Winter Sailing Gloves

Well I've just got a pair of the magic marine ones, we shall see how they fare... Is it me or are the fingers quite short? My own are quite long but...

Originally posted by turnturtle Originally posted by Rupert Just hang a towel on the boom, and each time your hands get wet, give them a quick dry...simple really, I don't know why I didn't think of it before. surely I can pimp in something electric and warming from the bog roll people?

Now, you see, going the electric route didn't occur to me - how about nicking a hand dryer from a service station and rigging it up on the foredeck?

I do not tend to get cold hands, so it is just summer gloves all year round for me. I tend to find if my core is warm (I mean properly warm) then my extremeties are nearly always fine while sailing.

Very true the gip on the Magic Marine's is properly rubish, almost slipery to touch, so I wear the normal skiffy bulders gloves over the top.

I was wearing this combination yesterday and after an hour long race i was so warm I stayed out to blast around practicing my gybes

Edited by Inland sea

Originally posted by simsy Problem with wearing bog-standard gloves during the winter, is as soon as they get wet they just provide constant cold water next to your hands, making the problem worse.

That's certainly true, but surely the answer is to wear
proper winter gloves and not to freeze your extremities
off? I don't know where you sail, or what in, but the
notion that you can sail without getting your hands wet
seems a little fanciful! As someone who's of an age
where arthritis is beginning to be an issue sailing
without gloves at this time of year is madness. In fact
I wouldn't sail without gloves at any time of year,
partly because I need the extra grip. Of the 8 or so
pairs of sailing gloves I own the Gill Extremes are
easily the best for winter use, though as has been said
they are a nightmare to get back on if you take them off
when wet, if they could only sort that out they'd be
near perfect.