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Sailing Gear

Gear: Furuno’s FM4800 fixed-mount VHF

A ‘Multi-Tool’ VHF Furuno’s FM4800 fixed-mount VHF has built-in Class D DSC, a GPS Receiver, AIS receiver and an integrated loudhailer with intercom and eight

Summer Gear 2019

These products will help you enjoy your summer even more. Click “Read more” inside the slideshow to get more information no each product. July 2019

Gear: Tilley Polaris Hat

A True Blue Tilley Sailing is all about fun in the sun, but it sometimes doesn’t take long to get too much of a good

CGear Sand-Free Beach Towel

Sand Be Gone! The summer is hot and full of terrors—not the least of which is the sand that sticks in your beach towel in

Gear: Tiwal Inflatable Sailing Dinghy

Blow-up Boating A few years ago, the French company Tiwal arrived on U.S. shores with that most improbable of products, an inflatable sailing dinghy that

Gear: 22 Below Koozie

Killer Koozie For all that sailors love the warmth of this time of year, that same warmth can also wreak havoc on their otherwise icy-cold

Gear: North Sails Waterproof Pack

A few years ago, North Sails made a big push into the apparel business with all kinds of sharp-looking button-down shirts, shorts and fleeces. That

Gear: Solbian’s Flexible PV Panels

Sun Seeker Italian solar panel manufacturer Solbian has earned a good reputation for its flexible PV panels. Its latest innovation is the Guardian SX series,

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Gear: GOST Kasper

From the security experts at GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies) comes a new security tracker for small boats and dinghies.  You can think of Kasper

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From the Editor: Here We Go Again

I’m about to set out on what could be my greatest adventure yet: My first transatlantic crossing. A group of young climate advocates are trying

Photo Courtesy of Linda Crew-Gee

Blue Water Medal Awarded to Pete Hill

The Cruising Club of America has announced its 2025 awardees. The highest honor, the Blue Water Medal for “exceptional seamanship and adventure by amateur sailors,”

Trivia

Today’s Trivia: The Right Way

Though it’s perhaps the most well-known word in the nautical lexicon, many don’t know where the word “starboard” came from. What’s the etymological origin? A)

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Happy Holidays from SAIL

It’s a cliche but 2025 really was a year like no other—for me, for the magazine, and for the world. At this time last year,

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