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Sailing Gear

GEAR: Savvy Navvy Celebrated by MMA

Marine Marketers of America has awarded the navigation app Savvy Navvy their Best New Product Launch award for a retailer program aimed at bringing the software to more users.

Gear: Raymarine Releases LightHouse Charts GEN 2

Raymarine has released its latest generation of LightHouseCharts for Raymarine Axiom and Element multifunction displays, delivering faster redraw speeds and expanded and updated coverage.

GEAR: Shurhold Deck Mop

Sure, it’s not particularly sexy, but if you want that boat show finish, you’ve got to swab the decks.

GEAR: Atlas 190 DLX Life Jacket

With new technology and an eye toward ergonomic comfort, Mustang Survival’s new offshore life jacket has been named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024.

Gear: B&G Zeus S Ultrawide Display

When it comes to displays, there are as many layouts and preferences as there are sailors, but B&G considers the latest 12- and 15-inch displays

Gear: GORI Hybrid Propeller

Diversifying ways to generate power onboard without using fossil fuels, and maximizing that power generation, is the holy grail of sailors who want energy independence,

Book Review: Bosun’s Bag

By Tom Cunliffe, Adlard Coles, $35 Amazon.com, $26.47 One could read the subtitle of Tom Cunliffe’s new Bosun’s Bag—A Treasury of Practical Wisdom for the

Gear: Zhik Takes it Offshore

The first Vendée Globe competitors are closing in on the finish line. For Zhik, there’s been no better test of their offshore gear than Yoann Richomme putting it through the paces during his incredible race.

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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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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