Sailing Bags
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Topic: Sailing Bags
Posted By: XxLaserChickxX
Subject: Sailing Bags
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 2:41pm
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Well, i need a new bag to store all my gear in and my one is falling apart does anyone have a bag they could recommend me to get (within resonable price) thats last for ages, my bag currently lasted just under a year. |
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Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 3:15pm
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I got a pretty good crewsaver one for christmas. think it was around 40 quid or sumthing and is still looking pretty new ------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 3:35pm
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I have had a Gill one for years, looks a bit mucky now but all the zips work and there are no rips (it has been abused a lot) Paul ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 3:59pm
| Loads of people seem to have the blue and red crewsaver bags this year, bloomin confusing and other peoples bags seem to whiff more.....reminds of a joke about dogs and coat hooks. |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 4:10pm
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I use one of these ... http://www.harkenuk.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=147 - http://www.harkenuk.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT& amp;productid=147 Got to have wheels ... ------------- |
Posted By: Graham T
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 4:13pm
| My wife won a Trident bag in a raffle last year - it has been used every weekend since but still looks like new. If you have money to spend then North Face every time. As an engineer traveling world-wide I used a North Face Kitbag to carry overalls, boots etc. It has lasted for 8 years of airline handling and site work and is still as good as new if a little bit grubby! |
Posted By: XxLaserChickxX
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 5:30pm
| Cheers guys for ur help. I broke my zip 10mins ago from salt corosion luckly no gear in it lol have another bag i switched to and have basically destroyed it now lol. |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 6:44pm
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Just don't get one bigger than you need! Our changing room needs extending just to accommodate the megabags people are now using, apparently lugging every single piece of their sailing kit to and from the club each time, summer or winter... To judge by the smell you noticed too, GKLaserII, some of them never get unpacked ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: XxLaserChickxX
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 7:22pm
| I cant have an overly big bag anyway as i cant carry it but thanks for the top and er i rinse my gear after i use it so i'm not the smelly 1 lol |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 8:08pm
i can get all my kit in my school bag having said that i do have a huuuuuuuge school bag. its good for cycling to the club because its much easier to carry a back pack than one with handles. got it cheap somewhere, cant remember where but its from quicksilver.------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 8:31pm
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Funny that my bag never seems to be big enough!
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Posted By: XxLaserChickxX
Date Posted: 02 Jul 07 at 9:15pm
| Thats very true, i neva have the rite size bag for wot i want that day and trust me i have ALOT of bags. |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 03 Jul 07 at 7:15am
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if you have a small bag (school bag) then cram everything into it then you have the right size bag because nothing is loose and rolling about, it doesnt take up too much space and you can carry it easier. just because you have to tie your bouancy aid on the outside doesnt mean the bag is too small. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: chrisjc123
Date Posted: 03 Jul 07 at 8:20pm
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i always use one of those blue ikea bags, maybe cause im a cheapskate but it does the job and it is hardwaring, its also big enough to hold anything you would ever need
------------- Vortex 1006 |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 03 Jul 07 at 8:33pm
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just had another thought, lotsof people at my club use plastic boxes like you can get from asda or soemthing and they seem to work well. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 04 Jul 07 at 7:49am
| I've got one of the banks sail cloth bags which looks really trick. (but thats the most important thing anyway eh?!) It's fine for the summer as I carry less kit but its a bit tight in the winter, with my new slimline nappy harness it might make all the difference now though! |
Posted By: landlocked
Date Posted: 04 Jul 07 at 10:18pm
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i've got a gull dry holdall that i won for a rorum post in a magaline... great bak can be massive but rolls up and clips down to just the right size and it doesn't leak water from your gear every where and it 's cheap RRP £25
------------- Cherub 2535 "Eggbert the Nasty" Soon to be for sale PM for Details Cherub 2657 "Slippery When Wet" Don't sail fly Cherub |
Posted By: casi
Date Posted: 05 Jul 07 at 5:35pm
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I use an ordinary sports bag...much cheaper and still big enough to fit all my kit. And i keep a massive plastic bag thingy inside for the wet stuff.
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Posted By: XxLaserChickxX
Date Posted: 05 Jul 07 at 7:05pm
| i managed to get a bag that was suitable for my funds. Wot do people think of the moonbag?? i saw it on the yachts n yachting shop and er it looks interesting. Does anyone have one and are they good to use?? |
Posted By: FireballNeil
Date Posted: 05 Jul 07 at 7:39pm
| Unless you have to get changed on somewhere really hard on your feet I would say the benefits of having the pad are not enough to justify the fact that it's not a very good bag for actually carrying your kit it! |
Posted By: Fraggle
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 4:35pm
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Have a rooster bag, big enough to fit everything in without being huge and last for ages. Just make sure you label it as soo many in the changing rooms ------------- |
Posted By: XxLaserChickxX
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 6:03pm
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i looked at the rooster bag but sadly couldnt afford it!!!!! |
Posted By: FireballNeil
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 7:44pm
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Have you looked at these? It's what I've got, it's cheap and does what it needs, the wet/dry seperation is only a piece of material that you put the wet stuff under but using your towel as a barrier as long as you keep it the right way up it works well enough http://www.sailboats.co.uk/search.aspx?keyword=musto%20carryalls - http://www.sailboats.co.uk/search.aspx?keyword=musto%20carry alls |
Posted By: Villan
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 7:48pm
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I found a nice warm corner of the sailing club to leave a lot of my kit in! Especially useful as I cycle to/from the club, and I am too lazy to have a big bag! ------------- Vareo - 149 "Secrets" http://www.TandyUKServers.co.uk" rel="nofollow - TandyUK Servers |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 8:09pm
I use a moonbag for carting my wet stuff back from the sailing club. It saves desperately trying to cram too much wet stuff into the never-quite-big-enough wet compartment of my sailing bag. The handy thing is I can carry it in my main bag as it packs quite small so it's there if I need it. That and it means I have something clean and dry to stand on until I can get me shoos on, avoiding those wet sock moments.... |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 8:55pm
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Aha, we have carpet sample squares (I think they are) to stand on, nice and warm in winter...
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: Fans1024
Date Posted: 06 Jul 07 at 11:06pm
| Err i have a cheap crappy walmart bag. Yes its falling apart. I alos i have a storage box in the boot of my car [surfing thing] that i dump all my wet stuff in. Saves sorting stuff out later and most of my kit lives in my car, so after my mad dash across london, i can just jump in my car and go. All these sailing bags look great, but sadly my bank balance says no no. Or is that i say yes yes to alcohol... |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 07 Jul 07 at 12:37am
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Ive got a big Dakine black wet&dry bag. It has a flat compartment at the bottom witha pull-out mat, so in theory you can stand on the mat while getting changed. In practice, you stand on the dry mats provided by the sailing clb (those hard rubber things that leave pretty and intricate patterns etched in the soles of your feet) and you open the flat pocket ot the bottom of the bag only once in a blue moon, and the zip seizes up with salty water and lack of use and the "clever-designer" idea goes out of the window. Full up with wet gear, I reckon that bag is close to my own body weight... a bit of a drawback with big holdalls! ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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