New marine safety devices, electronics and wearable safety gear At this years METS trade show we picked out some of the best new marine safety gear to show you, available in 2022. ACR Personal locator beacon (PLB) RLS (rescue link service) This DAME award winning RLS Beacon is the first…
Humidity is the bane of a boaters life, it will get into your life jackets, into your foulies, into the furnishing, the untreated wood, into the curtains and anything else vaguely porous. The most efficient way to deal with tropical humidity or winter condensation involves: electric heating, fans, or air…
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, this is sailing vessel Lucky 2, Lucky 2, Lucky 2… If you find yourself in a situation of grave and imminent danger and are out of VHF range of a coast guard, then that best buy EPIRB you bought, registered and hoped you’d never have to use will…
The ubiquitous costume of form fitting all black that make us look like we’re on an adventure to secretly deliver a box of chocolates, via an open window and a zip wire, like a svelte undercover agent. Alternatively, those of us who love food may resemble something entirely less elegant…
If you are looking for a new way to monitor your health and wellbeing whilst enjoying being on and around water, then have a look at our top 6 choices for the best GPS fitness trackers, watches and bands. Not just for step counting or fitness fanatics, these are everyday…
As someone who suffers the perils of wide feet and, who has consequently spent years searching for the ultimate pair of comfy boat shoes, I have to admit it’s been a struggle, particularly trying to find boat shoes for wide feet that are not too clunky looking. The size discrepancies between…
The hand bearing compass is essential for a range of jobs around the boat. We take a look at the best tried and tested hand bearing compasses, used for swinging the ships compass, to accurate pilotage and general coastal navigation. We can also use them to take a fix on…
Grabbing Cyber Monday boating deals for the uninitiated can be financially rewarding, if we find the thing we have been looking for, or incredibly time-consuming and fraught with nonsense-fake-sales designed to trip you up. We’ve pulled out a few of the reputable brands offering some great Cyber Monday boating deals.…
In the world of boating kit and clothing, Decathlon is still considered something of a new kid on the block, but the French giant has been creating sailing clothing, chandlery and boating equipment for many years now and their range is still expanding. Now, they’ve released their Decathlon Cyber Monday…
Garmin is one of the big tech brands that you can rely on to get involved in Black Friday, and this year we’re seeing some great Black Friday Garmin watch deals. Ideal for boating and indeed all sorts of outdoor activities, the Garmin smartwatch range includes some of the Black…
Sailing watches come in many guises and, depending on your needs, a watch for sailing purposes can range from a plastic rugged option with a countdown to a top-quality chronometer with moveable bezel or simple with a decent waterproofing rating. We’ve sifted through the Black Friday watch deals for sailors…
The American chandlery giant has joined the many retailers offering deals in the final weeks of November. The West Marine Black Friday deals cover all sorts of different boating kit from safety and electronics through to clothing. We’ve picked through all the deals on offer to bring you what we…
Whether you use them for navigation, sightseeing or bird spotting, a decent pair of waterproof marine binoculars can be a very useful tool to have on board, and there are plenty of options out there right now for picking up Black Friday boating deals on marine binoculars. Amazon, West Marine…
The DAME awards are an opportunity for the great and the good, alongside the small and emerging manufacturers, to showcase their latest offerings to the maritime world. There’s one overall winner, five category winners and lots of special mentions, all of which form a good list of the best sailing…
Few accessories are as necessary for boating and the activity of boat ownership than a good boating flashlight. Principally, there are two types of flashlights that boaters will want to take note of: namely spotlights and flood lights. While the former type of light typically directs a focused beam of…
There’s a moment I’m sure we can all identify, when we first googled “best waterproof phone case“ which was roughly 60 seconds after our phone was dunked without one. There’s no drying these things out with a tub of rice on a radiator if salt water gets into the electronic…
As a general rule of thumb, man-made things don’t like being left out in the cold. Take roads, for example; exposed to the elements day-in, day-out, they end up full of potholes. Similarly, boats suffer too, and while a cut and polish is all that’s needed to protect the hull…
In the world of boating kit and clothing, Decathlon is still considered something of a new kid on the block, but the French giant has been creating sailing clothing, chandlery and boating equipment for many years now and their range is still expanding. Decathlon has long produced good quality, inexpensive…
It is sometimes said the word BOAT is an acronym for Bring Out Another Thousand. If that’s the case, then what could the word WATCH (which can cost up to $55 million according to luxe.digital) possibly stand for? Happily you won’t need to trade in a superyacht or two, as…
What do you buy the boat owner who has everything? With so many potential Christmas gifts for sailors on the market, it can be easy to get lost, so we’ve cut out through the junk to bring you the best Christmas gift ideas to delight the sailor or boat owner…
