Breton Cap?

[KINGFISHER 9]

Nothing wrong with Breton caps ... wore mine this morning, long walk down the pontoon, blowing very cold wind, warm as toast. Never mind what you look like, they work. In fact, it wouldn't really have mattered because the only people I saw this morning were all French!

 

[Fantasie 19]

..the baseball cap is one of the few things to come out of the Americas (along with tobacco and the potato) that I am happy to adopt as better than anything else available

...I can't argue, but would add to your list, the Citra variety of hop....

 

[pmagowan]

Baseball caps, in my experience, are poorly made, have a cold spot at the back and have minimal insulating properties. In winter a good tweed flat cap does the job most of the time, in summer a wide brimmed hat like a Tilley. I would have no problem wearing a Breton cap, style wise or red trousers.

 

[Bru]

Baseball caps, in my experience, are poorly made, ....

Indeed however it has to be said that the Musto caps are very well made. Not cheap, by baseball cap standards though

 

[pmagowan]

Indeed however it has to be said that the Musto caps are very well made. Not cheap, by baseball cap standards though

I don't think I have tried one but all the baseball caps that make it on to the boat seem to disolve, rust or wear through, sometimes all three in a season. I like a hat with a story to it, a bit of a history.

 

[Bru]

I don't think I have tried one but all the baseball caps that make it on to the boat seem to disolve, rust or wear through, sometimes all three in a season. I like a hat with a story to it, a bit of a history.

Well, my Musto caps have been around a bit now and are still going strong after several years

 

[Romeo]

..... I like a hat with a story to it, a bit of a history.

You need one of these then:

 

[chrishelen]

Like this fella?

 

[BlackPig]

You need one of these then:

I have one without the trim.
http://www.gbenson.talktalk.net/fuzzy/pirate.html

 

[Poignard]

Is that a smudge of red anti - foul on the medal over his left tit?

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

Seems to have grown another eye as well.

 

[jimmyk]

Wearing mine now in the front room. Kids bought me a very nice Saint James one from Arthur Beale. I wore it on playground duty today. From the kids comments I don't think they will catch on with the under 16s. But do I care. Do I buggery.

 

[Hydrozoan]

Seems to have grown another eye as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-334728/I-eye-patch-.html

Dear Marje

Do I need a wooden boat to wear a Breton cap? I often wear a reefer jacket - sometimes with red trousers - but avoid doing so near the boat. Am I correct?

A G R P Boater

 

[Fantasie 19]

..the sainted Tom would suggest we should be wearing bowlers, or indeed a "ferreting cap"....

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/podcasts/tom-cunliffe-december-2015-podcast-33521

 

[Capt Popeye]

..the sainted Tom would suggest we should be wearing bowlers, or indeed a "ferreting cap"....

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/podcasts/tom-cunliffe-december-2015-podcast-33521

Now that's a thought, it could alter the face of yacht clubs somewhat, worth a try if you have not already worn so

 

[jimmyk]

..the sainted Tom would suggest we should be wearing bowlers, or indeed a "ferreting cap"....

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/podcasts/tom-cunliffe-december-2015-podcast-33521

round here people wear actual Ferrets

 

[Capt Popeye]

round here people wear actual Ferrets

Humm that's real class, that is

 

[Hydrozoan]

My copy of ‘Practical Yachting Hints’ by the late Francis B. Cooke (date unknown - it takes the form of letters of advice to a novice) contains these nuggets of sartorial advice:

‘…there is nothing better for sailing than a grey flannel suit …’

‘If you wear trousers on board they should not have “turn-ups” …’

‘… I wore a yachting cap until I was mistaken by an old lady for a railway porter …’

I'd still like to know if - risking mistaken identity - a Breton cap would be inappropriate on a GRP boat.

 

[Bru]

What's with it with this hat snobbery? Or even inverted hat snobbery?

If a Breton cap fits, wear it! Who gives a rats bottom what anyone else thinks?

 

[Capt Popeye]

What's with it with this hat snobbery? Or even inverted hat snobbery?

If a Breton cap fits, wear it! Who gives a rats bottom what anyone else thinks?

Humm, ascertain ''old harry' just might