Gear

Santa’s not the only one making lists and checking them twice this time of year. We know plenty of you out there in the are compiling wishlists in your

An alarming number of shipping companies today are banning knives and even many of the ones who still permit them only allow sailors to carry folding knives.

As a daily consumer of energy, I’ve been selfishly happy about the lower fuel prices of late. Low gas prices are good – at least that’s what

Viking Life Safety’s re-launched PS5002 immersion suit received a thorough test recently after designers rejigged the the popular polar-conditions

This article was written by Tom Nork via TheTeakRail, for reviews of the best marine gear visit TheTeakRail.com. No matter where you are sailing, whether it

Time to make room for 2014 inventory… If it has a gCaptain logo on it, it’s 40 percent off in the gCaptain store. Get yourself some gCaptain swag

MORRO BAY, CA (April 23, 2014)- A new website, TheTeakRail.com, created by a professional mariner and an accomplished executive chef and restaurant owner, is

Whether working for the navy or a shipping line, seafarers are exposed to several threats in their line of work. The fact that they stay in the high seas

Now through Monday only, get a free set of two gCaptain 11oz mugs with any purchase of $50 or more from the gCaptain store! You may have to wipe the

Need to spend most of your day working in windy and miserably wet weather? The Helly Hansen Highliner jacket may not feel like a Brooks Brothers suit when you

For all of you who have been asking us for gCaptain hoodies, coffee cups, polos, beanies, or other gCaptain SWAG, we finally have what you’re looking

Between 1998 and 2008, my parents sailed all the way around the planet, but my dad rarely wears sunglasses when he goes outside anymore.  I can’t

While in Hamburg, Germany last month I sat down with Henrik Uhd Christensen, the Chief Executive of VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, a familiar brand to many who

(Bloomberg) — U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co. won an appeals court ruling that revives claims Flir Systems Inc.’s Indigo Systems unit lured

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of Washington this week approved the SafeLink R10 AIS SART for use in the United States. Commenting on the

Three years ago this month, in the broad light of day, four young Somali men punched the throttle on their small speedboat and aimed the bow at the American

gCaptain knows there are tons of die-hard iPad users on ships, however up until now you have had really only two options to mount your iPad to the wheelhouse,

Nearly 2 months ago a product arrived on gCaptain’s doorstep that brought a smile to our faces, Flir’s First Mate, Handheld Thermal Imaging,

Fire, sinking, and even collisions can turn an ordinary day at sea into a flutter of activity and worry, but nothing provokes the immediate and raw emotions as

A little, Sort Of. Back on February 1st 2009, though boat owners and ship riders didn’t hear it, there were celebrations all over the rescue world as the