Electronic navigation comes in all shapes and sizes these days, from an app on your phone to a purpose-made top-end marine chartplotting and instrument system costing multiple thousands, and from…
Gear
Sunski Tango sunglasses review: My beachy holiday in Thailand looked better through these frames
I’ve been on the hunt for some great sunglasses for years. But it’s been a little like a Goldilocks situation. Some frames are too thick. Others were not thick enough.…
At 43, I’ve finally found a deck-to-trail sandal (and I’m never going back)
Okay, here’s the thing: I’ve never been much of a sandals guy. Whether I’m out in the wilderness or aboard a boat, my go-to active footwear has always been a…
Your ultimate pre-season marine electronics checklist
We are all familiar with the list of things we need to do to get our boats ready for the coming season, but one area often overlooked is our electronics.…
Sailing’s dirty secret (and the innovators solving the GRP landfill crisis)
We may never know the origin of the phrase: ‘Where there’s muck, there’s brass’ – but as a southerner, I feel it in my bones that it’s best understood spoken…
Join CA campaign to mark static fishing gear
Poorly marked fishing gear, lobster pots and creels in UK waters are a hidden and real safety hazard to yachtsmen, causing entanglement, damage to vessels and in some circumstances putting…
How to work out the strength of a piece of rope
Rope strength is measured in a variety of ways but it is important that the end user understands what that strength is in order to decide whether the rope is…
The connected yacht: Best marine internet solutions for 2026
For many sailors, the dream of getting away from it all no longer includes leaving the internet behind. Whether it’s for downloading GRIB files, remote working, or keeping the kids…
How smart technology is finally fixing the humble bilge pump
Bilge pumps are such a simple, standard piece of equipment that very little has changed about them in decades, but now their shortcomings are being dealt with by a range…
Why now might be the time to upgrade your yacht’s toilet
Efficient use of power is rarely far from a skipper’s mind, so building in capacity to flush toilets using battery power when the tried-and-tested mechanical option is so much less…