April 22, 2025
Canadian Stuff: Sail Canada Partners with LI/NE to Recycle Old Sails into Bags
Apr 24, 2025 On Tuesday, Earth Day, Sail Canada announc…
March 17, 2024
New Antifouling in North America – Hempel’s Silic One
Mar 20, 2024 Hempel, the Denmark-based worldwide coatin…
March 5, 2024
Best-in-class Speed Performance
Mar 6, 2024 AIRMAR’s DST810 Smart™ Multisensor (depth/s…
January 29, 2024
Electric Outboards for Sailors
Jan 31, 2024 Sailors replacing transom-mounted propulsi…
January 2, 2024
The Boat Nerd: Using Electronic Visual Distress Signals in Place of Pyrotechnic Distress Signals
Jan 3, 2024 As a pleasure boater with a vessel that is…
November 28, 2023
SailForce – Smart Electric Winch
Nov 29, 2023 With two variable speeds, SailForce offers…
October 1, 2023
New Alpha Series Performance Displays
Raymarine is making an addition into the performance sailing market with the launch of the Alpha™ Series display, new Smart Wind™ Technology, and performance sailing upgrades to the LightHouse operating system for Axiom chartplotters.
September 19, 2023
Ronstan Orbit Winches™ Launch into Market
Orbit Winches combine fresh design thinking and proven manufacturing expertise in a performance-oriented range of lightweight aluminum winches. The new winches incorporate some of the best features of Andersen Stainless Steel Winches®.
August 1, 2023
Introducing Orbit Winches
Ronstan’s Orbit Winches™ are a new benchmark in high performance alloy winches. With a combination of fresh design thinking and proven manufacturing expertise, Orbit Winches weigh significantly less and offer lower line entry heights than any other winch in their class. Remarkably easy to service, they require no tools for disassembly or maintenance.
July 17, 2023
Zhik’s High Flex Superthin Booties for Sailing
The all new Superthin Bootie is designed to give you full feel and agility around your boat or on your board. Made with a durable, high-gauge knit upper and an ultra-thin, super flexible, robust rubber sole, the Bootie is designed to enhance bare-foot sensation, with added grip and foot protection.
June 12, 2023
Zhik Viento and Ola Wetsuits for Foiling
With more sailors getting into foiling, wind and kite surfing, Zhik have launched a range of Men’s Viento and Women’s Ola steamer wetsuits. The Viento and Ola suits are both available in a 4/3mm and 3/2mm long sleeve steamer, along with a women’s Ola long sleeve shorty.
May 30, 2023
Cyclops ¾” and 1” Load Sensors
Canadian distributor, Indie Marine announces the new products and upgrades from Cyclops Marine with their world leading load sensors. For 2023, Cyclops is adding two new Smarttune load sensor to their line-up, a ¾” and soon the 1” turnbuckle with Bluetooth load sensors built in.
May 11, 2023
Playing Shifts with Tactician Compass
The Tactician Sailing Compass from Ritchie Navigation was designed specifically for sailors who want to gain a strategic advantage over their competitors—or simply get a better table for dinner at the club.
May 1, 2023
New Lightweight Trapeze Harnesses from Zhik
New this spring are two new lightweight Zhik Trapeze harnesses, the T4 nappy harness and highly adjustable T5 leg strap harness. With positive buoyancy and weighing just 1.1kg and 1.2kg respectively including the spreader bar, both are well below the World Sailing 2kg maximum harness weight requirement.
April 1, 2023
Gill Jackets for Spring Sailing
Recycling reimagined, an incredible 98% of Gill’s OS2 Offshore Jacket is made from reclaimed plastic bottles and recycled fibers, from the abrasion resistant outer panels right down to the adjustable shock cord hem.
March 14, 2023
Harken 40 mm Zircon Blocks
Harken’s 40 mm Zircon blocks are on the shelves and ready to be ordered. Zircon blocks are the most efficient small boat blocks Harken has ever made.
March 14, 2023
Crash-Proof Windex 6 for Dinghies and Cats
Dinghy and catamaran sailors are used to the occasional capsize—sometimes in spectacular fashion. Hitting the water at speed can cause run-of-the-mill wind indicators to bend, break or snap off. But not the Windex 6 Dinghy from Windex Development AB.
January 16, 2023
Harken Fly Blocks
Harken soft-attach Fly blocks are designed to provide strength without mass, providing sailors with big power in a low-aero package. Designed specifically for high-tech line, these efficient blocks have an incredible working load for their small size.
November 15, 2022
Steiner Navigator Binoculars 7×50 with Compass
The Navigator, with a 50mm lens diameter and 7x magnification, is the perfect gift for under the tree this year. It offers a stable image in the roughest of seas and guarantees bright images with excellent contrast and sharpness of detail in the dark.
November 15, 2022
Sunglasses for Performance Sailors – Bollé Sponsors and Tests
Sunglass manufacturer, Bollé, is showing its dedication to returning to the forefront of the nautical scene in the field of ocean racing and comes equipped with products for the needs of skippers in all forms of performance sailing.
October 17, 2022
Motorized Trim – Updates from Seldén
Last year Seldén launched the new version of Furlex Electric, an electric driven jib furler. Now they are moving aft, powering up the furling mast and also launching a whole new electric winch.
October 1, 2022
Magnetic Compasses Are More Than a Failsafe
Far from being a failsafe to onboard electronic navigation equipment, Ritchie Navigation SuperSport magnetic compasses still function if the power fails. Plus, they do something a GPS can’t: display a heading when stopped or moving at very slow speeds.
September 12, 2022
B&G Debuts Triton Edge Sailing Processor
Sailing electronics manufacturer B&G has debuted the new B&G Triton Edge sailing processor this week, delivering what it claims is the most advanced processor ever to hit the sailing market.
May 30, 2022
Instant Emergency Boarding Ladder
Imagine. Boat at anchor, coffee in your hand, the wind is blowing. Suddenly, this tranquil moment is interrupted by the sound of rushing water, and an ice cold feeling across your entire body. You’ve tripped and fallen overboard! Yikes – “How do I get back onto the boat?”
May 2, 2022
SIONYX Night Vision Camera
All it takes is a SIONYX night vision camera and an iPad or Android tablet (or phone) and you can be streaming full color night vision back to your helm station. In just a few seconds, you can mount the SIONYX camera anywhere on your boat and wirelessly stream back to your iPad at the helm.
April 30, 2022
Nodus Factory Textile Deck Fittings Arrive in Canada!
Nodus factory, the French developer of revolutionary soft fittings for a wide variety of purposes, is finally available in Canada. Thanks to their in-depth research in modern textile fibers, Nodus factory is at the leading edge of this exciting revolution in rigging hardware fittings.
April 29, 2022
New Products: Harken Single-Acting Integral Backstay Adjuster
It’s one of the best things about sailors: we hate to give up on our equipment. But if you’re like a lot of owners of boats with vintage integral hydraulic backstay units, you’ve been putting up with seepage and slippage for too long. We’ve introduced our new integral hydraulic unit to convince you it’s finally time to pull the pins on that leaker and start anew.
April 11, 2022
Allen Brothers Partners with National Teams
The Allen brothers, Tony and Glenn, started their business back in 1956 with a vision of producing performance sailing hardware driven by their passion for sailing and their love of engineering, innovation and technology.
March 27, 2022
Indie Marine Imports Cyclops Marine’s Real-Time Load Sensors
Remember your best race? Everything clicked, you were in a different gear, pointing higher off the start and faster than your competition. The following day you tried to repeat it all, and you just couldn’t find the same pace.
March 14, 2022
Gori Propeller Expands its 3-Blade Range
Gori Propeller A/S is expanding its line of 3-blade folding propellers to include a model specifically for saildrive units. The new propeller has been introduced to suit the ZF SD15 saildrive.
January 3, 2022
Split keel reduces the draft of your boat
With the massive increase in boat sales through the pandemic, people are getting back on the water. What do you do if you find the perfect boat, but it draws 12”-18” too much? Or is the boat a little too tender?
December 22, 2021
Yanmar launches new SD15 systems
Yanmar Marine has announced the market launch of custom solutions to pair with the new SD15 saildrive by ZF, strengthening its comprehensive range of products for the sailing sector.
May 25, 2021
Indie Marine brings Team O lifejackets to Canada
Its first featured product line is the TeamO Marine Inflatable PFDs from the UK, equipped with a potential life saving technology called BackTow. Currently TeamO Inflatable PFDs are the only products in the world that has this ground-breaking technology, and the primary reason why Indie Marine has brought them to the Canadian boating and sailing community.
May 11, 2021
Books: Sea Over Bow – A North Atlantic Crossing
She never imagined herself on a sailboat, much less in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. “… a wave breaks right over us with a mighty crash. The boat shudders sickeningly, then is still for a moment, and water pours out through the scuppers. Then it all starts again…
November 16, 2020
Manson Supreme Anchor Holds Roberts 44 Through Hurricane Sally
PENSACOLA. FLORIDA (USA) – The owner of a Roberts DS440 credits his Manson Supreme Anchor with keeping his steel sailboat seaworthy when Category 2 Hurricane Sally struck the Florida panhandle on September 16.
October 21, 2020
Shurhold Brushes Take Abuse
Tasked with scrubbing non-skid and hardware during frequent routine maintenance, few tools take the abuse that a boat brush does. Many begin to lose bristles as soon as they’re put into use. Others are simply too coarse to clean delicate, easily scratched surfaces like gelcoat, paint and vinyl graphics.
October 1, 2020
Spinlock XTX Softgrip Clutches
Drawing on experience in both mechanical and textile product design the new XTX Soft Grip Clutch uses a combination of new materials to offer mid load rope holding in a lightweight, compact device.