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The footage showed a Coast Guardsman on the Pacific Ocean, jumping onto a drug smuggling semi-submersible. Interviews reveal the story behind the video.

Hillsborough County’s twin-hulled fire and rescue boat covers Tampa Bay at 43 knots, draws 28 inches and can beach like a landing craft.

The New York Yacht Club’s American Magic campaign is the first to sail, fly and jibe a full-size foiling AC75 design.

The AC75s, the new America’s Cup boats, are shrouded in secrecy as teams prepare to launch their first full-size designs.

An anchor isn’t just for passing the day or night away from the marina. It is a key piece of safety gear--something to keep you in one place when the engine fails or a contrary wind threatens to throw your boat on the rocks. This course is designed to teach how to anchor like a professional mariner whether conditions are benign or threatening.

Preparation is key to successful cruising. Regardless of the size, make or model of your boat, understanding its critical systems and having a plan is crucial to keep your craft performing efficiently and safely.

Thirty years after an all-woman sailing crew completed the Whitbread Round the World Race, a documentary film brings the rousing story to the screen.

A Dutch company makes fishing for plastic a fun boating experience and recycles the waste into boats and furniture

Soundings and Power & Motoryacht team up with Prestige Yachts and Staten Island Yachts Sales for a summer-long test of the popular 460 Flybridge. Come along for the experience.

The editors of Soundings and Power & Motoryacht teamed up with Staten Island Yacht Sales to learn the value of working with a reputable dealer.

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Lila the lobster-diving dog has learned a new trick: diving for plastic bottles.

A wildlife photographer accidentally ended up in a whale’s mouth but got spat out. WATCH VIDEO

After unveiling a sailing foiler last year, Groupe Beneteau takes flight with its first concept foiling powerboat. WATCH

When Josh and Natasha Tofield quit working to focus full-time on cruising aboard their Nordhavn 40, they didn’t know it would lead to a late-life windfall.

They call them killer whales for a reason: they will kill and eat just about anything, including turtles. Watch as a killer whale juggles a giant sea turtle in the air off the Galapagos islands for pre-meal entertainment.

In the natural world, finding a boyfriend or girlfriend requires showing off. For mobula rays, that apparently means leaping high into the air and doing a massive bellyflop.

New technology from Raymarine may make embarrassing docking mishaps a thing of the past. This video humourously demonstrates the company’s DockSense assisted-docking technology in action. WATCH

The friendly folks at the Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter shipyard took a trip to Älvängen, Sweden recently to help twist some tarred hemp into four-strand rope using a mesmerizing 100-year-old rope-making machine.

This 50-year-old shark has seen some things. Watch as “Deep Blue,” a female great white shark estimated to be at least 20 feet long and weigh 5,000 pounds, swims with a diver off Oahu, Hawaii.

A deep low-pressure system off the West Coast this week delivered the perfect gnarly waves for the U.S. Coast Guard in San Francisco, California, to train crews aboard its 47-foot Motor Lifeboat.

Soundings contributor Mario Vittone knows more about safety and rescue at sea than most because he is a former USCG rescue swimmer. This video shows Vittone rescuing a family of four nearly 400 miles off the U.S. East Coast. WATCH