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Those gill gloves are good probly the best in winter for everyone but the driver who can wear thicker. Got a pair of socks in pennys during the week. Thick heat insulating pair for a fiver. Not worn out sailing yet but nice n toasty to wear out in shoes. Should work perfectly in sailing boots
Are you me? I bought those 2.0 tog socks recently and wore them out today, felt slightly cold after about 6 hours, but nothing like last week.
Completely changed what I wore compared to last week, had three of those base layer tops on, plus a wool jumper then a windstopper jacket, then the sailing jacket.
Leggings, trousers, sailing trousers as before.
Had those socks on, made a big difference, and the new gill gloves were great, was flying a kite for an hour or so, and they did feel like the sheets were going through them a little, but it was new to me, so no big deal
I need new boots, I have rubber crewsavers and they are cold, and also I've figured out that the busier I am, the warmer I am, I was redfaced and sweating at one point today whereas last week, I was on the rails, and didn't do much.
Have to say thanks for all the advice on here, definitely made a difference today.
Off to search for boots now I am tempted to go the dinghy boots/hot socks route! 0 -
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For those looking for thermal layers....
My pal (who is permanently frozen!) had a top on today made by this crowd
http://eskeez.co.uk/
She reckoned it was the best thing EVER! I'd never heard of them, but it certainly looked and felt very cosy.
Having said that - what a lovely (if a bit grey) day today
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Hmm I think I might die of miserliness as the cost of those is shocking though they look good.
Having had a not freezing weekend with over 12 hours of sailing last weekend, I'm giving the Dunnes Japanese thermals a trial this weekend for €28
If they don't do the job, I'm off to your mates site,
If they can do, you can gloat 0 -
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Hmm I think I might die of miserliness as the cost of those is shocking though they look good.
Having had a not freezing weekend with over 12 hours of sailing last weekend, I'm giving the Dunnes Japanese thermals a trial this weekend for €28
If they don't do the job, I'm off to your mates site,
If they can do, you can gloat
They are a bit on the pricey side, but my pal (who's as skinny as a rake with no built-in insulation whatsoever, unlike myself) swore by the top - and it looked and felt fab (the bit I grabbed anyway!).
My icebreaker heavy merino wool layer cost an absolute bomb at the time as well (but I needed it RIGHT THEN for some big offshore race, couldn't wait for a sale) and is still one of the best purchases I ever made, ever. You might find some bargains post-Christmas if you keep your eyes peeled. (and you might need to - if you think Turkey Shoot sailing is cold, wait till February and the Spring Chicken when you're washing ice and snow off the decks :eek:)0 -
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Simona1986 wrote: »Where'd you pick them up? They look the business!
Bought them online from the UK a couple of years ago.the beer revolu wrote: »I'd imagine they might be a bit sweaty and stinky. No?
Mine are not stinky but I think I don't have particularly sweaty feet 0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »+1
Although, the soles on my current ones - which look absolutely fine - are gone totally slippy, it's like being on a skating rink on a wooden deck, and not much better on plastic ones. Think they might be going on a little holiday to Ballinasloe for re-soling in the New Year.....
Not many people know you can do that, and it's way cheaper than new boots but just as good. Get them to do the lining as well, won't cost much extra.
It's like the old factory worker once said: "I've had this same sweeping brush for twenty years now, it's had six new heads and three new handles but apart from that it's as good as new" 0 -
Not many people know you can do that, and it's way cheaper than new boots but just as good. Get them to do the lining as well, won't cost much extra.
It's like the old factory worker once said: "I've had this same sweeping brush for twenty years now, it's had six new heads and three new handles but apart from that it's as good as new"
It's finding a gap where I don't need them for sailing is the problem!
My sister had it done at the start of this year, and it was a total bargain. Effectively new boots for 60 quid (I think, don't quote me on that) 0 -
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It's probably the most important bit of kit you'll need for sailing, bar a lifejacket, so a second pair would be well worth the investment at some point (Christmas is coming etc..
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I have one pair I paid full price for and a backup pair I got donkeys years ago when they still sold the 'seconds' from the factory shop (not any more sadly, they moved production to Spain afaik).0 -
It's probably the most important bit of kit you'll need for sailing, bar a lifejacket, so a second pair would be well worth the investment at some point (Christmas is coming etc..)
I have one pair I paid full price for and a backup pair I got donkeys years ago when they still sold the 'seconds' from the factory shop (not any more sadly, they moved production to Spain afaik).
Seconds still available in the shop in Ballinasloe at knockdown prices - just not the brown and brown ones which I love, so I'm holding out in hope of a mega-sale somewhere, sometime.
Last time I was there they had some of the all blue ones (their "latest model"), and I think some of the brown and blue ones (they all have names, none of which I can remember just now I'm afraid!)
I originally had a brown and blue pair, which I foolishly donated to a pal who was new to boating - won't be doing that again, I can tell you!0 -
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Wow that's good to know. I thought you couldn't get them anymore.
For anyone else reading, there's normally absolutely nothing wrong with the 'seconds' bar maybe a blemish in the leather. Not a problem really because you're not a 'real' sailor unless you have tatty salt stained boots 0 -
Wow that's good to know. I thought you couldn't get them anymore.
For anyone else reading, there's normally absolutely nothing wrong with the 'seconds' bar maybe a blemish in the leather. Not a problem really because you're not a 'real' sailor unless you have tatty salt stained boots
Yes, production has been outsourced to somewhere cheaper (and probably warmer!) but they still get supplies of "seconds" (which there is nothing at all wrong with as Steve said! just not fit for full-price sale in a shop) - not so many sailing boots these days unfortunately, but still if you can find a pair in your size, an excellent bargain to be had.0 -
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They have the black Newport boots in Ballinasloe @ €150, rang them to ask
No time to go there at the moment though
I did try to try on the blue/brown, and brown/brown one, but my feet have high arches, so they will not fit!0 -
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Wearing Non brown dubarry is sacrilegious. If their not brown they look like musto, henri lloyd or some other dubarry copy. Sailing boot snobbery at its highest
I lolled, reminded me of all the slagging people got when they bought salopettes being sold in Howth to raise funds for charity, they are baby blue!
Looks like my future may be as aforementioned bowman for the time being! I'll soon be able to balance on a sixpence 0 -
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Being a bowman is probably the hardest, most important and yet most unappreciated job on the boat.
For the most part you have to anticipate what the execs at the back are going to do - and do it without them telling you. Even if they do tell you, you can't hear them because of the wind.
Woe betide you if you set the kite up on the wrong side (even though they whispered it amongst themselves, you are expected to know anyway..). They don't care that you are struggling to clip a pole to the mast with an 80m2 full kite on the end of it to the mast that basically weighs the same as a small hippo because the lad on the sheet won't spill in case he to so a bit of winding after you get it set....
/rant.
I feel your pain Stheno, been there done that. 0 -
Being a bowman is probably the hardest, most important and yet most unappreciated job on the boat.
For the most part you have to anticipate what the execs at the back are going to do - and do it without them telling you. Even if they do tell you, you can't hear them because of the wind.
Woe betide you if you set the kite up on the wrong side (even though they whispered it amongst themselves, you are expected to know anyway..). They don't care that you are struggling to clip a pole to the mast with an 80m2 full kite on the end of it to the mast that basically weighs the same as a small hippo because the lad on the sheet won't spill in case he to so a bit of winding after you get it set....
/rant.
I feel your pain Stheno, been there done that.
Nah, that prize goes to the job of combined pit and masthead. Shouted at from both ends of the boat, have to anticipate the actions of both ends, do upwards of three things at once and often some contortion to allow the should-be-impossible multitasking. Plus, it's as hard wearing as bow is on gear and has most of the heavy pulling involved. I did bow a few times on the boat where i did pit, was positively chilled compared to pit!0 -
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