Who makes good yachting clothing outerwear and such?

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I just got a job at a yacht club/marina. The owner asked that I get soem outdoor clothes and that it be yachting clothing, i couldn't really come up with any brands so where can i get a nice yachting jacket, i work on the waterfront and I sail nearly every day wtih the job on a boat so function and good looking.

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Guy Cotten

http://www.guycotten.co.uk/

They make really serviceable clothing of all marine types.

And don't forget that if your outerwear is essential to your job (which it sounds as if it is) then when you buy it, the cost is allowable against your tax.

Though come to think of it, if it is necessary to your job, your employer should be providing it.
 
Not sure I'd appreciate being ordered by my boss to go buy trendy "yottie" branded clothing at my own expense. Especially since I don't wear branded sailing clobber for actually sailing! I do own an elderly set of Gill oilies, but in practice I'm much more likely to wear a light waterproof coat and hat from Decathlon. T-shirt, fleece, sometimes a £15 canvas smock. Ordinary shorts or quick-drying hiking trousers, and this year I discovered that my Decathlon trekking shoes actually have more grip on fibreglass than my Quayside deck shoes. The Quayside boots are still worth it in the rain.

So, you don't really need yotttie clothes from a practicality point of view, but it seems the boss wants to present a certain image. In that case, I think Woodlouse above has nailed the "trendy" brands. Gill I think are in the same bracket for quality, but one level down in terms of poncing-about-at-Cowes label appeal. Up to you how far you want to play that game.

Pete
 
sarabande said:
And don't forget that if your outerwear is essential to your job (which it sounds as if it is) then when you buy it, the cost is allowable against your tax.
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I believe it also has to be something which you would not wear when not working - in practice a company logo is usually assumed to fulfil this. People who are required to wear a suit to work cannot claim for that suit, because the taxman thinks they would also wear it at the weekend :(. The OP genuinely is likely to wear his sailing gear outside of work, so it won't count.

sarabande said:
Though come to think of it, if it is necessary to your job, your employer should be providing it.
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I certainly think a few polo shirts and a fleece with the company logo on might reasonably be expected - and a waterproof jacket from one of the boss's coveted "yachtie" brands, with company logo added, would not be out of the ordinary (though you might have to give it back on leaving).

Pete
 
Try your local street market for knock-off Helly Hansen fleeces, they are a tenth of the price, look the same, but made by little kids in a sweatshop being paid a dollar a day.
Just like the real ones probably..
 
I avoid sailing branded clothing as much as possible. Nothing turns me off more than the 'I've got a boat everybody!' look that tends to follow the less experienced around.

Worst culprits are those white jackets with the sail number up the sleeve - yuk!
 
xyachtdave said:
I avoid sailing branded clothing as much as possible. Nothing turns me off more than the 'I've got a boat everybody!' look that tends to follow the less experienced around.

Worst culprits are those white jackets with the sail number up the sleeve - yuk!
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Branded sailing clothing is horribly expensive.

It's no wonder that you never see professional fishermen wearing them and they have to go to sea right through the year.
 
xyachtdave said:
I avoid sailing branded clothing as much as possible. Nothing turns me off more than the 'I've got a boat everybody!' look that tends to follow the less experienced around.
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I don't think you can automatically assume they're less experienced - some people with a lot of miles under their keels also seem to go for the branded yottie look. Possibly more the racing types.

I agree it's not to my taste, though. As I mentioned above, the only specifically nautical thing in my usual sailing wardrobe is a canvas smock (I have two, embroidered with the silhouette of our former gaff yawl) - and that's not exactly Cowes high fashion :)

Did I read somewhere that people sail in boiler suits on the East Coast? :)

Pete
 
prv said:
I don't think you can automatically assume they're less experienced - some people with a lot of miles under their keels also seem to go for the branded yottie look. Possibly more the racing types.

I agree it's not to my taste, though. As I mentioned above, the only specifically nautical thing in my usual sailing wardrobe is a canvas smock (I have two, embroidered with the silhouette of our former gaff yawl) - and that's not exactly Cowes high fashion :)

Did I read somewhere that people sail in boiler suits on the East Coast? :)

Pete
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Road workers fluorescent jackets up here mate!

And yes you're quite right, yachty clobber is not always an indicator of experience, but the Harold and Hilda Musto look does raise suspicion....
 
There's a new kid on the block:

http://www.hudsonwight.com/

Based on the Isle of Wight. I've got some of their kit, and when I showed it around it passed inspection by an ex-RN officer and the instructors at a local Watersports Activity Centre. I haven't been out in any truly awful weather yet but the few times I've used it, it has done the job to my satisfaction. Prices were fair too.

Best of all if you ring them up they have been known to do deals!
 
xyachtdave said:
the Harold and Hilda Musto look does raise suspicion....
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Ah, yes, his'n'hers matching kit bought at the boat show, I know what you mean.

My parents did actually buy a complete set of oilies, boots, shoes, etc together at the boat show a few years back - they'd been away from sailing for a while and the old yellow PVC kit was rather past it - but they deliberately bought all different stuff to avoid that look. In practice, most of it stays in the locker anyway as they avoid going sailing when rain is forecast :D.

Pete
 
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