mickkemp
New Member
I\'m looking for a hat!
Does anyone know of anywhere I can buy a canvas yachting cap to rplace my much-loved specimen, bought years ago, paint-splattered, grubby, but EXACTLY right for my kind of sailing?
The sort of hat I mean is NOT a baseball cap, more like a breton, but with a peak stiffened only by stitching, meaning it can be rolled up and stuffed into a pocket. Mine also had a very useful adjuster at the back which was more or less invisible and did NOT leave room for draughts OR ponytails!!! The material was proper heavy-duty blue canvas (before fading that is!). From photographs, the one wore by the late Des Sleightholme looked very similar.
There used to be a guy up the East Coast making them, may still be, but I've lost the number. Can any one help, or, alternatively WHO'S NICKED MINE?
MICK KEMP
Does anyone know of anywhere I can buy a canvas yachting cap to rplace my much-loved specimen, bought years ago, paint-splattered, grubby, but EXACTLY right for my kind of sailing?
The sort of hat I mean is NOT a baseball cap, more like a breton, but with a peak stiffened only by stitching, meaning it can be rolled up and stuffed into a pocket. Mine also had a very useful adjuster at the back which was more or less invisible and did NOT leave room for draughts OR ponytails!!! The material was proper heavy-duty blue canvas (before fading that is!). From photographs, the one wore by the late Des Sleightholme looked very similar.
There used to be a guy up the East Coast making them, may still be, but I've lost the number. Can any one help, or, alternatively WHO'S NICKED MINE?
MICK KEMP
