
Gear: Selden’s HTI Hydraulic Backstay Tensioner
PUMP IT If you’re a racer or performance-minded cruiser you’ll want to get the best out of your boat and its sails, which means you’ll

PUMP IT If you’re a racer or performance-minded cruiser you’ll want to get the best out of your boat and its sails, which means you’ll

Play it Smart An inordinate number of boat fires are caused by poorly maintained shore power connectors and inlets. The pins on commonplace push-and-twist connectors

An even Smarter Plug When you’re sailing, you want to connect to the world immediately around you; when you’re back in the slip, it’s time

A HYBRID TOUCH Si-TEX’s new NavStar series multifunction displays (MFDs) offer “hybrid touch” control—that is, the functions can be accessed via touchscreen or traditional controls.

GET HOOKED Fortress’s aluminum anchors are renowned for their unrelenting grip on the bottom, which has earned them a great reputation as storm anchors. With

FEEL THE VIRB Garmin has followed up its waterproof VIRB camera with the VIRB 360, a seriously cool-looking piece of gear that will transform your

An acknowledged expert in the study of drogues and sea anchors (not the same thing, as is clearly explained), Earl Hinz has written a comprehensive

WELCOME THE BLACK WIDOW If you’re a racing sailor you want your boat to have an ultra-slick, ultra-smooth bottom paint, and the folks at Pettit

Be it for safety, navigation or competition, all sailors have a need for information about their boat’s performance and its environment. Many recent advances have

Looking Sharp I got my first Wichard sailing knife, complete with ultra-cool glow-in-the-dark handle, more than 30 years ago, and carried it through a couple

Michael Reardon, founder and CEO of Daedalus Yachts, has purchased several American-made brands this year.

Polynesian women are practicing the ancient art of traditional navigation and inspiring seafaring communities around the globe to do the same.

There are a number of different terms for the motions and rotations you may encounter on the water, like pitch and heave. If you were

Rowing dinghies provide exercise, connection with the water,
and camaraderie — and they always start on the first pull.

And with that, another summer season is in our wake. We hope you get out on the water for the long weekend and have a

Biotherm remains dominant, making the best of an early morning transition zone.

Groupe Beneteau teams with industry partners to get closer to a circular economy in boatbuilding.

A new builder with composite expertise drops a cool carbon cat.

AI seems to be everywhere these days, but it’s not quite ready for world domination.
A ship that can point higher than the rest of the fleet easily creates windward-leeward separation between itself and its compatriots; so it’s no surprise