Gear focus

A guide to new products for anglers going afloat

The latest sailing innovations, including in-depth reviews of comms and seaboots

Back in the 1970s multihull saillors were generally a pretty esoteric lot. It didn’t help that Donald Crowhurst ushered in the new decade with his tragic exploits in his Teignmouth Electron trimaran.

The Garmin Quatix watch has been a big hit with sailors over the years and there is no clearer proof of that than the fact this is the eighth generation of the watch. This is a tough, rugged watch bui

SIX OF THE BEST

Often overlooked and rarely serviced as often as they should be, winches are a vital element of any sailing boat’s deck gear. But the winch your boat comes with doesn’t have to be the winch you stick