Gear Reviews - Sails & Rigging

Strong, Easy to Use Line

By Adam Cort Posted November 5, 2010

Yale Cordage entwines individual bundles of load-bearing, pre-stretched Honeywell Spectra S1000 strands with proprietary iGrip-treated, easy-to-grip polyester fibers. More

Two New Reversible Winches

By Adam Cort Posted September 24, 2010

Both Harken and Selden have unveiled self-tailers that can ease a sail under load, with your fingers safely out of the way and the line under complete control. More

Grab a Line with Ease

By Adam Cort Posted September 24, 2010

The LineGrabber allows you to attach a line or anchor snubber at any point along another line More

Ronstan Core Block Series

By Adam Cort Posted August 16, 2010

Ronstan's new Core Block Series features a unique two-stage bearing system for maximum strength and minimum weight More

Flat and Fast

Facnor's new FlatDeck furler More

Locked and Loaded: Antal Mini Hook halyard lock

Antal's new halyard lock allows you to lock in your main at any reefed position More

Push Button Grinding

By David Schmidt Posted March 1, 2010

Powered winches can take the strain out of sailing More

Grinding Made Easy

By Adam Cort Posted February 26, 2010

For those times when you don’t feel like building arm strength there’s the WinchRite. More

Custom Cut

By David Schmidt Posted November 19, 2009

Colligo Marine is now taking orders for made-to-order twelve-strand Dynex Dux shrouds, backstays, and forestays. More

Harken Radial Winches

By David Schmidt Posted November 2, 2009

Harken’s new Radial winches are lighter, more efficient, safer, easier to install, and easier to upgrade to powered units than any other winch available on the market. More