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    Posted: 04 Feb 09 at 10:31am

I never wear gloves (laser radial sailor) and my hands stay warm enough when sailing.  If I'm hanging around inbetween races I'll stick em inside my buoyancy aid to keep them warm.

As for feet I wear the rooster hot socks inside my wetsocks.  My boots are a size bigger for winter to allow more layers and my feet have stayed nice and toastie since adding the hot socks.
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Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by Rupert

Maybe a patio heater instead then?


mast mounted is obviously ideal, so we'd have to ditch the mylar in favour of
some ceramic based cosmonaut-suit type sailcloth to stop it melting.... I
wonder rupert, would the change in sail material be a breach of class rules?
If so, then it's obviously a simple conclusion that sailing a SMOD means you
have cold hands, whereas as sailing a DEV class means your hands can stay
warm in winter..... another tick in the box for the DEV boys.

But just picture the epoxy in the mast melting...
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Has anyone ever noticed how hot your hands get after being cold?  I was building a snowman with the girlfriend the other day (yes, I am still a kid....) and after ten minutes of snow related fun (without gloves on) my hands were boiling hot.  Basically, when they get cold your body increase blood flow to them, that's why the scouts always used to say if you want warm feet in your sleeping bag you should dunk your feet in the cold stream for a bit.

So my point is, I think it's best to just cowboy up and wear your normal gloves.  No point in sailing badly because you have stupid thick winter gloves on.  After 20 minutes of cold hands and a bit of work, your hands will warm up.  And if they don't, who cares, as we're sailors and are meant to be tough.

Right, back to my snowball fight.... :)
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For all of us who don't want to test RyanV9ers theory, I would recommend Rooster wetsocks in dinghy boots. Even afte 2 hours in the rescue boat on Boxing Day, my feet were still alive.

As for the other limbs, Rooster Aqua-Pro Winter gloves are a real disappointment. They're no any warmer than my short-finger summer gloves and they don't grip. Plus the stitching is falling apart. Not good.
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I'm with Ryan on this one, with the exception of last year's tiger trophy, use your normal gloves and work harder, you'll be warmer, and finish quicker, smiles all round .  Just tried the Zhik sticky ones, really really good, but short lifespan (holes after 5 days use, probably last another 10-15), good job they were free!
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I do, however, agree with having warm feet.  No matter how hard I work in the boat, my feet always freeze. Wearing wetsuit socks under your boots doesn't detract from your sailing, so there's no issue in wearing them.  As I said earlier, I disagree with wearing thick gloves that make sailing harder because your fingers are cold. :)
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I have sailed in bare feet whilst it's snowing!  In a dinghy the problem was that I slipped in the snow on the copckpit floor at the gybe mark and capsized.  In a cruiser it's just as said, the problem is that when you get into a sleeping bag your feet are too hot!
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now that's hardcore :)

My problem with sailing bare foot is that I end up kicking things. Really hard.  Although I guess if I sailed barefoot more often I'd have to work on my foot work and would become more accurate and lighter-footed, from fear of jamming my little toe into the spinny halyard cleat...
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I did a couple of days sailing the B14 bare foot, because i forgot my boots, thankfully it was summer, but it did make me think about where i was putting my feet a lot more, i would recomend it as a training exercise for anyone in a quick boat.  just the once though. 

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Originally posted by Phil eltringham

I did a couple of days sailing the B14 bare foot, because i forgot my boots, thankfully it was summer, but it did make me think about where i was putting my feet a lot more, i would recomend it as a training exercise for anyone in a quick boat.  just the once though. 



Can't remember for sure but i think there was some 49er sailors barefoot at the olympics, i might be thinking fo something else though
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