Dark glasses and gloves!

[capt_courageous]

Does anyone who actually owns, and pays good money to moor a boat, wear sailing gloves and dark glasses. Not to mention sitting on the side with their legs dangling. Just an observation from the Solent.

 

[prv]

Well, the owner is unlikely to be part of the ballast sitting on the rail. If they have that sort of boat, though, then sunglasses and fingerless gloves seem quite likely.

Pete

 

[mrming]

We're often out racing all day and I wear both when the weather requires it.

Dark glasses if it's bright / sunny as looking up at the sails all day makes my eyes hurt otherwise.

Sailing gloves because I want to be able to dump a sheet quickly without worrying about my hands. When I was younger and sailed three or four days a week I didn't need the gloves. Now my hands are gone soft from the years of office work I've had to do to afford a small boat!

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Dunno, but to judge by other threads marina managers ought to wear stockings over their heads.

 

[Seajet]

Very good !

 

[neilf39]

You have seen me out then? Dark glasses for the sun and semi-fingerless gloves for the ropes and to keep my hands warm. What about my Tilley hat and purple waterproof trousers? Height of sartorial elegance I reckon.

 

[nigelmercier]

Sunglasses are mandatory where I sail. Gloves when handling ropes in brisk conditions. I often lie down along the side of the deck and go to sleep, it's the only place on deck I can lie flat.

 

[Searush]

I wear gloves in the winter cos the wheel can be bloody freezing & a peaked cap with sunglasses if it happens to be sunny ahead.

 

[Modulation]

So you didn't get QUITE the agreeing responses you expected!

Does anyone who actually owns, and pays good money to moor a boat, wear sailing gloves and dark glasses. Not to mention sitting on the side with their legs dangling. Just an observation from the Solent.

 

[Biggles Wader]

I alwats wear my "captains" hat and dark glasses,even at night,so I look like a South American dictator.I only wear the medal ribbons ashore though.

 

[DJE]

Shorts and Dubarry boots anyone?

 

[Barleycorn]

I think that you are describing Eric Sykes in The Bargee!