Musto or Dubarry boots

Can't comment on Musto but I have had my Dubarrys 6 or 7 years,lots of use and they are now back with Dubarry being resoled and relined at a cost of £40.00.Superb bit of kit and now another life for £40.00,seems a good deal to me!
Bill
 
Or you could save yourself half the price and buy a pair of Quayside boots. I have had a pair for several years now and can vouch for comfort, warmth and their being waterproof.

Mind you they don't have the same brand cred in the YC bar, but then I never take mine off the boat.

None of that wearing them with a pair of shorts walking around Cowes! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
We now have two pairs of Dubarry's, as yet untested, Ultima and Shamrock styles.

I shall probably sell mine on as the soles/footbed are as hard as my Sebago deck shoes which, due to arthritic damage , are far too hard for my feet but OK for normal undamaged feet.

However, both styles are much shorter than the usual sailing wellies so it would be only too easy to get a bootful of water when launching the dinghy on our slipway- another reason to revert to the rubber Crewsaver type. I believe the Fastnet style of Dubarry is a taller boot but you should read the Sailing Today recent review as the sewn in label inside the gaiter chafed the wearer's leg badly.

One further point- I've always worn razor cut soles as they don't transport much grit from shore to boat and grip well too. The Dubarry sole pattern is much more like a car tyre so they may well have a greater tendency to carry dirt/grit and thus mark or damage your decks
 
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Why pay for a name? If you only want to wear boots for limited time in a gale or when its wet, with good socks ordinary boots from Argricultral merchants at less than £15 are just as good. Had mine over ten years bought for £6
Or look at other outdoor mountain and trecking gear shops if you do not want to be such a cheapskate as me ! As a rule of thumb anything connected with the leisure marine world is marked up 200 - 500%

Brian
 
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I've worn Dubarry's for years. Wouldn't choose to wear anything else when trudging up Cowes High Street in my shorts. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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I thought I was alone in thinking that on here! I use Aigle rubber shortie boots at around £20 per pair, but then they are marine ones, hence the £5 markup over yours. I fail to understand why some people will pay almost as much for all the heavy weather 'gear' as they do for their boats.
 
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I certainly would not wear rubber boots. Wearing wellies whilst washing the car has my feet sweating, however the Quaysides I mentioned I have worn for several days during my watch, they have stayed dry and comfy.
 
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The Musto and Henri Lloyd shop owners rub their hands in glee when they see me waddle up. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
I've got the Musto boots - they are fine. Maybe not as "pretty" as the Dubarrys.

Some people find that the Musto sole does not grip a wet deck very well. (The sole is the same as their trainer shoes) but this is not a problem that I have ever had. They have survived a lot of abuse and still work.
 
I'd personally go the Dubarry route - the boots are light, warm and comfortable - and your feet don't sweat in them or get wet. Some colleagues had Musto's but complained of wet feet.
 
It all depends what you are going to wear them for.

Once upon a time there was a group of young trainee skippers, recruited by a well-know UK youth sail training organisation. They were provided with a rather fine set of work clothing (funded by a training grant from the then conservative government before anyone asks). Included in the outfit was a set of Dubarry boots, then the very latest thing.

I have it on the authority of one of those trainees, now a very senior RYA examiner * among other accomplishments, that a competition was instituted to be the first to consummate an intimate relationship while wearing the boots. It was a lady member of the group who won the prize. It is not reported whether the wearing of the boots enhanced the pleasure either party took in the encounter. Reports from contemporary experimenters would be of interest.

*Therfore it is to be assumed a person of the utmost integrity and truthfulness.
 
I bought Dubarry for one important reason, Dubarry come in both F &b G fittings. there is a perception that we all have F feet, In just don't believe this. Most people seem to wear shoes that are a size larger just to get the extra width. Fo years I bought size 11 shoes and boots until,I discovered that I am actually a 10.5 G fitting. Try to find shoe stocking G fittings... you could wear out your soles looking.

I bought mine from Guildford Marine who stock both widths.
 
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I bought Dubarry for one important reason, Dubarry come in both F &b G fittings. there is a perception that we all have F feet, In just don't believe this. Most people seem to wear shoes that are a size larger just to get the extra width. Fo years I bought size 11 shoes and boots until,I discovered that I am actually a 10.5 G fitting. Try to find shoe stocking G fittings... you could wear out your soles looking.

I bought mine from Guildford Marine who stock both widths.

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That is interesting cause I have never been able to get boots wide enough for my feet. I even rang dubarry to ask them, and they told me that they had a different width fitting, but it was for the calf, not the actual foot.
 
I've had my grey Musto HPx boots for 5 years now - still waterproof (why can't they make bike boots???) - grip no worse than it was 3 months after I got them. The soft floppy sides mean they pack away neater in a kitbag. I have to say that the gradually increasing widths towards the knee can mean catching them on things occasionally, though.

Having said all that, I don't think they make them quite like my ones now, which is a shame. As is Helly Hansens decision to make the perfect all purpose shoe - the Water Moc- only available in a pukesome grey/orange combination. I'm still wearing my 2.5 yr old black ones despite their extreme knackeredness and hoping they see sense... [I wear them walking/cycling/to the rock night, EVEYWHERE. Awesome grip and comfy as slippers.... please please please bring back the black!!!!]

I'd never have Dubarrys cos I hate brown boots. And blue boots. And particularly that hideous abomination blue AND brown boots *shudder*.
 
You could break with the crowd and go with neoprene. I have a pair of wellies for dogwalking made of neoprene and I was so impressed I brought a pair made for the boat - they are brilliant and a lot less then Dubarry et al.

Look here Yacht Boot Co.

No connection etc.
 
I'm happy with Musto blue wellies, bought at the last boat show I went to (about 10 years ago) for a tenner. So happy, I bought another pair at the NW jumble last year - still a tenner!

Still don't need the new pair but have worn 'em a couple of times to make sure they were still as good - & they are.

You will need to wear your DuBarry's for 150 years to get the same value - so make sure you bequeath them to someone very young.
 
Dubarry any day, their customer service is second to none - not that you should ever need it but I have heard nothing but praises from people with them.
 
i wore Dubarrys for several years untill i sprained an ankle and it swelled up and stayed that way and they woudnt fit (I gave them to my mate ) and there still going strong he swears he woudnt have bought anything else. But i have rather large feet and coudnt get the lagest Durbarrys over my ankle but could with the Mustos so i got them instead after a few north sea crossings i find the equaly as good warm dry and comfy like wearing slippers
 
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