Block Island

Block Island sits alone thirteen miles offshore, a windswept moraine of bluffs and ponds that has been a cruisers' rite of passage for generations. Its Great Salt Pond is one of the largest and best-protected anchorages in the Northeast.

There are really two harbors: New Harbor on the Great Salt Pond, where hundreds of boats anchor in bulletproof mud, and Old Harbor on the ocean side, a breakwater basin at the foot of the Victorian town. Pick your side by the wind and settle in for the classic Block Island night.