Personal Gear & Apparel

The Year’s Top Sailing Gear

Anchoring and MooringDinghy AnchorsSailors spend considerable time pondering their anchoring arsenal for the mothership, but what about the dinghy? In the December 2015 issue,...

Gear for the Small-boat Sailor

Bottom line: The Good To-Go meals ($11.50) are very easy to prepare (just add boiling water and wait); store nearly flat in non-rusting, paper-foil...

Nautix Makes Data Easy to See

Garmin recently released a new-age-looking boat-data display that will certainly appeal to technophiles and racing sailors. The portable, hands-free Nautix In-view Display attaches to...

Sailing Gear for Kids

Whether your mini crewmembers are bound for a weekend family cruise or summer sailing camp, equipping them with the right gear will ensure their...

Lume-On Lights Up Life Jacket Bladders

A night-time man-overboard (MOB) scenario is the stuff of sailor nightmares. Darkness adds to the difficulty of locating a person in the water, a...

Gifts for Sailing Parents

With Mothers Day and Fathers Day looming, we dug through our Chandlery items to find things that would make good gifts for sailing moms...

Soul Dry Suit 2-year Update

After teeth-chattering his way through some brutal winters sailing beach cats on Chesapeake Bay-protected only by a 3/16-inch neoprene suit that made the cold...

Practical Holiday Gift Ideas for Sailors

Our last gift idea this month, falls into the splurge category-or perhaps, the practical splurge group. This bulletproof cooler impressed testers with its features...

Editors Tap Top Sailing Gear of the Year

ApparelGill OS2 fouliesIn early 2015, Practical Sailor tested mid-range, mens and womens foul-weather gear from Gill, Grundens, Helly Hansen, Henri Lloyd, and West Marine....

The Best of Bottom Paints

Spray-on WaxesThe December 2014 issue reported on our search for affordable spray waxes-liquid waxes that offer a glossy finish and some surface protection and...

40-Footer Boat Tours – With Some Big Surprises! | Boat Tour

Join us at the Miami Boat Show as we get on four 40-footers for boat tours! A Beneteau 37.1, Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, Dufour...