What's your favorite anchorage?

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Mike Pitchford

La Trappe Creek

La Trappe Creek, just off the Choptank River near Cambridge Md. is a great anchorage. Just beyond the entrance to the creek, to starboard, is a cove protected by a sandy spit. The spit is a great place to land a dinghy and let the kids play. The creek is also well worth exploring.
 
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Tom

I second the Sand Hole

Trickey to get in but once you are in you feel very same and secure....and I kind of like all the boats on weekends during the summer...most everyone is pretty nice (only once or twice do you get people in cigarette boats)...It is like a Pond...I wish it were a little easier to get into for a sailboat...but.... I am amazed no one has said Hamburg Cove in Essex Conn...I heard its awesome there And I kind of like Concience bay in Port Jeff....it can be nice in there...lots of moorings a little beach...protected....same goes with Oyster Bay (proper)
 
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Barry Holmes

Tuamotu Islands

Most of the populated Tuamotu Islands provide fabulously beautiful and safe anchorages, with the world's best diving, incredible flora and fauna, and charming friendly islanders. Incomparable.
 
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Nicholas Webley

Malbrough Sounds

Malbrough Sounds It is at the top half of the south island of New Zealand the sounds are 1500 ks of of sheltered coastline and bays , you can always find a bay to yourself the fishing is great thier is plenty of shellfish and you can shoot wild pig ,deer and goats.
 
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Justin - O'day Owners' Web

Jewell Island, Casco Bay, Maine

Not too far from home but beautiful and just far enough to escape to. Jewell Island was the WWII North Atlantic Destroyer Fleet Headquarters and is a lush uninhabited island riddled with old structures, tunnels, bunkers, gun emplacements, and anti-submarine towers. It can be crowed on the weekend but there's rarely anyone there mid-week. Justin - O'day Owners' Web
 
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John McEnallay

Isle of Pines New Caledonia (Paradise)

The anchorage at the northern end of the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia is idyllic, crystal clear water, well protected, abundant fish and interesting curisers. What else is there?
 
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Ken Steyer

Won't try to describe it...

Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, BVI's. Although it's changed a bit through the years, it's still a postcard perfect anchorage. Stanley's and Rhymer's only make it that much more sublime.
 
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Nigel

Turner's Creek

Turner's Creek on the Sassasfrass- you can put your bow on the beach and have your stern in 15 feet of water- Then when you've played on the beach tuck back into the creek for a restful calm nights sleep- good in almost all types of weather - But tell anyone else
 
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Tom Speitel

Manele, Lanai, Hawaii

Lanai is a wonderful getaway. Only 3000 people and a safe little harbor on the leeward side. The webcam is really showing Hulopoe, which is the adjoining bay and sandy beach.
 
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M. A. K.

A Little Castle

Charles Island. Know it? I hope not. Quiet is the best feature.
 
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JIMMY

BOOT KEY HARBOR

WE LIKE TO STOP IN BOOT KEY HARBOR WHENEVER WE ARE SAILING THE FLORIDA KEYS. ALL THE LOCALS ARE FUN TO PARTY WITH.
 
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Bill Stumpf

Norman Island, BVI

Although we do most of our sailing amoung the islands of western Lake Erie, last year we sailed a Hunter 45 into The Bight. The water was so clear you could see the bottom fifty feet below. The snorkeling is the best, particularly at a near by area called the Caves. See www.normanisland.com
 
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Tom Bowen

Lookout Bight, NC Outer Banks

Cape Lookout is located near the charming seacoast town of Beaufort, NC and is actually the southernmost tip of the outerbanks, a chinstrap chain of barrier islands that guard the state's mainland and provide one of the last bastions of unspoiled coastline in the Southeast. Lookout bight is a natural oceanside lake that is 25 feet deep in most places. I never tire of the 7-mile sail along Shackleford banks, where wild ponies run free, up to the Bight where you can drop a hook and watch the stars come out. Pods of dolphin roam the entrance to bight and seem to enjoy patroling past your boat as you enter and leave. Fall is best time of year.
 
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Larry W.

Cherry Cove, Catalina Island

Cheery Cove, while not exactly an anchorage, is probably our favorite spot in So. Cal., with Emeral Bay a close second. The anchorage at the east end of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, CA, is great, too.
 
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Nat

Love Cove...Southport, ME

This was the first anchorage that we slept aboard our new/old boat in. We have loads of others but Love Cove just keeps drawing us back.
 
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Ron

Brooklin, ME

At the Eastern end of Eggemoggin Reach, Brooklin is the home port for the Wooden Boat School. It is often the gathering place for the Maine Windjammer Fleet Rendezvouz (early September). A pretty spot, good holding ground, well sheltered, and a place that seems to bring together the old romance
 
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Gary Wyngarden

Princess Louisa Inlet, BC

The Pacific Northwest has been significantly underrepresented in this quiz... maybe I'll get things started. Princess Louisa Inlet is about 150 miles from home for us, so it's not our weekend hangout. But for sheer scenery it's the most beautiful spot we've ever been. The nearest road is over 40 miles away and the only way to get there is by boat or float plane. Even that's not easy. It's a long run up Jervis Inlet and if you don't time your arrival right, you have a six hour wait to get in. The entrance to the Inlet is guarded by Malibu Rapids, a tidal current that runs nine knots. The only safe passage is at or near slack tide. The Inlet itself is a fjord. It's five miles long and half a mile wide with mile high mountains on all sides. Numerous waterfalls plunge thousands of feet off the side of the cliffs. At the head of the Inlet is Chatterbox Falls. The last stage in it's drop is about 60 feet and it's at least that wide as well. The roar of the falls drowns out even the engine noise of the visiting boats. We anchored at the head of the Inlet in 135 feet of water, the "shallows" near the base of a cliff and stern tied to shore. It's an awe inspiring place. Gary Wyngarden S/V Shibumi H335
 
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Bob Zolczer

Favorites for different reasons

Conscience Bay, Port Jefferson for a party scene. The Sand Hole, Oyster Bay - a neat spot, but sometimes overcrowded. Dering Harbor, Shelter Island - Quiet peacefulness right across from Orient and fun times. Hamburg Cove, Connecticut River in the Fall - just beautiful uncrowded contentment.
 
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Mike King

Cape Lookout,N C

My vote is with Tom Bowen. You can anchor there for days and enjoy a view of the ocean or the lighthouse with the sunrise in the morning and sunset in the evening.
 
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Will Sparks

In the lee of the Hotel Del Coronado Nothing can beat a crisp July morning in Glorietta Bay, somewhere between the Hotel del Coronado, and the Coronado Municipal Golf Course. The beautiful San Diego skyline is quite a site when waking up with the stern swung around to the east. If you anchor close enough, you just might pick up an errant ball, teed off the 4th.
 
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