Boating News in Snug Harbor, Steamboat Slough, CA

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What Is a Safe Speed for Your Boat? It Depends on More Than You Think

6/4/2026 by Param Bhatia

By John Tiger, boatingmag.com. With summer boating season in full swing, one of the most basic — and most overlooked — seamanship questions deserves a revisit: how fast should you actually be going? A new safety column from Boating Magazine breaks down the variables that determine safe speed, from experience… SEE MORE

Sailboat at anchor in a cove, blue green water.

Anchoring to Fish vs. Anchoring to Sleep: Why the Technique — and the Tackle — Should Change

6/2/2026 by Param Bhatia

By Jim Hendricks, boatingmag.com. Anchoring is one of the most fundamental skills in boating, yet many recreational boaters use the same setup and approach whether they’re positioning over a wreck for an afternoon of fishing or settling into a harbor anchorage for the night. A new seamanship column from Boating… SEE MORE