Do you get cold sailing?

create a microclimate around the wearer

   After years of getting cold feet when wearing a drysuit i finally found these socks and can't recommend them high enough - http://www.watersportswarehouse.co.uk/shopscr1178.html. 
They even "create a microclimate around the wearer". Nice.

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neilw Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 26 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote neilw Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Do you get cold sailing? Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 8:32pm
	After years of getting cold feet when wearing a drysuit i finally found these socks and can't recommend them high enough - http://www.watersportswarehouse.co.uk/shopscr1178.html. They even "create a microclimate around the wearer". Nice.

Chris Bridges Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Nov 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 699	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Bridges Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 2:00pm
	Until recently I never wore drysuits as they surposedly restrict your movement. Since I have been sailing the 49er I am quite happy to wear drysuits as they don't restrict my movement at all and its really warm. Although on a boat like a laser when you don't have much room a chunky drysuit will get in the way!
	49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC

Jamie600 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Jun 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jamie600 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 12:24pm
	Are you likely to sail all year round? If so then go for a drysuit for now, you'll need to get a wetsuit as well once it gets warmer but then you've got the drysuit for October-March next year. If you're only going to sail in fairer weather then I'd look at a 3mm suit but with additional layers for when it's cold. That way you can wear just the suit in the summer (long legs as you'll always get some wind chill even on hot days on a Dart, they are fast boats and if you're trapezing you'll have spray going over your legs), then add layers under it and over it when you need to. Check out www.roostersailing.com for a good example of layering systems
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Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 12:19pm
	...I'm no dietry expert (others may fill in the details) but good nosh before hand will help keep you warm also, I have no excess body fat so if I don't eat well before hand I get cold quickly.

alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 11:06am
	It'll be warm even when you're dry- rather than trapping a layer of water next to your skin, it'll trap a layer of air. Or, if you've got too thick a suit on, a layer of sweat. A drysuit though will be fine for sailing a Dart, even trapezing on a Dart. You can very how warm it is through what you wear under it- at the very limits, wearing just light thermals (but NOT cotton) will do, through to lots of layers/fleece under suits.

Fans1024 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 30 Nov 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 177	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fans1024 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 11:04am
	You don't need to get the wetsuit wet to make it work, with the right outer layers it should be fine. As I surf and wakeboard as well, I got a wetsuit. 5/3 mm O'neil wetsuit, 2 rash vest [one thermal - if you get a wetsuit, get a thermal rash vest as well, it not only boosts the wetsuit, but its great in the summer as well] Along with spray top, hat, rooster aqua pro gloves, all-in-one scarf thing [mentioned before]. I haven't been cold wearing that. Although my boots are the downfall, looking into getting wetsocks next year, which solve the problem. Good luck on the course and have fun

ellistine Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 06 Mar 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 762	Post Options Post Reply Quote ellistine Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 10:26am
	So when using a wetsuit, presumably you need to get submerged to get the water into it or will it keep you warm even if you've not fallen in? Sorry if these questions are a bit dumb!

alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 10:23am
	May-ish. I've sometimes worn a shorty wetsuit in April. I've occasionally felt the need for a drysuit in June. There's parts of the year I'll go to the club with more kit than I need, and decide when I get there what I'm going to wear that day. But then I've built up, over the years, a fair collection of wetsuits, boots, gloves, thermals, rash vests etc. It also depends what you're sailing. It's fair to say that beginner level boats tend to take a lot less effort to sail than balls-to-the-wall, hair-on-fire high performance boats- and thus when the weather is cold, you need more kit. There's some sailors, especially, it seems, Laser sailors, take to the water in 3/4 length hiking shorts (so that's bare calves) in snow. They're wrong in the head though.

Ross Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 02 May 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1163	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ross Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 10:18am
	Within a month or two. I don't use dry suits, wetsuits all the way.
	Ross If you can't carry it, don't sail it!

ellistine Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 06 Mar 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 762	Post Options Post Reply Quote ellistine Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 08 at 9:50am
	Turning things around a bit, assuming we bought a drysuite, how long into the season do you get before it would start to get too hot?