The 2011 Holiday Gift Guide for Boaters

The best nautical gifts under $50 are featured in the FirstBoat Holiday Gift Guide

When you need nautical gift ideas for the boating enthusiasts on your shopping list, our Holiday Gift Guide is your best bet. And in this edition of the gift guide, we've made a conscious effort to keep our selections affordable for everyone.

This year's Holiday Gift Guide is exclusively comprised of items for boaters under $50.

Even with that price cap, we found several unique nautical gifts your favorite boater will love - some can even be personalized with your gift recipient's boat name, and all of them can be enjoyed either on or off the boat...

Boat Name Blankets

Since their introduction earlier this year, no product has been more popular at BoatNameGear than these personalized fleece blankets. At under $40, including personalized text and stock embroidered image, these blankets are perfect for storing on the boat for cool nights on the water, or for keeping on the couch.

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Sailcloth Book Cover

Keep your expensive hardcover books and vulnerable softcovers safe from water, sand and sun - on the boat, at the beach or by the pool.

This sailcloth book cover has interior elastic straps that slide over the front and back covers of the book. You can read without taking the book out of the cover, or simply use the cover for protective storage.

When not in use, just zip closed all the way around the book and carry with the convenient handle along the binding. Set it down on wet sand or boat cushions, pack it in the beach bag with the wet towels - no more wrinkled pages and ruined covers.

Best of all, we can embroider your boat name (or any text) in block or script font and your choice of color.

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ToweLocs

Know anybody with hand towels in their boat's head (or nautically-themed bathroom or kitchen at home?)

Then they'll love these functional and elegant ToweLoc towel pins, designed to look great while keeping your hand towels from falling on the floor - how perfect is that for a bathroom on a boat?!

These ToweLocs are sold by the pair, come in your choice of several nautical designs, and are a perfect complement to BoatNameGear's embroidered hand towels.

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Boat Name Hand Towels

Lastly, don't forget the personalized hand towels, embroidered with your gift recipient's boat name, to go with the aforementioned ToweLocs...

These hand towels are big at 16 inches wide by 30 inches long; perfect for hanging in the head or the galley of any yacht or cruiser. Their woven diamond dobby border adds a subtle detail for understated elegance.

The Turkish combed cotton is extra thick for exceptional softness and absorbency. Like the ToweLocs, these personalized hand towels are available at BoatNameGear.com.

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For additional boating gift ideas from BoatNameGear and other vendors, check out the full Daily Boater Holiday Gift Guide