Garmin Quatix7

The Garmin Quatix7 Marine GPS Smartwatch lets dad manage his day on the water with connectivity to Garmin chartplotters, easy autopilot boat control, a variety of GPS mapping features and more. This GPS Smartwatch comes in three versions: Standard Edition, Pro with a crisp AMOLED display and a Solar Edition featuring solar charging for those long summer days in the sun.

Garmin inREach Mini 2 Marine Bundle

The Garmin inREach Mini 2 Marine Bundle helps keep you in touch with pop while he’s off the grid on a boating adventure. The compact satellite communicator maintains signal on the water where cell phones won’t, includes an emergency SOS messaging system to Garmin’s coordination center and boasts a battery life of up to 14 days in 10-minute tracking mode. It also offers location sharing with loved-ones at home.

Helly Hansen Men’s HP Foil HT Sailing Shorts

If he’s got the need for speed, the Helly Hansen Men’s HP Foil HT Sailing Shorts are for him. These waterproof sailing shorts are designed for inshore racing in extremely wet conditions. They include a reinforced seat and are mesh-lined for comfort. These shorts are available in sporty navy, gray fog and black styles.

Helly Hansen Men’s Crew Hooded Midlayer Jacket 2.0

For fathers with a sailor’s soul, there’s the Helly Hansen Men’s Crew Hooded Midlayer Jacket 2.0. Originally developed as a waterproof insulation layer for sailors, this jacket is waterproof, windproof and breathable. The zipper withstands corrosion and is saltwater-resistant. The jacket is available in sleek white, gray fog, cobalt 20, red, black and navy colors.

Costa Saltbreak Sunglasses

You just can’t go wrong with a cool pair of polarized shades as a gift for dad, and these Costa Saltbreak Sunglasses are no exception. These sporty shades are available in silver, tortoise, matte black and wetlands frames, each with customizable polarized glass or polarized polycarbonate lenses.

Costa Tuna Alley Sunglasses

Named after the deep-blue Bahamian waters where the Bluefin tuna migrate north, Costa’s Tuna Alley Sunglasses combine practicality and style with plenty of customization options. These shades can be personalized to match dad’s style while he’s out on the water, from solid- white frames with blue polarized lenses to blackout frames with gray polarized lenses.

Rolex Submariner

What could be a better gift than the king of watches for a king in your life? The Rolex Submariner Date is an 18 kt. white-gold statement of deep confidence. The rotatable bezel is designed for a diver to accurately and safely monitor diving time and decompression stops.The dial’s luminescent Chromalight display allows for visibility in dark environments.

Rolex Deepsea

For gift buyers wanting to go the extra nautical mile, the Rolex Deepsea is 18 karats of bright, flashy and practical yellow gold with a Cerachrom bezel insert in blue ceramic and an oyster bracelet. This is the legendary divers’ watch, filled with luminescent material that emits a long-lasting blue glow for excellent legibility in dark conditions.

Penn Squall Lever Drag Conventional Rod & Reel Combo

The Penn Squall Lever Drag Rod & Reel is lightweight, ergonomic and corrosion-resistant. With stainless- steel gears and a high-speed gear ratio, this lever-drag is outstanding for nearshore trolling for kings and dolphins. This rod comes in medium and heavy power levels, 6- and 7-foot rod lengths as well as 15- to 30-pound and 30- to 80-pound line ratings.

YETI Tundra® 65 Marine Cooler

Help him keep his drinks cold on the water with the YETI Tundra 65 Marine Cooler. This spacious cooler can easily handle a day’s provisions for a family of four. It fits up to 77 cans or 58 pounds of ice, and the YETI Fatwall design provides 2’ of seamless insulation on the walls and bottom with 3’ of insulation on the lid.

YETI 30 oz. Rambler® Travel Mug

The YETI 30 oz Rambler Travel Mug will keep his adventure going longer. This is YETI’s biggest travel mug, providing a trip-proof grip thanks to its elevated handle. In the case of bumpy waves, its leak-resistant Stronghold lid includes dual-slider magnet technology to prevent spills.

Mustang Survival HIT Automatic Inflatable Life Jackets with Harness

The Mustang Survival HIT Automatic Inflatable Life Jacket with Harness is a boating essential and an excellent gift. This life jacket is designed for serious sailors to use in severe weather with exclusive technology that enhances safety and minimizes maintenance. Reliable automatic inflation even in severe conditions adds peace of mind to this life-saving device.

Noco Boost Pro GB150 Ultrasafe Lithium Jump Starter, 3000 Amp, 12V

The Noco Boost Pro GB150 Ultrasafe Lithium Jump Starter delivers 3,000 amps for jump starting a dead battery in seconds. It’s a powerful battery booster that doubles as a portable power source for charging USB devices or powering 12-volt devices. Perfect for dad’s car, boat, RV or truck! On top of that, the jump starter includes an ultra-bright 500 lumen LED flashlight with seven light modes, including SOS and an emergency strobe.

Fusion Marine MS-RA210 Stereo and XS Classic Speaker Kit

The Fusion Marine MS-RA210 Stereo and XS Classic Speaker Kit is a gift that will keep dad jamming while washing down the boat. Remember the Garmin Quatix7 from earlier? Advanced connectivity options give you the freedom to control this stereo from a compatible Garmin MFD, smart device or watch, making this a great gift to pair with!

Amberjack – The Loafer

It just wouldn’t be a complete father’s day gift list without mentioning some slick kicks. The Loafers by Amberjack are made with A-grade full-grain leather and sheepskin lining, and they come in a variety of colors and sizes. They are comfortable, stylish and they feature an athletic outsole with a heat-activated insole. And, after a day of cruising, they just look great when heading ashore to your favorite waterfront eatery.

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714 Series by Persol

Full-acetate frames give a firm backbone to these seriously stylish shades from Persol.

Ideal for sailing, this watch features a bidirectional rotatable bezel made of platinum or gold to track elapsed sailing time; large hour markers and hands ensure legibility.

Despite expanding its brand to include sneakers, boots, flip-flops and other types of water-resistant footwear, Sperry Top-Sider’s most popular model is the Authentic Original School Spirit 2-Eye boat shoe.

Bose built the SoundLink Micro Bluetooth speaker to strap onto coolers, bicycle handlebars or just about anything else that might go into the tender before heading ashore. The speaker is less than 4 inches tall and wide, and it weighs just a hair more than 10 ounces, so ­attaching it to clothes or a backpack is also an option.

The Paralenz Dive Camera weighs 5.6 ounces, so it can easily attach to a mask strap. It logs the dive and the photos, so users know at which depth they shot which image (and can share that info with friends via an app). And in what Paralenz calls a first, the camera ­auto-filters for lack of light at various depths — meaning photos never come out murky greenish-blue.

Lampuga‘s Boost model is carbon fiber and can reportedly top 31 knots, while the Air model is inflatable (to stow in smaller spaces) and hits 27 knots. Riders control the speed through a handle grip and steer just as with a regular surfboard, by shifting body weight.

The touchscreen Elite-12 Ti, the largest unit in the Elite Ti series, has serious fish-finding ability. It’s also quite connective with Bluetooth, wireless, and NMEA 2000 capability.

The Garmin inReach Mini allows friends to track a boater’s adventure via Garmin’s MapShare tracking Web page, which inReach Mini updates in user-selectable intervals. It is also engineered to IPX7 and MIL 810F environmental standards and has Bluetooth connectivity.

Uniden’s MHS335BT is the first handheld VHF radio that lets users send SMS messages — via a paired wireless device — over VHF frequencies. This 6-watt VHF device has an integrated GPS receiver and Class D digital selective calling (DSC), allowing users to issue blanket-broadcast emergency calls or directly contact individual DSC-enabled VHF users via their nine-digit maritime marine service identities.

While earlier-generation, fixed-mount thermal-imaging cameras worked exceptionally well at short and medium distances, their image sensors and digital (and/or restricted optical) zooms limited their ability to spot objects and vessels at great distances — drawbacks that FLIR solves with its new M500.

The B&G Zeus3 Glass Helm has a wide-angle, HD display that can be viewed through polarized sunglasses in bright sunlight. The unit also has an all-weather touchscreen and a low-profile design, and can be controlled through a Zeus Controller.

Swims’ Cruise Collection evolved the loafer further, especially in terms of color. The Braided Lace model is molded construction, while the Breeze Lace is mesh and lighter. “Both perform equally well,” Jake Brandman, president of Swims, says. “The Breeze Lace is sort of a nod to a sneaker.”

An electronic tachymeter, a countdown timer for regatta starts, and other sailing-inspired features are built into the Exospace B55 Yachting. Pressing the crown or tilting your wrist activates two backlit LCD screens with smartphone-style features.

Wayfarers by Ray-Ban

Does it get more classic than these unisex Wayfarers, also from Ray-Ban? Our vote is no.

“The idea has been floating around in my head for a while,” Guy Howard-Willis says. “Having a bike to ride on water was pretty obvious, but I’ve always been fascinated by how foils work on boats, how they lift the boats out of the water.” The first Manta5 Hydrofoiler XE-1 bikes bound for U.S. shores are due to arrive in early 2019, at a retail price of $6,895.

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J Class

Specialty publisher Delius Klasing in Germany has just released the impressive coffee-table book J Class, which includes large, four-page foldout photography in addition to text about the iconic sailing yachts.

The book focuses on Endeavour, Hanuman, Lionheart, Rainbow, Ranger, Shamrock V and Velsheda, and includes both historic and modern-day photos from races and regattas. Readers learn not only about the yachts, but also about the men and women who have owned and raced them.

Text that accompanies the photography is by Wiel Verlinden, and is translated in German and English. He brings the classic yachts to life with passages like this one: “So Elizabeth Meyer bought the wreck, raised it out of the mud and towed it to Southampton. The restoration of the Endeavour—and with her the adventurous history and renaissance of the new J Class—began under a tarpaulin on a derelict shipyard site in Calshot, where large flying boats had been built in the second world war.”

Makes a great gift: J Class comes in a keepsake, full-wrap photo box that is ideal for displaying on bookshelves.

Click on the link below to grab your copy now!

J Class

J Class

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Hinckley Yachts book

Hinckley Yachts book

Hinckley Yachts book

Hinckley Yachts book

Hinckley Yachts book

Hinckley Yachts book

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Wooden Nautical Chart

The best charts aren’t always electronic; hanging a nautical chart is an easy way to spice up the decor aboard your yacht or home. Uniquely Nautical makes one-of-a-kind 3-D nautical charts that are sure to have your guests talking. Whether your boating playground is a pond or the Pacific Ocean, it can be etched into a decorative piece of wood. Various levels of incisions on the artwork provide a depth to the display. Further personalization comes in the ability to have a picture of your home, boat or even some of your favorite watering holes carved into the map. Text can also be added to the chart to commemorate a special occasion, making this an item you’ll want to pass on to future generations. Check out the video below to see how these 3-D charts are made.

For more information visit uniquelynautical.com

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Ingredients
1.5oz KEEL Vodka
0.5oz gold rum
0.5oz pineapple juice
0.50z lime juice
dash of grenadine

How to
1. Add all ingredients but the grenadine into a mixer filled with ice and shake vigorously.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Add a dash of grenadine.
4. Garnish with a pineapple slice.

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Ingredients
1.5oz KEEL Vodka
0.5oz Cointreau
0.5oz fresh lemon juice
0.5oz fresh lime juice
0.5oz fresh cranberry juice
4oz Sprite

How to
1. Combine all ingredients but the sprite into a mixer filled with ice and shake vigorously.
2. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
3. Top off with Sprite.
4. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

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Gift Guide Tout

We all know that the real gift of the holiday season lies not in stuff but in the moments spent with loved ones — the joy of conversations with family, meals full of laughter, celebrations with friends. Yet presents are a tradition of the season, and thoughtfulness counts. This year, we made a holiday outing to the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut, and brought with us some gift ideas for the nautical enthusiast. We previewed them for the fish, and present them now for you in our annual Holiday Gift Guide.

Other great gift ideas:

Books on sailing legends, wooden boats, and Herreshoff schooners.

New electronics from Simrad, Bridge Command, and Iridium.

A donation to organizations that help maintain the health of our seas.

New deck hardware for your yacht.

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Ocean

As boaters, we spend a lot of time — or as much as we can — on the water. Whether it is a lake, a river or the open ocean, the water’s surface is our playground, our home away from home. But for myriad fish, insects, mammals, plants and ecosystems as varied and numerous as the stars in the sky, it is home. And for this reason, we must be stewards of this environment, preserving the world that lies beneath the waves so that the next generation of yachting entusiasts can point their bows to a clean horizon. This holiday season, the best gift for the boater in your life may not come in a box, but in an envelope as a donation to one of these organizations and their missions, educational programs and overall goals of maintaining the health of our seas.

The International Seakeepers Society; www.seakeeper.org

The Maritime Aquarium; www.maritimeaquarium.org
(We visited the Maritime Aquarium for our Holiday Gift Guide photo shoot, above, right)

The Mystic Aquarium; www.mysticaquarium.org

The SoundWaters organization; www.soundwaters.org

Ocean Conservancy; www.oceanconservancy.org

The Ocean Conservation Society; www.oceanconservation.org

Ocean Alliance; www.oceanalliance.org

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