[Rhodes22-list] Clothing for Cool Weather Sailing

[Joseph Hadzima]

Hello Mark:

I'm either out of Washington DC's Gangplank Marina (think
Phillips, Zanzabar, the Odyssey, etc.) or Baltimore Inner
Harbor - dock at Baltimore Musuem of Industry.

hope to see you out on the water sometime!

let me know if you ever need crew :-)



--- mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:

> Bill, Rummy, Joe, Anne -- thanks for all the advice ...
> this is very helpful.  So I guess there's never really a
> need for sailing in some sort of watertight clothing or a
> wetsuit unless I'm sailing around the Horn or something
> ...
>  
> Joe, I'll be sailing mostly around the Wilson Bridge area
> and south of Old Town Alexandria ... we dock at the
> Washington Sailing Marina.
>  
> - Mark
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: josef508 at yahoo.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 7:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Clothing for Cool Weather
> Sailing
> 
> 
> Well so far the Potomac is still warmer than the air
> temps
> (we found out the hard way the past two weekends)  Wife
> tested the waters last weekend, and I confirmed it this
> past weekend.
> 
> I dress like I'm gonna get back in the boat ASAP, and
> would
> like to get dry even faster.  So I have an under layer of
> under armor which wicks moisture away, and seems to dry
> quickly - Once you're wet and out of the water it's just
> as
> if not more dangerous, you'll have a nice cool wind to
> thank for that.  I also wore my Poly-pro middle layer
> (got
> it at Army/Navy/Camping store can alos try REI, HTO -
> cheaper than sailing specality sotre).  Sometime I wear a
> gortex cycling jacket (light weight, flexable).  
> 
> For the pants, I had on a pair of nylon warmups - the
> advantage of these was they are open at the bottom, and
> also have zippers, so you can remove over your boat shoes
> if necessary - also more important is they do NOT fill
> with
> water and act as an anchor!
> 
> I use the Loyd's Harbor stuff for larger boats.  Doing
> the
> Potomac in a Flying Scott I need to more around a little
> more.
> 
> The bottom line is get what you like, but stay far far
> away
> from natural materials like cotton, once wet they get
> hevay, and staty wet .. My cheap nylon warmup pants were
> were dry enough for us to get a warm me up drink and
> lunch
> after securing the boat.  I did change my top layer and
> put
> on my emergency sweatshirt ... another good idea I think
> is
> to bring FLEACE clothing as a change - it will keep you
> dry
> and warm you up until you get back to the dock.
> 
> We like to wait until we get back to the dock to take our
> dip :-)
> 
> have fun, and see you on the River 
> 
> BTW, where abouts on the Patomac will you be sailing?
> 
> joe a.k.a. ...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Because of my work schedule, I am going to be able to
> > take my R-22 out for day sails much more often after
> > election day ... so I've been planning on many days on
> > the water in November, December as long as it's not
> > bitter cold.  Temps in the 50s would probably be as low
> > as I would go out (but, of course, on an unseasonably
> > warm winter day, the water temp could still be quite
> > low).  And for what it matters, I'll be sailing on the
> > Potomac River ... mostly single-handed.
> >  
> > So here's my question ... what sort of clothing would
> you
> > all recommend?  I have never shopped for sailing
> > clothing, so I really have no idea what is out there. 
> Do
> > I need to be looking for something water-tight in the
> > event I fall overboard?  Should I have a wetsuit on
> > underneath typical cool weather clothing?  What sort of
> > gloves do you recommend?  I will, of course, be wearing
> a
> > life jacket.
> >  
> > Thanks for any and all advice,
> >  
> > - Mark
> >
>
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