Personal Gear & Apparel

Drysuits and Wetsuits for Sailors

Spring arrives in the minds of many sailors as soon as the ice has been carried out to sea. Its often the time when...

Green and Clean: Multitasking Shower Kit

With labeling that advertises "Simple is better" and "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without," J.R. Liggetts products appear...

Foulie Gear for Your Feet: Socks from SealSkinz

In our continuing effort to stay warm and dry this winter, testers took a look at a few pairs of waterproof socks from SealSkinz,...

New Semidry Suit is a Good Fit for Water-sports Fanatics

Cruising sailors often need a wetsuit to clean the bottom of their boat or clear a fouled line from the prop-not to mention the...

Practical Sailor Names 13 Products Best Gear of the Year

Practical Sailor’s annual wrap-up of the year’s best sailing equipment looks at our favorite top-rated products from November 2007 to November 2008, including the...

Cold-weather Gloves Face Freezing Rain, Hail, and Snow during Practical Sailor Test

Cold-weather sailing apparel needs to be more waterproof, more windproof, and much warmer than gear for most other cold-weather activities. To find the best...

The Merits of Madness

It always seems that a storm rolls into Annapolis, Md., just in time for the United States Sailboat Show. Held in October, the annual...

Diddy Bagg is More Than a Tool Bag

Practical Sailor testers are constantly schlepping tools between the Practical Sailor workshop, our own garages, and—of course—our boats. So we’re always on the lookout...

Practical Sailor Tests 12 sets of Performance Sailing Gloves

2)]Like several other models tested, West Marine’s glove provides a double layer of Amara on the heel, but that double layering doesn’t extend as...

New Kneewear Needs Help

At a recent boat show,Practical Sailoreditors ran across some interesting kneepads made by Crocs, the manufacturer of those annoyingly popular brightly colored, clog-like shoes....

$650,000 Yacht Tour : Hanse 460 – This Luxury Cruising Sailboat...

In the $500,000+ cruising sailboat market, the competition for world traveling sailboats is full of exceptional sailing yachts like the Catalina 445, the Amel...

Latest Sailboat Review

MacGregor 26M Used Boat Review

MacGregor 26 has been a staple in the trailerable sailboat market for decades, and company literature claimed more than 7,000 of the original model...