What's your favorite bit of sailing tech?

[fastyacht]

Cell phone.  "Honey, I ran aground again and need to wait till the tide..."

Ham radio for same thing. "CQ CQ this is K1ABC on yacht Kamaniwanalaya. Looking for phone patch, over."

 

[Tax Man]

The best gloves are made from the pelts of small, cute, white doggies.

How badly do you want warm hands???

One more incident and my wife will give me mittens made out of kitty pelts.

 

[ROADKILL666]

oh i'm sure there's plenty. there's one that comes to mind. wish i could mention her name, but she's a litigious bitch. and bat-shit crazy.

Perfect 

 

[Editor]

Perfect 

yep...right up until it's not!

 

[Sail4beer]

Some would say that a chicken and hot, buttery mashed potato powder is all you ever want or need on a boat. Sails, motor and rudder/rutter are secondary. That’s what Coast Guards are for.

 

[Gissie]

The owners cheque book.

 

[Expat Canuck]

Some would say that a chicken and hot, buttery mashed potato powder is all you ever want or need on a boat. Sails, motor and rudder/rutter are secondary. That’s what Coast Guards are for.

You forgot cheese and sprouts

 

[Danceswithoctopus]

You forgot cheese and sprouts

And Soy.

 

[TUBBY]

there's one in dago. she'll fuck anyone.

Criteria 1  TICK

she's a litigious bitch. and bat-shit crazy.

Criteria  2 One cross, one tick.  How brave/drunk are you?

 

[P_Wop]

there's one in dago. she'll fuck anyone.

I  think Woody may have already been there.  If so, run away!

 

[The Q]

Care to share which gloves those are? I'm hunting for new gloves for frostbite season. 

Best Sellers – Sealskinz, were the last two pairs I had, first I tried the lighter all weather glove, then a few years later the All weather insulated glove. Both are better than anything I'd tried before, the insulated glove is more bulky, but was still useable in open keelboat sailing on a small river where you are tacking every 30 seconds.

 I note, having just revistited the site, that they have vastly increased the range of gloves, which will need more investigation.

 They are made  in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK not 50 miles from me, but that was not an influence in my purchase, it was purely on cost / benefit..

 

[George Dewey]

Sextant and wind up ship's clock. 

 

[t.rex]

Quick and dirty podium:

- Gold: GPS
... grew up with RDF, LORAN-A, LORAN-C. GPS was a game-changer, instantaneous AND accurate.

- Silver: Dacron/Nylon
... not so much for the shape, but rather the order of magnitude strength to weight ratio increase.

-Bronze: Laminate structures
... allowed naval architects to explore beyond Archimedean limits in ocean-going sailboats. Boy, did they ever respond !

 

[blunted]

I've gotta stay on theme here

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

there's one in dago. she'll fuck anyone.

bitter....

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

cup holder /  for my beer

 

[fastyacht]

Is that what the beautiful woman in the black bikini does on oard your jacht?

 

[gbkersey]

OpenCPN on my $200 Pinebook Pro laptop....

 

[coyotepup]

The hat strap I got as a race freebie ten years ago.  It's kept a dozen hats on board the boat.  I like my hats.

 

[THOR]

everything from Colligo Marine 

and I am not even sponsored