Most boaters know how to navigate, but dropping anchor is a skill that is often overlooked. The first step is choosing the right ground tackle. Water depth, type of bottom and weather patterns should ...

Last week, I lost my first boat anchor in more than 40 years of fishing. It was a grapnel that must have landed in the very claws of the superstructure of a tugboat sunk as an artificial reef. I use a ...

We had pulled up into the Ipswich River and parked the boat just to the right of the ledges along the shore at the head of Crane Beach. The Danforth anchor was dropped down into the outgoing current.