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Electronics and Navigation

Gear: Raymarine AXIOM

IT’S AN AXIOM Raymarine’s newest line of multifunction displays come equipped with the company’s proprietary Lighthouse 3 operating system, quad core processors and RealVision 3D

Gear: iHome BT9

The Sounds of iHome If you don’t want to go to the trouble of installing a sound system on your boat, or you just want

Gear: Garmin VHF 110 and 200

Garmin VHF 110 and 200 Garmin’s latest VHF radios are similar in size but differ in capability. The VHF 110 is your basic entry-level DSC-capable

Gear: Ronstan Vaavud Wind Meter

Ronstan Vaavud Wind Meter Sometimes the best addition to your boat’s electronics is the simplest one, and the Vaavud wind meter from Ronstan is certainly

Gear: B&G Vulcan 5 Sailing Chartplotter

B&G Vulcan 5 Sailing Chartplotter The new Vulcan 5 from B&G is a 5in multi-touch chartplotter with pinch-to-zoom capabilities. The Vulcan 5 can be integrated

Gear: YachtSpot 4G+Wi-Fi G3 Router

YachtSpot 4G+Wi-Fi G3 Router This new Wi-Fi router from YachtSpot boasts a 4G module that works anywhere in the world, as opposed to devices that

Gear: Fusion Sound-Panel

Fusion Sound-Panel When you’re upgrading the sound system on your boat, it’s easy to find somewhere to mount the receiver, but not so easy to

Gear: Shakespeare Webwatch

Shakespeare Webwatch Every month brings a new way to stay connected onboard, and Shakespeare’s WebWatch WCT-1 antenna is a case in point. The antenna is

Gear: SI-TEX Explorer NavPro

SI-TEX Explorer NavPro Got a spare VGA display or PC monitor laying around and want to convert it to a high-end navigation system? SI-TEX’s Explorer

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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May Issue Preview

Spring is in the air and warmer weather is right around the corner. Get ready for the season with SAIL’s adventure issue! Through the Eyes

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Caught in a Squall on a Daysail

When several members of our Florida sailing club, the West Coast Trailer Sailors Squadron, decided to get together for a group daysail on a recent

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