The information I assume you have, but you probably don’t have, is that I spend crazy amounts of time checking out and researching the three zillion other products that don’t make it into my hands. For some reason, the hunt for the elusive perfect PFD was especially time consuming.

VHF radios are required by the Coast Guard on basically any boat bigger than a surfboard in U.S. coastal waters. That’s an exaggeration of course. Regulations do change at various lengths, but I’m not sure where the VHF requirement kicks in. The reason I don’t know is that I like to have a radio whether [...]

There are a few things I have multiple stashes of. Duct tape… The nuveau chic clear option. I try to put a roll of duct tape everywhere. It’s so essential that I try to prevent myself from forgetting it in the future. At the moment, the only thing I can think of that rivals duct [...]