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    Posted: 13 Aug 07 at 2:13pm
The only way this will ever get resolved is if Mrs Gill and Mr Crewsaver etc happen to stumble upon our little topic. If you are really concerned about the colour and visibility issue, write/e-mail/phone the company! I'm sure if they got enough people asking for hi-vis gear then it would quickly come onto the market.
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Black is actually one of the more easy colours to see against the glare of sunlight on the water (which is probably why many of those huge inflatable marks used at championships are black), so wearing black is not necessarily a bad thing.
Also, as the safety rules now mean I have to spend a lot of my time at work resembling a very bright orange light bulb, I wouldn't particularly want this to be expanded to include what I had to wear to go sailing in. It's not that it isn't "cool", it's more the distraction of seeing yourself as a huge mass of orange whenever you go near anything vaguely reflective which becomes rather tiresome!!
For sailing safety, It's probably more important that an upturned boat is visible, and some certainly aren't. That medium grey colour which a lot of RS200s are comes to mind ... very hard to spot from a rescue boat unless the (white) centreboard is sticking up.
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Come to think of it we've gradually gone black - at least the hull is bright red.
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Or we could all buy gear from the early 90's....
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Aah, those lovely fluorescent one piece suits... pink or green?
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Originally posted by redback

Come to think of it we've gradually gone black - at least the hull is bright red.



why the board up downhill when the crew is trapezing?
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And check out the effortless elegance of the crew

Is that the new and improved sailing technique, Redback? Not helming any longer?
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I believe powerboat racers are forced to wear orange helmets so that they can be seen easily. My Trident dry suit is red and yellow at the top and navy lower down.

 
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a.k.a. Essex

rick's just jealous 'cos he knows that essex boys have a higher midichlorian count than those pansies from kent!

Sith city other there ...
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Yeah yeah, you can keep you jedi mind tricks Rick, we Sith are allowed to get it on with the girlies.... 

The battle of the Esturay has been running many years ... first fought in N18 & EODs ...modern day WYC v TBYC is continued in Musto Skiffs ... no doubt you will be running with the Dark Side at Lyme Regis

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