What trousers do you wear sailing?

tt65 said:
Dickies work trousers, £12.00 or so for two pairs. Hard wearing and I sometimes wear them with knee pads inserted in the built in knee pad pockets, great for crawling along side decks. First sign of rain, off they come and on go my Gill mid layer shower proof salopettes.

What the heck are Canterburys? Have I missed something important in my life?
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I like the idea of the Knee pads....

Canterburys were made by the Kiwi rugby shirt manufacturer, but they packed up trousers in the early to mid 90s, more's the pity.
 
On a more serious note (no - honestly!) I note that a nmuber of people wear jeans in less favourable conditions. Denim is a fairly heavyweight fabric and, should you fall in, there's an argument for saying that a lighter fabric will absorb less and reduce the risk of dragging you under.

That's assuming you're not clipped on, and/or wearing a lifejacket - but I don't want to be accused of encouraging Fred Drift......
 
jhr said:
On a more serious note (no - honestly!) I note that a nmuber of people wear jeans in less favourable conditions. Denim is a fairly heavyweight fabric and, should you fall in, there's an argument for saying that a lighter fabric will absorb less and reduce the risk of dragging you under.

That's assuming you're not clipped on, and/or wearing a lifejacket - but I don't want to be accused of encouraging Fred Drift......
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Also denim does not keep the body warm when wet, unlike a wool mix or thermals.
 
jhr said:
Denim is a fairly heavyweight fabric and, should you fall in, there's an argument for saying that a lighter fabric will absorb less and reduce the risk of dragging you under.
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This must be the special extra-dense water that denim attracts?

I don't like wearing jeans on board, partly because of the weight of water they can soak up, but that's because it makes them uncomfortable, heavy and restrictive on deck (and still wet the next day), not because the water they soak up when submerged is somehow heavier than the surrounding water is.

Pete
 
prv said:
not because the water they soak up when submerged is somehow heavier than the surrounding water is.

Pete
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It's magic water Pete, the same kind that will fill your boots up and drags you down to Davy Jones Locker if you fall in.:rolleyes:

Failing that it's just normal water, like you say, that will weight the same as the surrounding water so will impact little on the weight of your clothes while you're in the water,

Only when you move into a less dense medium, like air, will it make your clothes heavier.
 
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snooks said:
It's magic water Pete, the same kind that will fill your boots up and drags you down to Davy Jones Locker if you fall in.:rolleyes:

Failing that it's just normal water, like you say, that will weight the same as the surrounding water so will impact little on the weight of your clothes while you're in the water,

Only when you move into a less dense medium, like air, will it make your clothes heavier.
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But it does severely restrict your movement in water.....and ruddy near impossible to climb up the transom ladder with jeans on. Ask me how I know.
 
Shorts........if its too cold for shorts its too cold for sailing!!! I make a point of wearing shorts every day from the 1st May till the end September...thats every day come rain or shine and even to work to!!!
 
prv said:
This must be the special extra-dense water that denim attracts?

I don't like wearing jeans on board, partly because of the weight of water they can soak up, but that's because it makes them uncomfortable, heavy and restrictive on deck (and still wet the next day), not because the water they soak up when submerged is somehow heavier than the surrounding water is.

Pete
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OK I confess: I'm no physicist :)

.... but it sounds as if jeans will impede your movement in the water, per Mr F. Circle's testimony, so there's probably an argument for wearing something else in the trouser line, even if it's not the one that I advanced?
 
jhr said:
.... but it sounds as if jeans will impede your movement in the water, per Mr F. Circle's testimony, so there's probably an argument for wearing something else in the trouser line, even if it's not the one that I advanced?
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Yep - they impede your movement on deck too, wet or dry, I find (much worse when wet). Hence the lightweight hiking trousers. I often take a pair of jeans sailing, but strictly for runs ashore (from childhood upwards, we've always had separate "shore clothes" and sea clothes, and the habit continues).

Pete
 
jhr said:
On a more serious note (no - honestly!) I note that a nmuber of people wear jeans in less favourable conditions. Denim is a fairly heavyweight fabric and, should you fall in, there's an argument for saying that a lighter fabric will absorb less and reduce the risk of dragging you under.

That's assuming you're not clipped on, and/or wearing a lifejacket - but I don't want to be accused of encouraging Fred Drift......
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How does that work? The water in the denim is the same density as water in the sea, it neither floats nor sinks.
 
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