Boating Information - This page revised & updated frequently.

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The Friends want to be your go-to place for boating information in Boston Harbor.  Stay tuned to this page for information.  We'll list marinas, fuel docks, pump-out information, island access information and more!  Sponsorship of this page is available as well.  Thank you to our many Boat Show Sponsors!

Click on the Links for more information

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Boat US (boat insurance & towing assistance)
  • Boat US - Seaworthy Magazine (tips for boaters)
  • Boston Harbor Islands Partnership
  • Boston Harbor Rock & Shoals (Sea Tow document)
  • Boston Harbor Tide Charts
  • Boston - Mooring Permit
  • Boston Harbor National Park Area (US National Park Service)
  • Boston Harbor Cruises (FBHI Members receive a discount on BHC cruises, including whale watches and the high speed Provincetown boat)
  • Boston's Best Cruises (contracted by the NPS & Island Alliance to provide transport to the harbor islands: Spectacle, Georges, Peddocks, with inter-island transport shuttles to Lovells, Bumpkin, Spectacle, Grape).
  • Boston Yacht Charters (yacht charter broker)
  • City Water Taxi (water taxi in the inner-harbor area)
  • Coastal Defense (World War II historical information)
  • CPF Fishing Charters
  • Environmental Police (Massachusetts)
  • FBHI Boat Show Raffle Sponsors
  • Fishing Report
  • Fuel Docks

    •    Admirals Hill Marina - FBHI Members receive 20% off a boat
                haul! Join the Friends!
       East Boston Shipyard Marina
       Marina Bay Marina  
       Mystic Fuel

  • Mass Bay Lines (FBHI Members receive a discount on Mass Bay Lines whale watches)
  • Moorings - Boston Harbor Moorings & Spectacle Island Marina - managed by Hingham Harbor Marina
  • Navigating Boston Harbor
  • Pump Out Information
  • Ramps, Boat Launch Ramps - From the Mass Marine Trades Association
  • Rowes Wharf Water Transport (water transport in and around Boston Harbor)
  • Sea Tow Boston (boat tow and emergency service)
  • Soundings Magazine Seamanship & Safety Guide
  • Spectacle Island Marina - managed by Hingham Harbor Marina
  • Thompson Island Outward Bound
  • US Coast Guard - Boston
  • US Power Squadron's Boating Course (online) take this course and learn how to be a better boater!
  • Weather (Boston.com)
  • Weather (National Weather Service)
  • Welcome to Water - Boating Promotion