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How to Anchor a Boat: Step by Step Guide
Learning how to anchor a boat is a basic seamanship skill that every boater should master, even if you don't anticipate anchoring very often. Understanding how to set the anchor and retrieve an anchor is critical—an anchor can hold your boat in place in a secluded cove for a few hours of swimming or an overnight stay, but it's also an essential piece of safety gear. If your boat engine fails, a well-set anchor will keep wind or current from drifting your disabled boat onto a shoal or ashore, where it could be damaged.

We’ll just cover the basics here, and remember, a good seamanship guide or course will go into much more valuable detail.

How to Anchor a Boat
  1. Determine the water depth where you want to drop anchor.
  2. Calculate the correct amount of anchor scope (a 7:1 ratio is recommended).
  3. Lower the anchor and let out enough scope, then secure the rope to a bow cleat.
  4. Ensure there is no drag—use landmarks or onboard electronics to measure movement.
  5. If needed, reset the anchor.
  6. To retrieve the anchor, slowly motor toward the anchor while pulling in the rope.
  7. Remember, never tie off an anchor to the stern of a boat.

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Need to sell? The Boating Market is HOT!
In today's HOT market, Sailboats and Yachts are selling fast. Please contact us today to get your yachts free evaluation and get it on the market. Fall is here, so act now if you need to sell.
The Fish Car Era and the First Floating Fish Hatchery
WOODS HOLE, Mass. 一 From railroads to floating, to landside, fish hatcheries have had a long and interesting history. The following is information collected from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries website.

The beginnings of fish propagation work date back to 1871 when Spencer Baird, founder of NOAA Fisheries, was appointed the first U.S. Fish Commissioner. He was tasked with ascertaining whether any and in what number food fishes had diminished. In 1872 he was also tasked with the additional responsibility of supplementing declining native stocks of coastal and lake food fish through fish propagation.

In the years following, the first federal fish hatchery and California’s first freshwater fish station, Baird Station, was established on the McCloud River.

Check out our New Boat inventory!
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NEW Catalina 445
This all-new model from Catalina incorporates crisp, contemporary styling with proportions and features that make Catalinas comfortable and secure underway and on the hook.
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2021 Bavaria C42
A modern, innovative hull shape with chines and a V-shaped bow developed by BAVARIA YACHTS guarantee both the best sailing performance and an unusually large amount of space below deck.
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2021 Bavaria Vida 33
The BAVARIA VIDA 33 is available in two versions, an open version and a version with a hard top. Together with the sporty hull design with recessed hull windows, the result is the BAVARIA VIDA 33’s dynamically elegant silhouette.
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2022 Bavaria C50
A touch of superyacht, even below deck. Everything feels enormous. For example, sit on the big lounge sofa at the saloon table, surrounded by lots of natural light streaming in through the stylish light‐strip.
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2022 Bavaria SR41
The BAVARIA SR41 kicks off a new line of motorboats from BAVARIA YACHTS. A comfortable cockpit, a large sunbed which can be transformed in no time into a lounge area with a table right on the waterfront and a large bathing platform.

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2022 CATALINA 385
The latest in the line of new Catalinas that evolved from successful design features and proportions of previous models.

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2022 Bavaria C57
With the design and style of a megayacht, it sets new trends and boasts a long waterline which guarantees high basic speeds.
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2022 Catalina 425
The Catalina 425 is an all-new design that assumes the position in the Catalina line held by the legendary Catalina 42. Contact us about special introductory pricing!
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2022 Catalina 315
The new 315 continues moving the Catalina brand to a higher level of performance, finish and engineering achievement.

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2022 Bali Catspace
The integral deck, efficient for sailing, allows you to move smooth around the various spaces, from the aft platform with bench seat to the forward cockpit with lounge and sunbathing area.

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2022 Bavaria C45
When they designed the BAVARIA C45, they wanted to create a yacht which people would feel completely at home on – with features like the huge bathing platform, big cockpit and bright saloon – and also a yacht of the utmost flexibility.
Looking for something else? View all of our other inventory and our large selection of pre-owned boats at www.cruisingyachts.net!
CDFW Challenges Angler with California Fishing Passport
Anglers collect stamps for catching fish listed in the passport, the CDFW is looking to encourage anglers to get out and fish while appreciating California’s natural resources.

CALIFORNIA一 Anglers looking for a new challenge can check out the California Fishing Passport, the booklet lists 150 different species of fresh and saltwater fish found around the state of California.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is encouraging anglers to “take the challenge” and catch each of the listed species, for each successful catch anglers receive a stamp in the booklet that they can use for the Angler Award application that will make them eligible for other prizes.
ADVENTURE AND SOLITUDE FOUND IN THIS STUNNING CRUISER’S PLAYGROUND
Reaching south out of Resurrection Bay past the Rugged Islands, a large easterly swell rolls from our port side, and a dense, rainy fog envelops jagged Aialik Cape to the southwest. The glorious weather we basked in days before near Seward is but a fleeting memory, as a strong gale has been whipping the Gulf of Alaska into a frenzy ever since. Our true welcoming party to the Kenai fjords, then, is a washing machine ride around the cape — a rip-off-the-bandaid sort of sail that opens our eyes, turns our stomachs just enough, and makes us say, “Hello again, ocean.”

The ominous cape we’re transiting deserves the wide berth we give it. Rain pours off my hood while I steer through the 10-plus foot swell and mixed up waves reverberating off the rocky headland. To be sure, it’s proving to be a sporty rounding that is invigorating and exciting in an odd way that only a sailor can appreciate. Fortunately, it’s a short ride to salvation. Once we tuck around the eastern side of this narrow peninsula into Aialik Bay, our crew finds calm seas and what will turn into two weeks of truly remote cruising on the Kenai Peninsula. The payoff is worth it. 34
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