Harbour

Anchorage at Cape Porpoise, the original village of Kennebunkport on the southern Maine coast, on a sand and mud bottom with shelter from NW through E and round to SW.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Portsmouth

Anchorage on the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, on the Maine and New Hampshire boundary, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Rocky Point

Anchorage in Stirling Basin off Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island, with sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Mattituck Creek anchorage

Anchorage in Mattituck Creek on the North Fork of Long Island, reached from the south shore of Long Island Sound.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Safe Harbor Yacht Haven

Full-service marina of more than 380 berths on the East Branch of Stamford Harbour, Connecticut, taking vessels up to 200 feet, with a maximum draught of about 4 metres.

Camp Island

Anchorage off Camp Island in the Merchant Row archipelago, between Stonington and Isle au Haut, midcoast Maine. Sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Dyckman Marina

Small marina at the west end of Dyckman Street, on the Hudson River in the Inwood neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York, opposite the New Jersey Palisades.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Oasis Marinas at East Greenwich

Marina in Greenwich Cove, a deep-water basin off Narragansett Bay at East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

South Boston Yacht Club

Yacht club mooring field in Dorchester Bay, off South Boston, Massachusetts, inside the inner harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Davis Cove

Small cove anchorage on the western side of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Mud bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Pequonnock Yacht Club

Private yacht club at City Point, New Haven, on the west side of New Haven Harbor in Connecticut.

Wiscasset

Town anchorage on the Sheepscot River in Maine, about 13 miles above the river mouth, in one of the deepest, ice-free harbours in the state.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Compo Beach

Anchorage off Compo Beach in Long Island Sound, near the mouth of the Saugatuck River at Westport, Connecticut.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Bear Island

Anchorage off Bear Island, a 21-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust conservation island on the eastern edge of Eggemoggin Reach near Deer Isle.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE