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[Seashoreman]

gloves?
I keep meaning to get some waterproof gloves to stop my hands getting covered in sticky mud. I usually take a wet piece of towelling to the bow and rapidly try to remove said mud on dash back to tiller leaving handprints on sprayhood etc but I thought I could chuck gloves into anchor locker and clean up later? Does anyone here use gloves and are they successful? They would need to fit to get a grip and 'feel' for the haul.

 

[Tranona]

Yes. Rubber coated red gloves from the pound store. Made for the job.

 

[prv]

Perhaps the knitted gloves with rubber-dipped palms that some builders wear these days? Like these:

If Tranona's red gloves are the ones I'm thinking of, I don't think they'd give a particularly good grip on wet muddy chain (I'm assuming from the question that you weigh anchor by hand). The gloves above are extremely grippy.

When I used to handle Kindred Spirit's anchor and chain, unless I knew the bottom was clean sand I'd dip a full bucket of seawater and stand it on the foredeck before I started. My hands could be rinsed clean in a second or two, and the bucket was ready to start cleaning the deck when time allowed.

Pete

 

[2nd_apprentice]

Butcher gloves

 

[Catamaran]

Yes. Rubber coated red gloves from the pound store. Made for the job.

Yep... Those or similar. I always have a few sets of cheap but tough "industrial" type gloves with me on any boat. I've ruined too many nice pairs of expensive sailing gloves messing around with muddy anchors, slimey fenders etc etc.

 

[FishyInverness]

I use a pair of these for good grip when white water paddling in the Kayak, good fit, very comfy and give excellent grip without your hands getting mucky.