gloves for winter sailing -- advice pls

[photodog]

I look for an old ewe , but my sailing partner is of a sensitive disposition and might not take kindly to the boat's animal complement being further increased.
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OTOH, might provide a bit of light relief on those long lonely passages...

Baaaah!
Oooh, you are looking luvley tonite Betsy....

 

[WoodyP]

I am not particularly enamoured of my Gill helmsman gloves. They are not very waterproof, and they are sods to put on and off when hands slightly damp, also the inner liner seems loose.

 

[jabber1]

I got mine with an extra discount

I have just bought the Sealskinz Activity Gloves and the Ultragrip Gloves, so far no problems with either. The Activity Gloves are not to bulky and do keep my hands warm and dry. I managed to find a dicount code to get an additional 10% off at 0800sports the code is MVC102010

 

[Tidewaiter2]

well frogs is cold!

**Interesting - a puddock is a frog in this neck of the woods - or should that be pond?

Fair play,The lad is only telling u how cold his mitts get, n it gets cold in the Estuary and East Coast from now til June!
i speak as a London Docks and Stone caravan site boy, who grew up, made a bit, and escaped to the glamourous Solent, where Ch 16 radio checks never sleep!

 

[thedoc]

gloves

In very wet and wild conditions I believe most of the above suggestions will slowly saturate with water.On the last global challenge we tried all sorts of gloves but in wild conditions the only ones that kept the water out and were therefore (almost) warm were winter diving gloves. They have a rubberized outer and a fleece inner, with a drysuit type seal at the wrist. We sourced them from Andark diving shops. I guess it depends what sort of winter sailing you are going to do, perhaps a pair of these for wet,cold conditions and then a pair that can be used in dry, cold conditions might be the way forward.

 

[Toutvabien]

Gloves

Decathlon Ski gloves (about £10) with silk inner gloves/liners work very well and, in my experience, are both pretty warm and waterproof. Although as previous poster says in extreme conditions only sealed gloves will keep you dry but lack of ventilation may make your hands sweat a good deal.