The good: Time, stopwatch, barometer, thermometer, compass, and race timer. The race timer is essentially a countdown (you synchronize with race committee gunshots) followed by a stopwatch, with split time viewing and one-race memory. A couple good features: it can only be stopped by hitting the stop button twice in two seconds – good for those of you that wear sailing gloves. Beeps are audible unless the wind is howling above 20 knots. If you aren’t a racer, you might do just as well with the x-lander, which excludes the racing timer but includes an altimeter, all within the same aesthetic package. The barometer includes a 1 hour interval memory (remember, 3 mbar change in under an hour and you’re probably in trouble) and a thermometer. All units can be changed between imperial and metric. I haven’t changed the battery yet but the compartment is opened with a coin, and looks very easy. Also, its a great looking watch if you can pull off the large size, and its relatively inexpensive.

The bad: The contrast could be a little darker, and the backlight could be a little brighter. No seconds display on the standard time view. You can toggle seconds display briefly via pushing a button. Reading the manual (twice or three times) is an absolute must, because the buttons are unmarked. The thermometer doesn’t take accurate readings while strapped on due to the heat from your wrist. The compass reading is a little jumpy (though in my experience, accurate). Lastly, I already knicked the aluminum bezel reaching into a closet… when I’m rolling around on the foredeck and trimming sails, its probably going to get pretty beat up.

Overall, good product. Well done Suunto.

I have owned THREE Yachtsman’s. One of these was a warranty replacement. I have four sailing friends who also bought Yachtsman because I owned one. Would you believe that all of us have had problems with this crappy watch?

My third watch is now dead due to water leakage. Prior to that I have had the following problems with Yachtsman watches:

* Multiple wrist band failures
* Sticky buttons
* LCD backlight out
* Display turned black in sun light
* Resetting by itself
* Foggy display
* Poor customer service

I have purchased two Sunntos and I PROMISE YOU there will not be a third.

THE BAD: Inaccurate advertising & poor quality. I received a hat with a different logo, olive/holly branches on the brim, and adjustable. I like the olive branches, but was disappointed with the logo (looks more like wings/leaves with an anchor in the middle).

The hat was dirt cheap and rather poor quality. But it will function well on the occasional drunken cruise. Prepare yourself for the wrong hat and a debate whether to keep it or complain. I chose to just keep it.