It is summer in Australia which means it is nice and warm.
I had my second warm evening sail. It is so warm you have to wear nothing under your life jacket (oh the secret thrill of nobody knowing that you have nothing on under your life jacket), anyway, I developed an unusual condidtion on the second night. I remember during the jogging craze of the 80's a condition called 'jogger's nipple' well this can only be described as sailor's nipple. It is the friction from the life jacket rubbing the skin off the end of your nipple. It stings and is very uncomfortable and can even bleed eventually.
Fortunately various bits of my boat are held together with gaffer tape. I was able to improvise a solution whilst out on the water. Just tear a couple of pieces off and stick them on your nipples under the jacket. Brilliant! The pain stops.
So, Anybody else experience this and got any good suggestions?
I had got in afterwards and de-rigged and was standing in my shorts having a chat to some carpark spectators. I got the feeling they were smirking slightly but wasn't sure why until I realised after they had gone that I still had two pieces of shiny silver tape stuck over each nipple. So don't forget to peel them off* before wandering round in the car park.
*CAUTION: if you have a hairy chest** (mine is only slightly hairy) then extreme caution is advised in the peeling off process. I found doing it slowly to be less painful than ripping it off in a oner.
**Girls you should be OK
I had my second warm evening sail. It is so warm you have to wear nothing under your life jacket (oh the secret thrill of nobody knowing that you have nothing on under your life jacket), anyway, I developed an unusual condidtion on the second night. I remember during the jogging craze of the 80's a condition called 'jogger's nipple' well this can only be described as sailor's nipple. It is the friction from the life jacket rubbing the skin off the end of your nipple. It stings and is very uncomfortable and can even bleed eventually.
Fortunately various bits of my boat are held together with gaffer tape. I was able to improvise a solution whilst out on the water. Just tear a couple of pieces off and stick them on your nipples under the jacket. Brilliant! The pain stops.
So, Anybody else experience this and got any good suggestions?
I had got in afterwards and de-rigged and was standing in my shorts having a chat to some carpark spectators. I got the feeling they were smirking slightly but wasn't sure why until I realised after they had gone that I still had two pieces of shiny silver tape stuck over each nipple. So don't forget to peel them off* before wandering round in the car park.
*CAUTION: if you have a hairy chest** (mine is only slightly hairy) then extreme caution is advised in the peeling off process. I found doing it slowly to be less painful than ripping it off in a oner.
**Girls you should be OK