alex_rogers
Well-Known Member
Does anyone know of a good source for authentic reefer jackets? I can remember Classic Boat doing a comparison, but can not find the relevant issue now.
Reefer Jacket
- Thread starter alex_rogers
- Start date
ccscott49
Well-Known Member
Nauticalia do them.
ahumphries
New Member
I got mine from a army surplus store in reading, absolute bargain!
PeterWillis
Active Member
Recently? I could do with one too
Gordonmc
Well-Known Member
How authentic a reefer do you want?
After months scouring around surplus stores for a RN Pilot coat I started looking in the States for a Peacoat (USN). Only replicas were on offer.
Camping and Camo had replica RN ones for under £50. I seem to remember Nauticalia ones which are made in France are somewhat more than that. (Nothing wrong with the French-built version.)
Camping and Camo tel: 08456 603063.
After months scouring around surplus stores for a RN Pilot coat I started looking in the States for a Peacoat (USN). Only replicas were on offer.
Camping and Camo had replica RN ones for under £50. I seem to remember Nauticalia ones which are made in France are somewhat more than that. (Nothing wrong with the French-built version.)
Camping and Camo tel: 08456 603063.
Dyflin
Well-Known Member
chinita
Well-Known Member
I was at LIBS yesterday. Was not impressed with Nauticalia 'Reefer' jacket.
mrswigglestick
Active Member
I got my trusty black pea coat (a pukka US Navy one) from a second hand shop in the States for $70so if the Camping and Camo one is the same spec it'd be well worth having.
absit_omen
Well-Known Member
www.silvermans.co.uk have got genuine US Pea Coats at 95 quid.
milltech
Well-Known Member
I wonder who the real maker was of the one Capt O M Watts used to sell to yachtsmen far and wide. After my fathers death I tried his reefer but it was too small for me, I just cut off the yacht club buttons to await the right coat at the right time.
I seem to remember the reefer being closer to a real jacket than the pea jackets pictured, narrower lapels and smart enough for the yacht club bar, but I may be mistaken it's a long time since I've seen one. Gieves and Hawkes sell something called a "No. 5 Reefer Jacket, Best Barathea" but the £1500 charge had me spluttering over the afternoon tea, and not even a picture!
I seem to remember the reefer being closer to a real jacket than the pea jackets pictured, narrower lapels and smart enough for the yacht club bar, but I may be mistaken it's a long time since I've seen one. Gieves and Hawkes sell something called a "No. 5 Reefer Jacket, Best Barathea" but the £1500 charge had me spluttering over the afternoon tea, and not even a picture!
siggy
New Member
I got a reefer jacket from saltwater classics last year -
http://www.saltwaterclassics.com/index.php?cPath=1_60
they call it '149 Fastnet Rock Jacket'
well pleased with it!
Siggy
http://www.saltwaterclassics.com/index.php?cPath=1_60
they call it '149 Fastnet Rock Jacket'
well pleased with it!
Siggy
Other threads that may be of interest
