When I started writing about the best sailing jackets, I reached out to two skippers I know from the San Francisco Bay sailing community. Between them they log roughly 14,000 nautical miles a year across coastal races, deliveries, and one offshore passage per season. I asked them one question: which jackets have actually kept you […]

I've spent the last 18 months testing heated jackets in conditions ranging from 5°F mornings on deer hunts to 22°F evenings at football games. After running 23 outdoor sessions, draining 41 battery packs, and freezing through more than a few slow-charging mistakes, I learned what separates the best heated jackets for outdoors from the gimmicks. […]