Hat overboard!

[benjenbav]

No season seems to go by without losing at least one hat, usually thrown by junior benjenbavs who seem to enjoy either the sight of helly hansen's latest sun protector bobbing along until it gets waterlogged and sinks or the action stations of our now well drilled hat overboard procedure.

As the latest offering drifted down to davy jones' locker a few days ago I wondered whether this happens to everyone and, if so, whether someone should design a solent anchor principally capable of good holding in decomposing cotton.

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[Oldhand]

Surely these occasions are the time to carry out your man overboard procedure? Got my cap back in about 45 seconds off Cowes once while under sail. Just let go the genoa and bore away and gybed on the main and got it before it sank.

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[Talbot]

Best get a Tilley hat next time, cause they float long enough to recover, and if they dont, tilley should replace it foc. Good hats as well!

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[benjenbav]

Yes but there is only a small margin for error between triumphally hooking out the hat and ignominiously stabbing it below the waves.

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[benjenbav]

Haven't they all been through an elephant before reaching the shops? That advert put me off a bit.

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[Oldhand]

Is that a reason not to try?

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[benjenbav]

Just totted it up. Current score is 3 rescued (one on second pass); 1 sunk; 1 abandoned. Can't remember much further back than that unless I go back to my very young days when it was more likely that I fell into the briny rather than losing my hat and on that score, the ones I will admit to were:

thought algae covered pond was grass (age 3)

mending pontoon in January, "it's ok I can reach that plank" (age 15)

"these tabur yaks are pretty stable, you can turn them at full chat into the waves"

and a more recent episode at the fuel dock in Chichester Marina: "throw me that line, son...no I don't think it was a good idea to take it off the cleat first...oh well, only one thing for it then..."


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[powerskipper]

Er I use a cap with one of those clipy things on or for other caps I got some cheap plastic coiled key chain, things, the ones that are meant to stop you loosing keys, with a clip on one end and a ring on the other, ,I put the ring on the back of the cap and use the clip to hold it onto the back of the life jacket, so far have only lost one cap in two years and that was because I left it on someones boat,/forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[wishbone]

I lost the wife's brand new thong overboard in the BVI's they sank like a stone. NO she wasn't in them at the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[benjenbav]

Problem is not so much hat falling off (solution: get bigger head) as kids throwing them over!

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[Oldhand]

Fit string to hat and tie on tightly with undoable knot, making sure string is behind the ears!

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[steve_cronin]

Use the red string.......

...that Yachting Monthly Boat Show giveaway carrier bags come with. This is used to make a chinstrap like the ones on Breton Caps.

You need to do a bit of measuring but sew a length into the hatband just abaft each end of the peak (bill in US). (A refinement is to sew buttons on and make a loop in each string to go over them) Then tie either a figure of eight or to be really fancy, a Monkey's fist in each free end but incorporating the other sides string. This gives an adjustable strap that parks on the peak when not required.

Simple and I havn't lost a cap for years.

you COULD be really grand and use gold string and imitate an admiral!

Steve Cronin



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[charles_reed]

Change kids

throw them overboard after the hat.

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