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gCaptain Cyber-Monday Holiday Book Deal

By On November 27, 2011

Have you started your holiday shopping? It’s said that a book signed by the author is worth twice the cover price and, for that reason, gCaptain is offering custom signed [...]

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Tocky – For The Watchmate Who’s Always Late

By On April 23, 2011

Balls-to-four has always been my favorite watch, get up a little before midnight and you have four hours of un-interupted bliss to enjoy a peaceful night under the stars. But [...]

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New Senseo Coffee Pod With Auto-Froth Goodness

By On April 17, 2011

Does anyone remember gCaptain’s first product review? Of course not, the only readers of gCaptain in the early weeks where a half dozen guys on my ship reading mostly to [...]

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Finally! A ship shape USB hub

By On November 16, 2010

Unlike Christmas music, it’s never to early to start looking for holiday gift ideas.  This 5-port USB hub is the perfect edition to any mariners desk and could be yours [...]

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2011 Calendar – Women Of Maritime

By On October 16, 2010

Kim Caver is back at it again with the release of Jack Tar’s 2011 “Women Of Maritime” calendar, an annual favorite of the gCaptain forum. Besides being popular for obvious reasons [...]

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For The Child Within Us: The World’s Biggest Ships Scaled As Wood Toys

By On September 28, 2010

[Image via PostlerFerguson] Like it or not, the holiday season (yes the holidays) are quickly approaching and every year we try to find some cool nautical gift ideas for the [...]

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The Best Knives for the Pro-Mariner

By On June 12, 2010

I carry three things with me every time I go on deck. A Pelican Flashlight, Channel Locks and my knife. I have tried many and my absolute favorite knife is [...]

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Coast Guard’s gift ideas for 12 nautical days of Christmas

By On December 4, 2009

The U.S. Coast Guard, as a public service to holiday gift shoppers, announced Friday its recommended gift ideas for 12 nautical days of Christmas. The singularly most important gift for [...]

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Notebooks that take harsh weather

By On June 3, 2009

Navagear points us to “Rite in the Rain”: The folks from “Rite in the Rain” were at the Pacific Marine Expo, and I picked up a brochure, an all-weather pen, [...]

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World’s Sexiest Sextant? You Decide

By On March 3, 2009

MaritimeLinks.net (a must see site) brings us what is reportedly “The Worlds Sexiest Sextant” or less smashingly called the Cassens & Plath Horizon Ultra. Why? Here’s their answer: WIRED magazine [...]

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Load Up Your Agent’s Van With Amazon Prime

By On November 28, 2008

You pull into anchorage, plug your EVDO Card into your laptop and immediately begin to map out the stores you need to visit once the ship is docked. We know [...]

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Holiday Gift Deals For The Mariner

By On November 25, 2008

This week is the busiest shopping time of the year for those of us living in the US. The economy isn’t the strongest this year so we thought we’d help by finding [...]

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