Salopettes with long legs

miss no stars

Just wondering what anyone's experiences of any of the designed for women salopettes are? Need new ones and have given up on unisex ones, they're just too short in the leg and my trousers are ending up soaked from a small gap that opens between the salopette leg and my boots after a bit of scurrying around on deck. I can't go bigger in unisex as I'm swamped by the width of my current set, so need to find something narrower with longer legs. Anyone got recommendations? I'm 5'6 and would be an 8-10 in jeans, somewhere between a regular and long leg length - not that unusual a size so must be going wrong somewhere in my gear choices.

Thanks.

mtdelany

miss no stars wrote: »

Just wondering what anyone's experiences of any of the designed for women salopettes are? Need new ones and have given up on unisex ones, they're just too short in the leg and my trousers are ending up soaked from a small gap that opens between the salopette leg and my boots after a bit of scurrying around on deck. I can't go bigger in unisex as I'm swamped by the width of my current set, so need to find something narrower with longer legs. Anyone got recommendations? I'm 5'6 and would be an 8-10 in jeans, somewhere between a regular and long leg length - not that unusual a size so must be going wrong somewhere in my gear choices.

Thanks.

There are not the economies of scale for major producers to make different lenght legs for woman. if womans salopettes are too short, you will have to buy mens.

It might sound obvious, but have to tried loosening the shoulder straps?

miss no stars

Ah I think it's gotten lost in translation.

I've been wearing the mens salopettes as whenever I've replaced them in the past, there have never been ladies in stock and I've needed them urgently at the time.

The straps are loosened to the point that the bib barely comes up my rib cage, but once I've been hopping around the boat a bit, the legs ride up to the point that they're barely below my knee and, hence, my trouser legs get wet. Going up a size isn't an option - the ones I have are already way too big on the top and, having tried the next size up, the straps kept falling down off my shoulders and there was too much material around the sides (uncomfortable when jacket and life jacket put on over).

What I probably failed to express very well is that I am wondering if, in anyone's experience, the ladies salopettes are cut with longer legs and a narrower body than the mens

or if anyone knows of a brand that tend to cut quite long in the leg.

mtdelany

miss no stars wrote: »

Ah I think it's gotten lost in translation.

I've been wearing the mens salopettes as whenever I've replaced them in the past, there have never been ladies in stock and I've needed them urgently at the time.

The straps are loosened to the point that the bib barely comes up my rib cage, but once I've been hopping around the boat a bit, the legs ride up to the point that they're barely below my knee and, hence, my trouser legs get wet. Going up a size isn't an option - the ones I have are already way too big on the top and, having tried the next size up, the straps kept falling down off my shoulders and there was too much material around the sides (uncomfortable when jacket and life jacket put on over).

What I probably failed to express very well is that I am wondering if, in anyone's experience, the ladies salopettes are cut with longer legs and a narrower body than the mens

or if anyone knows of a brand that tend to cut quite long in the leg.

Having worked in a chandlery, Musto, Gill and HL all appear to have the same aproximate fitting for a woman. the problem could be the wrong footwear rather than wrong pants. A pair of Dubarry (or other) boots should solve the problem. beyond that, cant help im afraid

miss no stars

mtdelany wrote: »

Having worked in a chandlery, Musto, Gill and HL all appear to have the same aproximate fitting for a woman. the problem could be the wrong footwear rather than wrong pants. A pair of Dubarry (or other) boots should solve the problem. beyond that, cant help im afraid

Ah that's a pity as I already have dubarry boots. Oh well. Think I'll just have to do a lot of trying on. It does help to know though, as I don't want to order in stuff that I then don't take. Cheers.

PhoenixParker

Have you tried going directly to the manufacturers websites and seeing what their inside leg measurements are and if they offer long legs with the women's sizes?

Gill don't seem to have a longer length, but musto do. Not sure about the others.

If you can find them there, maybe contact them to find out what they've actually made, then at least you know that something is available and it's only a matter of tracking them down. I suspect you'd end up having to order them from the US or something though.

49801

there is an american brand that has a much better range of fitting and more suitable to women. I think the name is annapolois but could be way off. I know mathews in cork had them last year.

49801

49801 wrote: »

there is an american brand that has a much better range of fitting and more suitable to women. I think the name is annapolois but could be way off. I know mathews in cork had them last year.

Correction: brand is www.atlantisweathergear.com

see http://www.atlantisweathergear.com/womens-aegis-hybrid-bib/

miss no stars

Thanks for that,

Will look around and check out the musto and try to track down the atlantis stuff to try too.

Cheers.

49801

miss no stars wrote: »

Thanks for that,

Will look around and check out the musto and try to track down the atlantis stuff to try too.

Cheers.

other thing you could try is getting a pair of gators for your boots. should help to keep your leg ends where you want them.
I know dubarry and gill do them but i cant find a pic atm to show you.

good luck

Fratton Fred

I'm a noob to sailing (well, actually I've started sailing again for the first time since I was a kid) and need to get some gear.

I'm not a regular so I don't want to go mad. Would the Musto BR1s be about the cheapest decent set available?

pedroeibar1

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I'm a noob to sailing (well, actually I've started sailing again for the first time since I was a kid) and need to get some gear.

I'm not a regular so I don't want to go mad. Would the Musto BR1s be about the cheapest decent set available?

Dinghy or cruiser? Round the buoys or coastal or offshore? World of difference.
Round the buoys in summer it's ok to have a wet a$$ until you get to the showers, but not nice if you are doing the winter series! If you are crew and sliding around the fordeck peeling/gybing spinnakers, no oilies will last more than a couple of seasons. Musto made their name from sailing gear, expanded into shooting gear and really shook up that sector. I have a set of Musto offshores that are now 30 yrs old and still waterproof ( bit tight though;) )
Buy the best you can afford.

Fratton Fred

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Dinghy or cruiser? Round the buoys or coastal or offshore? World of difference.
Round the buoys in summer it's ok to have a wet a$$ until you get to the showers, but not nice if you are doing the winter series! If you are crew and sliding around the fordeck peeling/gybing spinnakers, no oilies will last more than a couple of seasons. Musto made their name from sailing gear, expanded into shooting gear and really shook up that sector. I have a set of Musto offshores that are now 30 yrs old and still waterproof ( bit tight though;) )
Buy the best you can afford.

Its coastal dinghy sailing. Just around the bouys off Sandymount.

I crewed a few times this season and it seems like now is the time to buy some gear as the shops all have their sales on. The Musto ones seem to be the most popular, so I might go for them.