Chandlery All-Stars

Here are 10 not-so-sexy products that have extra powers when it comes to making the lives of sailboat owners easier.

The Walker Bay 9 (RID version), is a versatile and virtually unsinkable tender that can sail, row, or motor well for just $1,000.

What defines an "all-star" product? By one criterion it should be one that outsells others in its category. By another, it should be one that outperforms its competition. Neither of those criteria work here: We don't care how much money it makes for its maker, and although our main job in this publication is to assess relative performance merits among similar objects, the general purpose of our Chandlery column is to allow us to mention good products that may be one-offs, or that can't or needn't be group-tested in a feature length article. Yet there are some products that we've covered in Chandlery that seem to have particular appeal, maybe…