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Crossword Puzzle

Just for fun, we’ve included an online version of our July crossword puzzle (pdf) and the answers (pdf) for you to

SAIL-U: How to Keep in Touch From Your Boat

In today’s cruising world, communications are an important element of getting mission-critical information onto your boat and for keeping in touch with friends, family and

West Marine Digital Tide Watch

West Marine’s Digital Tide Watch not only displays both high and low tides, it also includes a tide prediction function presented in the form of a digital, easy-to-understand graph.

Torqeedo Torq Trac Smartphone App & Bluetooth Module

Recent model Torqeedo electric outboards have included nifty little screens showing things like how much power you have left and how much farther you can go before the next recharge. With the help of the company’s new Torq Trac smartphone app

Si-Tex Marine Electronic’s T-760 Radar

For those sailors who’ve long assumed that radar is for “bigger boats” or out of their price range, there’s the new T-760 series radar from Si-Tex Marine Electronics. Measuring just 5.4in wide by 8.9in high and 3.5in deep, the…

Argonaut’s A165 Marine Smart Monitor

The A165 marine smart monitor is not just another 15-inch LED backlit display, but also a fully functional Android device, which can even go online in conjunction with land-based…

Icom’s M506 Fix-Mount Radio

Icom’s M506 line of fixed-mount radios includes five models that come equipped with a number of different functions, including a fully integrated AIS receiver, NMEA 2000

Iridium GO Satellite Phone and Wi-Fi Hotspot

Imagine being able to use your smart phone or tablet almost as easily and efficiently in the middle of an ocean as you can at home. It’s now possible with Iridium GO, a rugged portable combination of

2014 Multihull Buyers Guide

Here’s our comprehensive list of multihull builders, the boats they have available, and how to contact them.

Boat under shrinkwrap

Selecting a Marine Pro

Note: This story is excerpted from SAIL Contributing Editor Christopher Birch’s upcoming book The Four Seasons of Boat Maintenance—a compendium of lessons learned during his

Squalls at night are no joke, but good preparation will get you through safely. Photo courtesy of Andy Schell

Storms & Sea Stories

The wind built faster than it was forecasted to. We ate dinner with full sail, close-reaching on a building SSW’ly breeze. Before dark we had

Photo: Lisa Smith Molinari

A Charter Passage Rewritten

Sailing on a schedule is famously a recipe for disaster, but on charter you don’t have much of a choice. The adventure is what you make of it. 

Photo: Zuzana Prochazka

Tahiti Revisited

After a long absence, one sailor finds herself sailing the waters of her youth and contemplating years of change in all its forms.

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