Gifts

Vino On Demand: EuroCave SoWine Wine Bar

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If you enjoy a glass of vino every so often, but don’t care to deal with the storage (and taste effects) of uncorked wine, the EuroCave SoWine Home Wine Bar is a clever solution. Ideal for either the yacht bar or home bar, the SoWine will preserve and chill two bottles for up to 10 [...]

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Tap Happy: The North Face ETIP Gloves

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Keep your digits toasty while tapping away on your touch screens with the ETIP Gloves from The North Face. Made of form-fitting stretch knit, these gloves feature X-Static fabric at the tips of the index finger and thumb, allowing you agile operation of touch-sensitive devices. The palms are patterned with a layer of silicone gripper, [...]

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Holiday Gift Pick: JOBY GorillaPod Flexible Tripod

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Every once in awhile you run across a cool tool that makes you so giddy you want to order one for everyone you know. (sorry mates, said want to ) The cool tool here:  Joby GorillaPod. A creative twist on the classic camera tripod, Joby’s innovation uses flexible legs to mold to almost any surface, [...]

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Style Newport Jewelry

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So you’ve got the gorgeous boat…now you want some eye candy, right? If you want your first mate to look his/her best, get them the perfect gift for the nautically-inclined – a gift of jewelry by Style Newport. I had the opportunity to take SN jewelry out for a test drive at the recent Fort [...]

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Fresh Traveller: Serve Your Favorite Crewmate In Style

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You’ve been on a long overnight passage, standing watch, longing for something hot to eat or drink, but it’s too much trouble to go down below to fetch it…a common scenario, right? We usually prepare something ahead of time and store it in a thermos, but a thermos can only keep foods hot or cold, [...]

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Handpresso: Who Says You Can’t Take It With You!

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Enjoy great tasting espresso wherever you choose with the revolutionary, elegant Handpresso by Importika. Create a luxurious, memorable moment – on deck at sunrise, on a deserted shore, high atop a hillside overlooking the bay – it’s as easy as pumping up a bicycle tire. The Handpresso Wild works with the E.S.E. (Easy Serve Espresso) [...]

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Cocoon GRID-IT! Organizer

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We modern mariners are far more geeky than our forefathers, old salts who sailed the Seven Seas with nary a compass. Today we go to the sea with any number of hand-held electronics: Smartphones, digital cameras, tiny video cams, iPods, GPS’s, and all their respective chargers, accessories and cases. What do you do to keep [...]

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Bheestie Bag Slurps Moisture From Small Electronics

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Keep one of these thirsty guys onboard in case your cell phone takes an unexpected swim. The Bheestie Bag is designed to dry out a wet cell phone, digital camera, iPod, headphone set, or any small electronic device — even it’s been fully submerged. Invented by two frustrated moms/sisters (after watching a sad little boy [...]

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Moveable Feast: Yacht Gift To Please The Palate

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Invited out on the yacht for the Fourth of July — what to bring the hosts? The one thing that always scores: food. This Moveable Feast from DEAN & DELUCA packs a gourmet spread inside a signature D&D canvas tote bag — ready to answer the call of those marine munchies and provide the hosts [...]

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