Contact lenses?

   I also wear contact lenses for ages while sailing.
No matter with them. I remember once just sit down on my dagger board while waiting the lense to come back in the middle of my eye.
I wouldn't even make difference between my crew and a pinguin without them. 
On the contrary, last sunday I went sailing with my prescription glasses and was worried all the day long to get the boom in the head or whatever...
I often wear sun glasses to avoir spray to makes them move or salt to makes me blind.

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guytoon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 16 Feb 05 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 82	Post Options Post Reply Quote guytoon Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Contact lenses? Posted: 12 Apr 05 at 9:49am
	I also wear contact lenses for ages while sailing. No matter with them. I remember once just sit down on my dagger board while waiting the lense to come back in the middle of my eye. I wouldn't even make difference between my crew and a pinguin without them. On the contrary, last sunday I went sailing with my prescription glasses and was worried all the day long to get the boom in the head or whatever... I often wear sun glasses to avoir spray to makes them move or salt to makes me blind.
	Cherub 2692 "NBS"

Jack Sparrow Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jack Sparrow Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 10:29pm
	Oh I forgot to mention the expensive glasses bit. I used to have a pair of prescription Bolé interchangerable lens glasses that I used for sailing, untill the mainsheet flicked up off a wave and lassooed them off my face. All very expensive!
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hydrographer20 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 11 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 867	Post Options Post Reply Quote hydrographer20 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 9:47pm
	lol a pair of goggles- would be intersting to see that 1. i should imajine wearing contacts whilst sailing makes eye stuff alot cheaper. coz like prescription glasses r soo expensive therfore u can buy a chepaer pair. contact lenses allways look really uncomfortable to me tho and the fact that u have to like poke urself in the eye
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stuarthop Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Dec 04 Location: Nottingham Online Status: Offline Posts: 1040	Post Options Post Reply Quote stuarthop Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 5:27pm
	my crew rich wears contacts all the time when sailing and has never had a problem with them though when its windy he has been known to put a pair of goggles on so he can see through the spray coming off our bow


Jack Sparrow Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jack Sparrow Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 4:09pm
	I wear Acuview 1 a Day contact lens all the time when I sail. And I have never lost any, and I sail a Cherub you get wet at speed quite a lot ( ask Lucy! ). I got feed up of wearing glasses with all the spray i couldn't see anything. It got to the point where I might as well not bother with glasses the quaility of vision was about the same! So go for contacts. get the one a days so it doesn't matter if you do lose them. there are some great deals to be had on the one a days as well for occasional use, I think I pay £12 a mounth for 20 pairs.
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headfry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 359	Post Options Post Reply Quote headfry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 2:15pm
	Hi ya Lucy Lee glad the lenses worked out for you

Lucy Lee Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 17 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 276	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lucy Lee Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 1:09pm
	I'm a complete convert to sailing in contact lenes. I'm not very short sighted (unlike the helm) so I used to think I could cope without them. Earlier this year the helm lost his glasses during a spectacular 'upside-down on trapeze' capsize & we both got contacts (thanks to Headfry who recommended them ). We've got daily disposable ones and they are fantastic. We haven't lost any yet and they don't get uncomfortable even after a day in the salty spray. Much better than worrying about crashing into the forestay and smashing your specs.
	Fly Cherub!

Offshoretiger Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 12 Jan 05 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 179	Post Options Post Reply Quote Offshoretiger Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 12:53pm
	Ive started wearing contacts for sailing and not lost one yet. If you have disposables its not such a big deal anyway if you loose one. Big bonus is it means you can get cheap sunnys for sailing and not stress if you loose them
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Adam84 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 02 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote Adam84 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 12:36pm
	I wear my lenses when sailin and ive never had a problem with them. I was worried they would fall out at first but they never have and I find it alot better than wearing glasses. I would recomend wearing them.

headfry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 359	Post Options Post Reply Quote headfry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Apr 05 at 9:58am
	I too wear my lenses when sailing and so far no problems. Sometimes when I get a face full of water the lenses feel a little odd, if you don't panic and start rubbing your eyes, the lenses will settle down. I have been water skiing in mine and fell in! - still no problems, just try not to screw your eyes up when you hit the water, stay relaxed about them and let then settle. I always have spare ones with me though, as I am sure one day I will loose one or both!! Some of it is, being confident about wearing them in the first place. PS. I also swim in mine and if I dive underwater I am happy to open my eyes though i'm not sure if this is recomended by the manufactures!! but it was my way of gaining confidence. At first I was horrified at the thought of contact lenses in my eyes. But they are fab now