Looking forward to the summer – aren’t we all? – one essential item in any sailor’s kit is a good pair of sunspecs. Gill’s range of floating sunglasses have been specially designed for use on the water, with high quality polarised lenses. They are also designed to be  comfortable and stylish – and not too hideously expensive.

The frames are made of a low density plastic for maximum buoyancy, and moulded in a wrap-around design so they should stay anchored to your face, whatever the weather.

Richard Idiens reviews his new pocket NAVTEX.

My old NASA CRT NATEX has done stalwart service for at least two owners of Jonathan-Livingston over twenty years.  I value its input for every voyage, but I am used to it only providing a single frequency, the international English, and only receiving from one or two of the nearest transmitters.  It is getting a bit old and takes up a fair amount of real estate on my radio station table as well as the active antenna mounted on a push pit pole.  Consequently, I got tempted into buying a Moerer Weather Infobox at the Dusseldorf show.  

Raymarine’s new C Series Widescreen displays, previewed earlier this month at the London Boat Show, attracted plenty of interest.    “This is the very first time the new C Series Widescreen has been on show, and it really has been creating a stir.  The feedback is that it offers everything boat owners are looking for,”  said UK sales manager Andy Davies. The new models will be available in the spring