Eye ache

[dylanwinter]

I have never experienced this before

but for the first time this weekend my eyes felt really tired

I normally wear disposable contact lenses all day from first light until bed time

I have never needed sunglasses

but even now 24 hours since we came ashore my eyes still ache

I assume it is age related in some way

Optrex?

D

PS - it was a long beat home - about six hours sailing into a striong wind hand steering all the way

 

[johnalison]

You don't need optrex, a good cry will do. Optrex is just salty water but tears are much more complex and washing them away is not helpful. Almost nothing serious ever goes wrong with both eyes together so you can relax and have a weep. Not wearing sunglasses is not very clever.

 

[dylanwinter]

You don't need optrex, a good cry will do. Optrex is just salty water but tears are much more complex and washing them away is not helpful. Almost nothing serious ever goes wrong with both eyes together so you can relax and have a weep. Not wearing sunglasses is not very clever.

as a jobbing cameraman I am always looking for interesting light

and the trouble is that sunglasses really stop you noticing stuff

however, I do need to look after my eyes

so now I have to think of something that will make me cry

open to suggestions?

here is my starter

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRvoGNa-tLk/UZpeReoA9uI/AAAAAAAABks/ANhQRGhylVM/s1600/Fouled_prop.jpg

 

[Salty John]

My Texan son-in-law would probably suggest you " hit yourself upside the head with a two by four".

 

[Seajet]

Dylan,

as a photographer I know exactly what you mean; but I found a while ago I was struggling with aerial photography, couldn't navigate so well and it really got to me.

It was only later I discovered my once bionic eyesight is no more; putting on glasses is a whole new world of long range sharp focus !

I'm 52.

I find the clip on, flip-up style sunglasses on normal glasses work well, but in spray I plan to use a safety goggle as a clear, cheapo version of the ski-goggles favoured by Southern Ocean types...I don't fancy contact lenses.

 

[Uricanejack]

Looks like a heck of a big prop for a Centaur.

I've never liked sunglasses either.
As I age, I'm starting to need reading glasses. actually well past starting. which is annoying. the big irritant is never being able to find them.
Sunglasses get lost almost immediately or sat on. They also fall overboard so I just don't bother.
I also like to see the world as it really is. particularly wild life.

My sight used to be very good. For the first time ever I scored less than 20, 20 on a doctors visit a couple of months ago. Age again. More annoying was not being able to pick out the windmills at the north End of the Island without binoculars while other slightly younger chap could.

Probably should wear sunglasses out on the water there can be quite a glare. I do wear them skiing because I hate goggles more. I am told strong sunlight increases the likely hood of catteracts.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Perhaps it's the effect of looking at white sails, after Katie L's red ones? You may not think you need sunglasses, but UV damage is invidious and nasty. This is particularly significant high up - I always wore UV blocking sunglasses when flying gliders - but worth watching out for at ground level too. I am very glad that my boat has red sails, and that's not (just) because I think they look good.

 

[dylanwinter]

Perhaps it's the effect of looking at white sails, after Katie L's red ones? You may not think you need sunglasses, but UV damage is invidious and nasty. This is particularly significant high up - I always wore UV blocking sunglasses when flying gliders - but worth watching out for at ground level too. I am very glad that my boat has red sails, and that's not (just) because I think they look good.

as luck would have it I am going to see the new Harmony genoa being built at Jeckells in the morning

early start - this time tommorrow I will have a red sail to look at

I wonder if you are right about the colour

six hours watching a white sail - it was a very tight fetch

D

 

[SteveSarabande]

as luck would have it I am going to see the new Katie L genoa being built at Jeckells in the morning

early start - this time tommorrow I will have a red sail to look at

I wonder if you are right about the colour

six hours watching a white sail - it was a very tight fetch

D

You should get a red one for harmony while you are there.

 

[dylanwinter]

You should get a red one for harmony while you are there.

bollo - I meant a new red one for Harmony

youras

eejit of HYC

 

[JumbleDuck]

You should get a red one for harmony while you are there.

Modified Lada Joke Number 56:

Customer: I'd like a red genoa for my Centaur
Sailmaker: Sounds like a fair swap to me

I'm here all week, folks. The veal's good.

 

[OGITD]

It's the way yer-tell-um .....

.... HA-HA .... Yes! ....

customer: I'd like a red genoa for my centaur
sailmaker: Sounds like a fair swap to me

 

[johnalison]

as a jobbing cameraman I am always looking for interesting light

and the trouble is that sunglasses really stop you noticing stuff

That's a funny thing. I find the exact opposite.

Since I tend to react to tones as much as colour I find that sunglasses tend to turn the scene into something like B&W and help me choose subjects with compositional interest. I believe that in old B&W days photographers sometimes used to view scenes through dark filters to get the same effect.

 

[AndrewB]

I have never experienced this before

but for the first time this weekend my eyes felt really tired

I normally wear disposable contact lenses all day from first light until bed time

I have never needed sunglasses

but even now 24 hours since we came ashore my eyes still ache

I assume it is age related in some way

There are a ton of medical conditions which can cause photophobia (light sensitivity), most mild and transitory, some persistent and serious. For example, to be topical, chikungunya, which is the subject of another current thread. In my case, like you I thought it was from staring at sunlit sea for too long, proved to be hyperthyroidism fortunately picked up by an optrometrist during a routine eye test.

Try a google, check if you have had any other matching symptoms. If it persists, get it checked.

 

[Lakesailor]

so now I have to think of something that will make me cry

open to suggestions?

Work out how much you have spent on boating.

 

[zzyyxx]

I hate to be serious, but iritis kicks off like this and if that's what it is then you need a doc fairly urgently.

 

[dancrane]

I find a brisk walk or cycle into a chilly wind makes my eyes water uncontrollably. People passing must think me a very troubled, tragic fellow. I just need some sunglasses.

 

[Lakesailor]

I hate to be serious, but iritis kicks off like this and if that's what it is then you need a doc fairly urgently.

Both eyes? At the same time?

 

[Twister_Ken]

Perhaps it's the effect of looking at white sails, after Katie L's red ones?

Might well be something in that. I spent years trimming headsails on race boats. It was always a relief to trim a coloured kite, rather than a white genny.

 

[flaming]

In skiing there is a recognised problem with snow blindness. Where not wearing sunglasses or goggles on sunny days can cause real problems, due to the vast amount of light reflecting off the snow.
A sunny day on the water is not a lot less bright.

You only have one pair of eyes, a decent pair of sunglasses would seem a pretty wise investment to me.

Plus if you buy the right ones they'll help you blend in when you're in the bars of Hamble or Cowes. And I know how important image is to you Dylan.