Sailing gloves

[PabloPicasso]

Best source of good quality sailing gloves. There are a lot of brands and on line sellers.
I'm not necessarily after he cheapest, I want comfortable durable that aren't ridiculously expensive.

Recommendations please, and ones to avoid.

 

[yodave]

No expert, but here's my two cents:

Gill gloves fall apart so I assume they are disposable [much like my Gill OS2 jacket - never again!]
Musto gloves a little better made than the Gills.

 

[Andrew_Trayfoot]

Decathlon gloves seems to be pretty good after 1 season.

 

[johnalison]

It depends what you want the gloves for. If I want to keep my Raynaulds hands warm, dry, and able to do things, then there is no such animal. I have gloves that are warm but clumsy and not waterproof, and others that are good for grip but not warm. I have nothing that is waterproof as well other than the washing-up ones.

 

[Laysula]

https://www.toolstation.com/stanley-performance-fingerless-gloves/p36425

I wear these, they also come in fully fingered versions for winter.
No marine tax on them either.

 

[Daverw]

Also do you have a touch screen plotter as they don’t work with lots of gloves? Trick is to put a small smear of silicone on tip of one finger and then it will work

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

I have a pair of Musto gloves, short-fingered, with kevlar. Very comfortable and hard-wearing.

 

[Skylark]

I can’t handle lines or do other sailing duties when wearing gloves, just can’t get on with them. I have a pair of Musto long and Gill short fingers but very rarely wear them. For keeping warm and dry on long watches I use Gortex ski gloves bought out of season from TK Max.

 

[sail sail]

Rule one. Don't buy 'sailing' gloves. Buy motorbike gloves.

 

[Stemar]

Rule one. Don't buy 'sailing' gloves. Buy motorbike gloves.

Better, buy ski gloves. They tend to give better dexterity than biker gloves in my experience. They're what you want when it's cold, but you have to take them off to tie or untie a knot. If immediate dexterity is what you want, get fingerless ones. I've had a pair of Mustos for years. They're pretty tatty now, but still fine for preventing abrasion of wet hands by ropes,

 

[bigwow]

Sealskinz are the gloves we use, no complaints so far.

 

[RJJ]

For keeping warm, I once bought a pair of Gill "Helmsman" gloves at vast expense. They are fine, actually pretty good, but I don't think any better than ski/snowboard gloves from Decathlon at 1/3 price.

For grip, I went the opposite way; entered "sailing gloves" on Amazon and bought the cheapest. They were fine and did a couple of seasons racing without blinking. Would do same again.

for grip and warmth, I would use dinghy racers' gloves. A bit of a hiding to nothing, though - dinghy sailors are kept warm by their constant activity level and consequently raised pulse /metabolism. For us, I suggest inactivity is what makes us cold to the core, rather than what's on our hands - to the extent that's true, you make more difference by wearing proper thermals and midlayer.

More recently I have been cruising more, for which I tend towards working your hands towards tough. Always a bit raw at start of season, then fine. But I keep the Amazon ones plus a few spares for guests.