Oilies for ladies

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Recent thread on appropriate sailing wear for coastal / tougher. All these items seemed to be designed for men who can pee anywhere, anytime. A female would have to get the jacket off, take down the straps off the salopette, all this while leaving "one hand for the boat". Either need to get another hand grafted,(or other body part to facilitate the process) or find trousers which are (elderly) female friendly.
Ideas?
 
Gill make 'Ladies salopettes' with alternative fastenings for those without a personal hosepipe.

My dear lady wife said she was happy with her ordinary ones as she's a cheapskate (I did offer her them) but then she's very parsimonious and discourages my rash spending as hard as she can!
 
Musto has in the 2007 collection for young girls called " Extra Virgin".
I have no idea how they work. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
If you think chaps' oily trewsers are handy for peeing from you're sadly mistaken. Well mine aren't anyway. Excellent at keeping the wet stuff out. Not designed for . . well you get the picture. Much safer for both sexes to divest to some degree and sit down. Cuts down "overspray" in the heads too.
 
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Musto has in the 2007 collection for young girls called " Extra Virgin".
I have no idea how they work. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Fitted with padlocks /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Well at least you have some good replies. when I first raised this subject a few years ago I got the 'bin liner' and 'big T-Shirt ' replies.

Seriously I have a pair of Henry Lloyd which zip up at the side of the leg from the waist /hip down and then you can drop the seat.

But must admit it's a bit of a struggle with jkt etc on so to be truthful I am sticking to my old pair of std salopettes which I have to drop.

hope this helps

janeK
 
Our Galley Slave has a proper Offshore jacket, but swears by the combination of a Musto longjohn as underbody armour, and a pair of "breathable" hitchhiker's walking trousers from the "outdoor" shop. Easy off, easy on.
 
From a female point of view, I don't have an answer to the problem of wanting to pee when in oilies/ salopettes. It can be a nightmare. For me, not wearing knickers under my thermals and oilies is the answer as it is one less item to get down when in a hurry/ heaving to !!!!
 
Yeah Right.....NOT /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif ROFL

I will check them out but, I think I will be more than happy
with traditional sallpopette type - whats the point of special girlie feature, its all got to be re-arranged anyway - knickers,under thermals, under trousers, under, sallopettes, under jacket, under life jacket, under saftey clips!.... ok if you want to shave off 5 secs off a grand prix timed peeing contest ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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I am most happy to be able to contribute something really useful for the ladies. This magical device should be just the ticket. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Yes, but Denbigh, you still have to hold on to everything, with all the trousers etc round your ankles.. And standing up! In a heaving boat!

Recently, this:

"Now tell me - when you can't move for fear of disintegrating - when you're eating eating nothing and just about sipping water against dehydration, when all digestive systems have ground to a halt and you're wedged in as much as possible to avoid being hurled around the cabin with each lurch and thump, do you urgently, and I mean really urgently, have to empty your bladder?

So, clutching on to any handhold, I eventually had to fumble, sway and tumble my way in this pounding, soaking world and climb on to - really - a throne, built up on the curve on the hull, with no handholds but the basin's edge on which to cling. Once there, I could at least brace my legs against the door...

My fellow crew members were also a lot taller than me - the loo roll was hung high out of reach...

One excellent thing - the loo was operated by electric switches - at least I was spared the pumpout."

Best wishes to you and Bon.

S x
 
Going by the animation on that site, it seems that girlies can stand up for themselves with this device. I would never try to take the p out of the ladies on this site.... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
Im not playing /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
bought SWMBO a set of Gill oilies at last LIBS with drop seat pants and she loves them. Thing is, I think they should be made for everyone. Men shouldn't be standing up trying to pee on a rocking & rolling boat either. I did mention this to the Gill designers at the show, but still haven't seen a move in that direction yet.
Another thing, swmbo is badly latex alergic and almost all the big makes wristbands gave her fast reactions, but the Gill didn't as they use a different material from, Musto, Henri Lloyd ect.
 
Well I have both a Henry LLoyd pair and a Gill pair of ladies dropseat salopettes- and I also don't wear knickers under my thermals (panty liners r useful if that's not too much info!)
The Gill have slightly less viciously sticking velcro and are a tad more easy to manage- however the H Lloyds are made in larger sizes which I currently need!
I unzip the bottom of my jacket, but don't have to remove lifejacket.
All this is not to "shave off 5 secs in a peeing contest" but simply- well I get seasick so even those 5 seconds saved from being in the heads is very, very precious!
I also managed to sit and pee over the stern in a relatively decorous and safe manner once; it would also be simple and modest to bucket and chuckit in the cockpit if needs be.
 
My 17 yr old daughter is only 5' 2" and a size 6(torso) and size 8 waist/hips and sailing clothing, particularly oilies are a nightmare to source.

Those who design ladies oilies must be men who only know what a woman looks like from studies of mannequins and assume one shape suits all!!!

Our only success has been to buy the Gill ladies high fit, drop-seat trousers which are a bit long but manageable,

The jacket has been a compromise as all are far too big except for Henry Lloyds TP jacket which is an OK fit but a bit lightweight for anything more than inshore/day sailing
 
Oilies for ladies and rules

Totally agree with Grehan.

We have two boat rules.
1. Don't fall overboard
2. Everyone sits down in the heads

While on the subject, what hard and fast rules do you inflict on crew?
 
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