Sailing Boots

i have a pair of musto s these were the only ones that fit my ancle (badly swollen after a bad break) aprox 6 year old may be more and these are still perfect waterprof and warm good non slip qualty and comfy but £150 them
 
I have to admit that i'm rather tempted on a pair of Leather boots (Quayside, Dubarry etc).
I currently use rubber 'equivalents' but though they are perfectly waterproof and stand up to virtually anything, they don't breathe you get sweaty tootsies..

However, I agree not to skimp on your footwear. Make sure they fit like a glove. You spend a long time on your feet :)
 
baltic said:
i have a pair of musto s these were the only ones that fit my ancle (badly swollen after a bad break) aprox 6 year old may be more and these are still perfect waterprof and warm good non slip qualty and comfy but £150 them
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I've got the Musto boots too with the gaiters on them. Warm, comfortable, bone dry and breathable. Can't ask for more than that.
 
Musto HPX Leather boots

We bought some of these recently partly on recommendation from a recent Yachting mad review. Great boot, until the decks get wet! Then they're lethal! Absolutely rubbish compared to our Dubarry deck shoes -- sure it's down to the tread pattern matching our aging deck covering.
 
I used to sneer at those boots but eventually bought some Quaysides largely because I got them at trade price. They were a revelation - very warm and comfortable, indeed in all but the coldest weather I don't wear socks in them at all. I don't know what might make a more expensive brand any better.
 
Fire99 said:
I have to admit that i'm rather tempted on a pair of Leather boots (Quayside, Dubarry etc).
I currently use rubber 'equivalents' but though they are perfectly waterproof and stand up to virtually anything, they don't breathe you get sweaty tootsies..

However, I agree not to skimp on your footwear. Make sure they fit like a glove. You spend a long time on your feet :)
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Too right, my Dad always insisted we bought the best footwear we could afford, he'd spent 6 years trying to keep his feet dry.

We both have DuBs now- SWMBO is a size 3, and about 12 years ago, she found they were the only Co who did a 3 at SIBS at all the chandleries there.
Resoled once about two years ago, the sole having hardened up and got slippy.
Still going well.
My old rubber wellies died about two SIBS ago, and I couldn't find anything with a wide enough calf except DuB's extra wide.

I traded up on the basis of a SWMBO happy with warm,dry feet afloat.

Also the leather DuB field/stable/riding boots are pretty universal round here amongst all ranks of those who work with horses all day every day, all weathers.
Have to admit, once you've got DuB's, you see why. When my old Hawkshead cordura wellies go, it'll be between MuckBoots and DuB's for day to day use outdoors.
 
First mate and I use Quaysiders. I have the ones the OP is asking about. First class and holding up well after two hard years. First Mate has the earlier model, now four years old. We use rubber boots for launching the dink on the slip. My problem has always been cold feet, especially when motorcycling. I dont have cold feet with my Quaysiders because if its iffy I wear my Sealskinz socks-they worked when we competed in long distance Classic Trials like the Lands End, Edinburgh and Exeter. As for the sizing-my size seven were spot on.
 
Quaysiders it is then. Won't buy mail order though at the suggestion of one responder (I don't buy shoes or clothes by mail anyway - too likely not to fit). Any suggestions on stockists? Midlands or north wales.
To the responder who suggested I was buying them for posing in the yacht club...............how dare you!
 
My wife's Dubarrys went all hard and very slippery. We returned them but they said they were past their one year guarantee and just sanded them which I had already tried. They were about 5 years old but I would think they should last longer than that.
So Musto or Quayside, here we come.
 
greenalien said:
If you regularly use a dinghy, for example because you have a swinging mooring, I reckon it's worth having 2 pairs - the cheap Screwfix type to use on and off the beach/hard/dinghy park, and some pukka sailing wellies for on-board use. Beach gravel seems to wear sailing wellies out rather too fast!
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http://www.stalkersuk.com/product_info.php?products_id=309&osCsid=89cae9186321c9a4c558403c61933c85

I've got a pair of these for that very purpose. Take all the stick of launching and retrieval of the dinghy and taking the bloody pooch ashore three times day. Bit dear but a proper sole and I've had four seasons so far, surprisingly good grip too. Just hate the green colour and stalking image. There is is an alternative that canoeist use, Muck boots I think.
 
Judders said:
I know I'm lucky to have a wonderful SWMBO who bought my daubs for me, but £100 every three years to me does not seem like very good value compared to say having the entry level dabs at around £180 (if you shop around). A good sailing chum of mine bought her second pair of daubs last year after 10 years of weekly use and Dubarry insisted on her sending the first pair back because they wanted to examine them closely and work out wh they had only lasted such a pittifully short period of time.
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http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Sam_Vimes_Theory_of_Economic_Injustice

My Quaysides are about 7 years old - seemed great at the time, but are *almost* dry after last weekend.

I'll treat them (again) with a variety of lotiions'n'potions for another year or so before finally replaceing 'em with SomethingMoreExpensive.

I recently sent my 1991 Church's shoes (pre-Prada - nice last) back for their *fifth* factory resole - I alternate them with a 2005 pair (two resoles), so I've got a sinking fund to buy a third pair around 2017...

(Bought my nephew a pair for his 21st with the instruction "That's you set for interviews, weddings and funerals for the next 20 years; if you get a job where you wear them every day, you can afford to buy yourself a second pair")

Never compromise on anything that goes between you and the ground:
Shoes, boots, beds, sofas, tyres, camp-beds & sleeping bags, anchors & warps, or women ;->
 
Report on Dunlop Purofort

In post 15 I said I'd ordered a pair of these http://www.hy-protec.co.uk/Purofort-Thermo-Plus-Orange-Wellington-p/c661343.htm. Actually I ordered pairs for all the crew except one whose feet are only size 3, and can now report back having taken them to the ice.

They are quite simply the mut's nuts!

We wore Dubarry boots as normal when we set out, but as as we went north our feet got freezing once the air temp fell below about 8C, and the first 30 minutes off watch were spent warming up before getting to sleep. Changing over to the Purifort my feet never got cold again. Neither did I find I damaged anything on deck or tripped over much more than usual, although the soles are thick. The grip on wet decks is fine.

They were even envied by the Sysselmannen in Magdalenefjord who said that they were what all the commercial fishermen use, but they are so expensive in Norway apparently that the police won't issue them (Norwegian tax must have something to do with it as here they are 1/2 the price of Dubarry's).

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The only down side I found was due to the steel toe-caps. I was cursing the Raymarine autopilot because every time I went below to look at the chart it seemed that the autopilot went haywire . Only after several days did the penny drop: the fluxgate compass is mounted under the chart table behind a thin bulkhead on which I'd been resting my feet!
 
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