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By David Schmidt Posted December 11, 2008
If you're looking for ways of improving your team's performance, or simply producing great footage of you and your friends out sailing, check out Horizon True's line of self-leveling camera mounts. More
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By David Schmidt Posted December 4, 2008
Check out Spinlock's new Connect Range Tether -- a new, ultra safe range of tethers that can be operated with or without gloves, and in any weather conditions. More
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By David Schmidt Posted November 7, 2008
The Sensibulb from Sailor's Solutions reduces energy use and waste and eliminates all marine-radio interference. More
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By David Schmidt Posted November 4, 2008
Find the right gift for the sailor you know -- anything is better than fruitcake. More
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Check out Selden Masts' new line of deck hardware -- complete with plane-bearing blocks, auto-ratchet blocks, ball-bearing blocks, and more. More
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David Schmidt gives us the low-down on Spinlock's new, lightweight Deckware fid. More
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Check out the latest review on the best foul weather gear Musto and Gill have to offer in a 5,000 mile test on the Indian Ocean. More
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Find out what makes these all-terrain sandals perfect for any outdoor occasion. More
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By David Schmidt Posted July 7, 2008
If you value exceptional workmanship, excellent quality materials, and the sharpest blade that this sailor has ever used — bar none — meet the Basic 3 from the studio of boutique knife maker David Boye. More
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Find out why the Puma Barrel Racing bag is preferred by the Volvo Ocean Race team. More
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By David Schmidt Posted May 22, 2008
If you own an older boat, finding the right trailer can be a chore, especially if the boat is no longer in production. Luckily, there’s a solution, Trailboat Transporter. More
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Sunday Afternoon’s Sun Tee offers intelligent sailing gear that comes loaded with an 50 SPF rating. More
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An onboard bicycle, a closed-circuit underwater camera, the Tactigator, and more. More
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Sunglasses, fresh food, firestarters and more to keep you warm, fed, and comfortable. More
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Sun Day Afternoons’s Adventure Hat offers great UV protection (the hat’s material carries a 50+ SPF rating) and, thanks to its generous, down-sloped bill, plenty of shade. More
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DeWAL Industries's pure Teflon Dynaglide MT rigging tape will prevent snag and drag. More
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Aero Tuff Luff, A-1707 bumps up to version 2.0 with Aero Tuff Luff A-2506, which can supposedly increase lift by 9%. More
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In the February issue, SAIL announced its annual Freeman K. Pittman Innovation Awards recognizing the best gear-related thinking within the marine market. This year, we also added More
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Need to shed light on your engine without tapping your house batteries? Meet Black & Decker’s cordless Bright Bar and Mini Bright Bar. More
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It isn’t often that an opportunity comes along to make something significantly better and save billions of dollars in the process. But that’s situation we have with the America’s Cup More
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Quiz any nautical curmudgeon on the subject of proper wayfinding these days and you’ll soon find yourself reefed down in a gale of conventional wisdom about the importance of paper charts, compass bearings, dead reckoning More
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When Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest premiered last July, it set the record for opening-weekend sales ($132 million) en route to becoming one of the highest grossing maritime movies in Hollywood history. In anticipation of the final installment of Pirates due out this month, we named a few of our favorite sailing movies in the May issue More
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By definition, sailors are gearheads. Whether it’s a new sail, new electronics, or even a new mainsheet, they’re eager to put their new gear through the paces. Few people recognized this love of gear and need for innovation more than the late Freeman K. Pittman, SAIL’s technical editor from 1982 to 1996 More
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"We hesitated before throwing a heavy line into the thin, outstretched arms of the older fellow," write Jennifer Goff and J. Holt about Oxford Boat Yard's 95-year old dockmaster, Jimmy Taylor. "But he caught the line, wrapped it deftly around a cleat, and beckoned for the next" More
