Gear

Liferaft repair

  • October 6, 2017

All liferafts are sold with puncture repair kits, but are they any use at sea, when it’s a matter of life or death? Ben Meakins finds out

bosun's chairs tested

  • May 25, 2017

Dangling many metres above the deck isn’t the time to find out that your bosun’s chair cuts off the blood supply to your legs. However, most of our mast-climbing devices…

NORDAC

  • May 25, 2017

Woven or laminate? That’s the choice for anyone in the market for cruising sails – until now. Chris Beeson finds out how North Sails has blown the debate wide open…