There is a bit of bare lower leg exposed between hikers and wetsuit socks, however my legs are quite hairy and I find I can use the hairs to determin the wind direction
LuckyJack
I'm thinking of filling the wetsocks with goose fat this winter. It works for the geese and it would also make them really easy to slip on.
I'm thinking of filling the wetsocks with goose fat this winter. It works for the geese and it would also make them really easy to slip on.
I suppose goose fat could work as long as you are sitting upwind of your feet
Jack
I allways sit upwind from my feet otherwise the boat tips over
Never been sitting aside the raised daggerboard facing astern on a run when there's naff all wind? Frustrating to say that's the norm where I sail (R.Dee @ Chester). Moving clubs soon.......
Been in that position many times..lol
I know that part of the world well.(Cheshire lad myself)..although i've never sailed on the Dee. I would have thought you could blast up to West KIrby from there...where are you thinking of joining?
I am going to be frostbiting for the first time this year in RI and am wondering what most of you guys wear. I have a drysuit that i am going to use.... do u wear hiking pants under the drysuit? I cant imaging getting them over the suit. Should I worry about wearing through the seat of the dry suit?
I also have the zhik skiff suit... It is THE best... Feels like yur not wearing anything. It is super warm even when you get wet... I highly recommend it. Then put some under armor as a top with a spray top over that. I have the 3 seasons gloves by gill which are great and the NRS neoprene socks... That is my frostbiting gear...
Sail in the Hampton roads area in Virginia. I recomend the zhik skiff suit... A wetsuit would be ok but if you go in you will have never seen yourself as blue as you will be. The skiff suit has a layer system. A waterproof system and a thermal system. Were I sailed Sunday there was ice on the surface of the water. And we hade to wet launch our boats... I didn't feel a thing and I was waist high in water/ice. It's an investment but it is the ultimate frostbite suit