Javlin Jacket...

[AIDY]

So who remembers javlin jackets... Probably only if you were into sailing in the 80's /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I've still got mine just use it for old jobs. I stopped in amazement when i saw another chap wearing one at the weekend in chi marina. They were probably the first fleece coats... Do they still make them.... Are they making a come back...

So who on here had one or still wears one

 

[michael_w]

Re: Javelin Jacket...

I use to have one until it disintergrated into little balls of fluff and became completely threadbare.

Hard to believe they were considered "pretty cool".

 

[KenMcCulloch]

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So who remembers javlin jackets... Probably only if you were into sailing in the 80's /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I've still got mine just use it for old jobs. I stopped in amazement when i saw another chap wearing one at the weekend in chi marina. They were probably the first fleece coats... Do they still make them.... Are they making a come back...

So who on here had one or still wears one

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The first of this type were the HellyHansen fibre pile jackets, very popular in mountaineering circles from the mid 1970s, I think Javlin came on the scene in the late 70s. I certainly remember buying them for my boys in about 1978. Very hard wearing fabric, still totally cool.

 

[ianat182]

My Javlin jacket has long gone but I still have a pair of the matching warmer pants, in excellent condition vintage 1976 I think,and wore them this winter,found them still very good but they don't really 'breathe' so can get very hot.

 

[Robin]

Never mind the jackets, I remember the Javelin adverts with a young lady that apparently had trouble zipping hers up..

SWMBO has a wind and showerproof Javelin to this day but now relegated to winter in the yard. I had a matching one but inflation over the years meant it was dumped as no longer fitting me. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[biscuit]

My pal still wears his....ancient, threadbare and scruffy....and the jackets is no better.

 

[Cobra]

My Javlin Jacket still does service on board...ok, it is well past its prime (many would say like its owner!), BUT when it is grotty and you have a messy job to do (mid season scrub for instance!) it still serves its purpose. Also got a wind and waterproof Javlin Jacket that due to the ravages of time appears to have shrunk, but does fit SWMBO so also still in service!

 

[Chris_Robb]

I still use mine regulary. I wish they werer still made, but they went out of business about 3 years ago. I have had mine now for at least 15 years - not bad for a heavily worn item! Still nothing that directly replaces them out there.

 

[maxi77]

I couldn't afford a Javelin when they came out but managed to by a similar look alike which is still reatianed for the painting jobs in colder weather.

 

[PeteCooper]

Here You Go.....

 

[RivalRedwing]

Re: Here You Go.....

they simply don't make 'em like that any more
As a student in Sheffield in the early '80s Javelin seconds were a godsend and cheap at £4-10 a throw. Plus, if you asked nicely, they offered a bespoke service for not much more. I must admit I cannot recall having dealings with either of the two employees in the advert (more's the pity!)

 

[AIDY]

Re: Here You Go.....

that's the one... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I have a nice jacket like that in blue the wife had a red one... I was maybe a few years out then saying 80's gosh am i that old /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[oakum]

Re: Here You Go.....

Look at the heels on that, bet dobbin's shi££ing himself /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

http://www.equiworld.net/uk/ezine/1203/javlin.htm

ps the link to javlin doesn't work

 

[Resolution]

Re: Here You Go.....

Doesn't look at all like Chris Robb. His hair is a totally different colour........

 

[Gin]

Still got mine- hard, rough shell but plenty of insulation.

Bit like wearing a corset though (I imagine!!!!)

 

[samwise]

STill got mine, but for the past three years it has been keeping a coat peg warm. Pretty bulky when compared against a modern fleece, but if they about to become a fashion icon, I'll dust it off and put it back on (personal inflation allowing!)

 

[Chris_Robb]

Re: Here You Go.....

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Doesn't look at all like Chris Robb. His hair is a totally different colour........

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Right dear boy - I think its time for a show down......

 

[Rafiki]

Javlin's

Ooh I had a right laugh reading this thread and was going to post how about how my co-owner still wears his on the boat...........but then when antifouling was mentioned I suddenly remembered and have just checked..... and yes I've got one too, the sort with the waterproof anorak on the outside..... and come to think of it so has SWMBO.
It's getting to the time of the year for wearing the old thing with lift-out week-end just round the corner and then there's all that winter gardening... I can't wait!

Andrew

 

[yoda]

Javlin Jacket

Remember my dad getting two returned in a box of defective domestic light fittings. Mine lasted well but dad still uses his. Must be nearly 30 years old now!

Yoda

 

[Racecruiser]

Yep - I had one, dark green and it was great but inclined to 'pilling'. That green was more or less identical to the Yeoman crew gear as I recall. There were countless Yeomans and one was a Sigma 38 which I did race on once - no royalty on board that day. I left it somewhere and never did meet the girls in the advert.