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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.

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

It’s primetime for oyster season around much of the country. Soundings’ senior editor and resident oyster aficionado, Gary Reich, shares how to enjoy oysters before your Thanksgiving feast, or anytime during the winter.

Walker AIRSEP Air Filters are designed to keep down noxious gas and oil mist on turbocharged diesel engines. Check out these videos to replace, clean, identify, or get familiar with your AIRSEP system.

One of the most momentous events in a cold-molded sportfish boat’s life is when the builder flips the hull from upside-down to right-side-up. Watch as a crane makes easy work of turning over a 63-foot Paul Mann Custom Boats sportfish hull.

Whale watching is cool. Watching a whale breach is even cooler. Watching three whales breach in unison? Spectacular.

Last week at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Albemarle Boats launched its first-ever dual console boat, the Albemarle 27DC. Come aboard for a first look with Soundings senior editor Gary Reich.