In the February issue, SAIL announced its annual Freeman K. Pittman Innovation Awards recognizing the best gear-related thinking within the marine market. This year, we also added the first ever Eureka! Award, a prize given to the brains behind an FKP winner that we deem to be especially clever.

Lou Varney, developer of Harken’s Pro-Trim Traveler and Rigtune Pro, is this year's SAIL FKP Eureka! Award winner.

Click here to read a Q&A with Lou Varney.

Click here for a PDF of the 2008 Freeman K. Pittman Innovation Awards.