WOT HAT(s)

[Uricanejack]

Summer? Ball Cap.
Winter? Touk

Base Ball. the only game more boring than cricket.

PS At least one non American team has won the World Series. The Blue Jays. I think all the players were American though. There again
How many Englishmen Play for Chelsea.

 

[Sybarite]

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!

Tilley's are great but I have yet to try them in wet weather. I don't see why they wouldn't be adequate unless it really was a howling storm.

OTOH I often thought that a dearstalker has a lot going for it. It has a peak yet protects the nape of the neck at the same time. They also have fold down flaps for the ears.

I think my sou'wester was consigned to the rubbish dump several decades ago.

 

[Fourbees]

Tilley's are great but I have yet to try them in wet weather. I don't see why they wouldn't be adequate unless it really was a howling storm.

OTOH I often thought that a dearstalker has a lot going for it. It has a peak yet protects the nape of the neck at the same time. They also have fold down flaps for the ears.

I think my sou'wester was consigned to the rubbish dump several decades ago.

The Tilleys can cope in light to moderate rain (like I get every time I enter Poole harbour!) and as I have two, if one gets wet I can deploy the other until it dries.

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Base Ball. the only game more boring than cricket.
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On the 'big stage'- that's not my experience....2010 went to see the Texas Rangers play New York Mets.

I admit the game alone can leave a little bit to be desired if you blank out the rest of 'the show', but the Americans know how to party, baseball and particularly football.

You can get a meal, have a drink or two, all with the family for a great experience.

However I doubt if I'd want to go too often, too remote from the great experience of sailing peacefully out there!



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[alan_d]

OTOH I often thought that a dearstalker has a lot going for it. It has a peak yet protects the nape of the neck at the same time. They also have fold down flaps for the ears.

I take it that the dearstalker is the more expensive, marine version of the deerstalker, as worn by gamekeepers and Sherlock Holmes.

 

[Seajet]

I had an Experimental Hat of my own design for winter dinghy racing; after previous sad losses, and cold ears, I took a wooly hat with a brim and stitched polystyrene into it, as buoyancy and thermal insulation.

It worked, as soon as we capsized it floated away and my ears got colder.

 

[doug748]

I sport a pork pie trilby in what is commonly called the Rude Boy style:

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Very expensive but durable and floats long enough to rescue. A deerstalker sounds a good idea for cold weather.