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Scotty_Tradewind

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I've experimented, as I'm sure many of us have over the years.

I have a variety of hats to suit the occasion........

The wide brimmed white floppy.

Fleece stretchy ones.

Cotton scull caps.

Waterproof with thermal fleece.

BUT...... my favourites are still the good old Sou'westers....
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I have two... a yellow RNLI one and a giant black one.
Beneath the sou'wester I can put an assortment of others to suit.
They are a terrific advantage at times over many other styles and come highly recommended/.!! :D

S.
 
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Sandgrounder said:
I have two: both yellow one about 45 yrs old and the other a mere 15
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yes, I don't know what my black one is made of but it's a real old friend and doesn't seem to mind the washing machine on 40deg.
It must be getting on now as my grandfather gave it to me from his trunk when I used to coach rowing in the winter of '68. :)

S.
 
Tilley hats are what I always wear, except if it's wet in which case I deploy a sou'wester. The Tilleys tie on, float and give good all-round protection against the sun (including ears and neck). Unlike baseball caps, which I really hate - they should only be worn for playing baseball, and only then by Americans!
 
I had never owned a sou'wester until about 12 years ago. We were in the Baltic, berthed in a small marina, when a massive thunderstorm broke in conjunction with the arrival of a German yacht. Both crew members wore sou'westers and I was most impressed with the mobility that they allowed in conjunction with keeping them noticeably dry down their necks. So unlike the pillar-box view from a hood, even with a peaked cap worn underneath it. We bought two almost immediately and have worn them in rainstorms ever since, fortunately not so common now in the Med.
 
I like a Trapper Hat at this time of year...

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Pete
 
Mostly a simple woolly hat that covers my ears. When it is warm enough, a peaked cap that clips to my collar.

What I am missing is a warm hat that covers my ears but with a peak, since my woolly one inside a hood is not ideal.
 
johnalison said:
What I am missing is a warm hat that covers my ears but with a peak, since my woolly one inside a hood is not ideal.
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I have a thinsulate baseball type cap with a fold down flap that covers my ears and back of my head; I look stupid in it but it works.
 
Given all the instruments some have these days you'd think we needn't look up to check the set of the sails or the windex at the top.

But I dislike to use the wind instruments.

Hats and hoods with a peak are great until you have to try and look up.

Another 'goodie' about the dear old sou'wester is that you can curl the front up just for that purpose.

Biggest problem in a cold wet blow in an open cockpit however, is that with such high collars on sailing jackets, you have to bend your

back to get into the right position to see upwards in the first place! Why do we do it! I'm off to the Med'! See you Vyv! :)

S.
 
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An advantage of having a boat is that it does not matter how stupid you look as nobody can see you although swmbo does not subscribe to that theory judging by the amount and variety of her headwear. My favourite hat is a breathable/waterproof one which cost about a tenner. Do like the idea of the elongated back part of a sou'wester though especially if holding the boat head to wind for someone to hoist the main when I have forgotten that it has been raining.
 
Fourbees said:
Not so - I believe it is popular in the Phillippines, Cuba and a few other places too. And contrary to American belief, it was originally an English game (mentioned in Jane Austen's work).
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"Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend."
JANE AUSTEN, 27.10.1798

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"A 1744 publication in England by children's publisher John Newbery called A Little Pretty Pocket-Book includes a rhyme entitled "Base-ball". This is the first known instance of the word baseball in print. Today the game is popular in United Kingdom among schoolgirls in the form of rounders" (Wikipedia). Jane Austen mentioned the game in Northanger Abbey (1798-9). Although Jane may have paid attention to her hat, I don't think she was responsible for inventing the baseball cap!
 
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