Best Sailing Watches: 6 Top Picks from Racing to Adventuring
Looking for a sailing watch but don’t know where to start? We’ve done the hard work for you. Here’s six top sailing watches for racing, cruising or all out adventuring.
Sailing Watches
Sailing watches today range from housing the latest tech and modern functions, catering to your every need, to being simply a clock and timer on your wrist. Have you been scrolling through pages of watches, trying to work out what’s best for you amidst long lists of fancy functions? Don’t fret, you’ve come to the right place… We’ve done the work for you and selected the top sailing watches from dinghy racing to lifetime voyages.
Whether you’re a beginner skipper, experienced sailor, or globe explorer, here’s some of the top sailing watches out there from Garmin to Suunto. All the information you need… on your wrist!
Our Selection Process
How we selected these top-quality, top-performance sailing watches…
Brilliant durability.
Top water resistance.
Great visibility.
Exciting functionality.
Ronstan ClearStart Race Timer Sailing Watch
Why we chose it:
- Racing specific watch
- Easy to press silicon buttons, great visibility
- Robust design with ‘bumper’ around display
- 50m water resistant
- Includes ‘5-4-1-0’ and Match Racing start sequence programmes
Optimum Time Series 12 Sailing Yachting and Dinghy Watch
Why we chose it:
- A sailing-specific watch
- Water Resistant to 50m
- Large number display
- Comfortable silicone strap
- Boom/mast mount bracket supplied
- Elasticated strap for wrist or over sleeve wearing
Suunto 9 Baro
Why we chose it:
- Advanced watch for adventurous sailors
- Over 80 sport modes
- 100m water resistant
- Touch screen sapphire glass
- GPS tracking and navigation
- Additional functions: Sleep tracking, weather, multiple sport modes
- Four predefined battery modes – Performance, Endurance, Ultra and Tour – ranging from 25 hours to up to 170 hours while recording time, with GPS on.
- Withstood several extreme tough tests
- Connects to Suunto app for easy data viewing, and connecting to partners like Strava and Adidas
Casio Lithium Quartz (WS-1300H-2AVEF)
Why we chose it:
- Great value
- Sailing specific watch
- 100m water resistant
- High quality plastic strap
- Tide graph and moon phase
Garmin Quatix 7 Smartwatch (Standard)
Why we chose it:
- Sailing specific watch
- 16 days of battery life/ 42 hours in GPS mode
- Rugged and large 1.3″ always-on AMOLED display
- Traditional and touchscreen buttons
- Connects with select compatible Garmin chartplotters and remote control of key MFD features, including chart zoom, layout shortcut, Fusion® stereo, autopilot and more.
- Autopilot control from your watch
- Stream data including wind, water depth, and engine RPM
- View coastal charts and freshwater maps from your wrist
- Also designed for deep water and inland fishing
- And so much more…
Casio G-Shock (GA-100CF-1A9ER)
Why we chose it:
- 200m water resistant
- Average speed display
- Automatic Illuminated display
- Low temp resistant (-10 degrees centigrade)
- Anti-slip oversized buttons
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