CHRISTMAS!

[Cactus]

Well, it's that time of year again. Christmas lists!

I've pencilled myself in for a new sailing coat this year, thing is I've looked at Musto, Gill, HH, Spashdown, but they seem to be all the same!

Anyone got any good advice (is your 20 year old Douglass Gill still going on strong??)



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[Dave_Knowles]

I don't know which to suggest but I am sure that you will be blooming this Christmas which ever you choose.

<hr width=100% size=1>Take care.

Dave

Dave Knowles
Southampton - UK

http://www.MyCleopatra.co.uk

 

[Peppermint]

Re: It\'s not always a good idea

to buy the best, most expensive suit you can. No matter how good, I sail in a Musto Ocean Smock which is just about as good as you can get, you will end up wet. A nice move is to buy two lesser suits so that one is always dry.

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[Merlin3435]

Re: It\'s not always a good idea

I`m new to bigger boat sailing - but as a keen dinghy sailer I have an excellent drysuit - which I plan to use as a waterproof on our larger boat.

If it can stay 100% dry on total immersion, and keep me resonably ok i.e. for an accidental half hour swim last Feb - that`s a real waterproof.

OK not a convenient as a jacket / coat - but a possible answer for all year sailing.

Sweat/condensation is a problem - but the upper range breathable drysuits are the biz, especially with the right insulation underneath.

OK not a conventional answer - but why not! If it can stand being under the waves I`m sure it will cope with a bit of spalsh and spray.

John

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[BrendanS]

Re: It\'s not always a good idea

Agree, when it's really wet and horrible, there's nothing better than staying toasty, warm and hypothermia free....hopefully no-one will go overboard, but even onboard, drysuits keep you drier and warmer than any offshore oilies in wet conditions,

Mine is breathable, so no sweat/condensation problems, especially with multiple wicking layers, and the latest versions are a bit more tailored, so you don't have to look like a Michelin man.


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[Boatman]

Hi, all I can say is happy shopping, I have a collection of various grades a relatively new Musto HPX jacket and trousers, I have nothing but praise from them, I also have a Gill coastal jacket and trousers which have never been upto much, and a very old Henry Lloyd jacket and trousers which although very bulky are still going strong after nearly 30 years.

The under layers are just as important if you are going for the breathables.

Happy sailing

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[burgundyben]

I like the HH Ocean Smock, much prefer a smock to a jacket.

have a 1987 spashdown, its the warmest most waterpoorf thing I ever had.

<hr width=100% size=1>Sod the Healey - I think I'll buy an E-Type.

 

[qsiv]

I'd agree about the mid and base layers - too many people buy expensive breathable oilies, and then wear a cotton tee shirt or whatever. I loathe synthetics - but if I'm going to be wearing a full suit, then it has to be synthetic all the way.

The newish windproof Henri Lloyd midlayer is just brilliant - spray proof, and worn under breathables really warm. I've never wound up damp when wearing these. The Musto Technical equivalent looks even better - the offset zip addresses a pet hate of mine.

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