DIY sailing kit

Mary, Mother of Jesus!! £270 for a wetsuit! With a discount!! Hose me down in holy water!  You can get a dry suit for that!!  Jimbo you have to much money my friend!!!

Seems like a bloody bad idea to me unless you enjoy floating face down when unconscious....

That's like "all 1980s sports cars rust before you've got them out the showroom door...FACT!" Or "all diesel engines are noisy, slow, and gutless...FACT!" or "Windows is the only proper operation system available and you just have to put up with it's inadequacies...FACT!"

Consumers have the power to drive demand and whilst we sit here and say "fact...deal with it" instead of "b**locks to this, why should I be paying £100 a year on gloves when a properly designed solution will last a season, all is needs is some clever plastic reinforcement or the kevlar patch to go higher up your finger" nothing will change.

Mazda took the rusting MGB and built the MX5 which sold in bucketloads, BMW decided that diesels could actually be fast, and now enterprise grade software is designed to run on Linux servers...

Now that I have an excellent Gul drytop, I'd really like to team it up with a 5mm long john to see me through the coldest months and so that I can leave off the drysuit. The collar on 'normal' short-arm wetsuits or steamers is just too bulky in addition to the neck seal.

Can I find a 5mm long john? - No way, they're all 3mm or less.

Actually, 'winging it's desired wetsuit bottom plus shoulder straps would do the trrick, I guess, if in 5mm. Also, I agree with her about Typhoon dinghy boots - excellent, though my first pair didn't last 10 years; the second pair aren't doing badly though.

Those Gul hikers do look like they should meet my requirements (never quite sure about that 'gay' colour). What was the problem with the 3mm 3/4's?

Had considered layering with a summer long john, but I try to minimise the number of individual garments I wear - saves washing time/hassle in the club showers!