Spectacles and spray... how do you deal with it?

Try licking them!! I know it sounds weird, but in my much younger days, the skipper I sailed offshore with, swore by this. The first time, after I'd been moaning about the salt etc on the sunglasses lens, he leaned forward, took them off my face, licked both sides of both lens and handed them back!!

The look of disgust on my face made the the rest of the crew fall about laughing, but it works!! It's the thing I do regularly now 'cos it's quick, easy and therefore not hard to repeat as necessary.

Worth a try if all else fails!!
 
Re: Rainex

I'm not a full-time glasses user yet, which gives a new set of problems 'cos I can never my reading glasses when I need 'em /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif , but in a previous existence as a biker, I used rainex on my visor & it made a huge difference.

Get it from biker shops or mail order
 
You could always listen to nature and stop trying to go, or aim further, than you can see /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Get wet with your specs and live with it? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif.... or find a way to mimic a blink on your specks! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif A smear of a tiny amount of washing up liquid does break the surface tension a little, so although it won't stop your specs getting wet, think about your dishes, it sure speeds up drying. Last but not least, consider going blind, then you will realise how fortunate you are to be able to see anything at all, with or without specs. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Mike
 
Cockpit dodger and autopilot/windvane.
Glasses on string around neck ''Croakies'' ,just lick 'em wheneveryou need to see something really clearly through the spray.
As a legitimate member of the Force Three Club , downwind sailing in sunny seas helps a lot IMHO
 
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My vision is fine for close work such as reading but crap for long distance vision.
I now wear just one contact lens in my dominant eye (in my case my right eye) and nothing in my left eye.
Result - I have both short and long distance vision without needing specs! Daily disposals used for the contact lens.
Won't work for everyone but I've mentioned this to a number of folks who have also tried it with good success. My optician also says "no problem".
 
The biggest problem is in the rain when it is dark, or the light is poor, and with lights etc distorting.

Equally, when working hard in the sunshien the old glasses just keep sliding off, and since I wear varifocals I find distorted vision.

I do have contacts and they are a blessing in those examples, but for the bulk of the time I continue with my specs, with the addition of the string to keep them safe!
 
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Got to agree with the chaps who said Rainex.

1. Rainex on the specs,
2. A decent baseball cap keeps a lot of spray off them if you are quick enough to duck your head in time - and to keep the rain off them,
3. Contacts for when you dont have a hangover.

I'm not brave enough for any laser treatment.

Or just take them off and carry a crew with good eyes?
 
My method, developed over many years is
1. Wear a Tilley hat - this keeps away the spray in many conditions especially when you get used to having the brim low over your specs
2. keep a clean gingam tea towel in your pocket and use this to wipe off rain spray. Never use tissues which are dried mashed up wood pulp and will scratch your specs
3. Have a small bottle of water handy in the cockpit. Use this to rinse off salt spray before wiping with the tea towel.
Using the above I have been in heavy weather and rain all day with no problem.
For a couple of years I felt a bit sea sick in wet conditions and found this was due to the rain/spray on my specs confusing my vision/ brain. No problems since I adopted the above method.
Martin
 
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I'm interested in the support for Rainex. We tried this years ago and it worked extremely well with RAINWATER, but was pretty useless with sea-spray.

Still, maybe it's changed in format so I'll have to have another go. Still got half a bottle of the stuff so anybody know if it's got a shelf life!!!!
 
From +9 prescription in both eyes, developed cattaract in one eye. Had both eyes operated on. Now distance vision perfect but need glasses for close-up stuff.

Previously, while still wearing glasses, I bought a protective visor from an industrial clothing shop in Southsea for about £15. It had a hinged headpiece and lifted out of the way when not in use. It was very easy to keep clean of spray. Kept the glasses dry though it tended to mist up in foul weather. Had to use divers' trick of smearing a half potato on the inside to keep the visor clear.
 
Re: Laser treatment ...

Can’t answer your questions......but.......... If you are interested go and talk to the people and let them do an assessment, I was in the same position as you are on/off with glasses and totally fed up with the situation.
The operation???? if you can call it that, takes about 5 mins and that includes the time to talk to the surgeon.
Now I get up in the morning and go! It’s made a great difference to my life and I can now see things that before I couldn’t…………..which reminds me I must run the vacum over this office soon?? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Tom
Oh yes! I can also wear all those fancy sunglasses now /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
The divers trick is to spit into the mask and then rinse out with sea water. In over 30 years of diving I don't remember anyone taking a potato onto a dive site unless we were going to have a pic-nic (sea food of course.)

If you lick the lenses first you are doing exactly the same. The object being to cover the lenses with a thin film of liquid. When a drop of salt water lands on the lens it is absorbed into the thin film and thus does not impair your vision.

I use a pair of industrial safety gogles over my glasses. If the gogles mist up do the divers trick on the inside of the gogles. Just use your hand (glove) to clean salt off the outside of the gogles.
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Do any of the more senior amongst us remember a rotating visor that was marketed for motorcyclists in the 1950`s? It was about 7"diameter and its axle was was somehow fixed over the bridge of your nose. It had some vanes around the edge which caused it to spin in the wind and throw off the rain by centrifugal force [like a Kent Clear-View screen]. It was not a success; not because it didn`t work but because it looked ridiculous. Might be an answer to the spray on specs problem, if you could find one at a motorbike jumble.
 
I wear verifocals, when I get spray on them I just leave it, cleaning them with water and a little washining up liquid ever so often. When I go down to the chart table I use a spare pair of reading glasses kept just for the job. If its VERY heavy rain I use a pair of cheap goggles over the glasses, if I'm at he wheel.
 
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Re: Laser treatment ...

I use the Rainex on the windscreen of our Duo motor sailer, and can assure you it does work with sea water.

If you get to St. Peter Port, go in the chandlers on the quay, and they sell a locally made liquid, with the same properties as Rainex, but a lot cheaper. This also works well.

If I get to the boat in the next few days, I will make a note of its name.
 
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Laser treatment.......had it done some months ago.

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Thought about it but I dont have the bottle unfortunately.

A Quick swill under the tap and dry with tea towel whenever I go below keeps the salty fog from closing in.clean cloth in oilskin pocket for cockpit use.

I have fine tuned the art of ducking with the peak of my cap keeping most of the spray off. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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