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    Posted: 06 Jul 15 at 1:47pm
As one of lifes victims, not only have I been gifted lack of stature, but this body package also came with myopia, (short sight) so over the years I've spent thousands on all manner of devices to enable me to spot marks and stuff at distances beyond ten yards.

I lost another expensive set the other night, chucking myself out of the boat backwards and wondered how many others suffer the same issues.

I've tried contacts, but got a sort of 'snowblindness' once using them in bright weather, then they tell you to use sun glassed so what the hell, get a set of prescription glasses with reactor light has been the choice up until recently.

I've lost all manner of 'suggested cures' like Oakley waterjackets, Barz Optic goggles, Frogskins, and I'm just about to get another cheapo set to sail with from Spec Savers rather than spending anpther 1200 quid with my usual optician and I have to say I'm impressed with the professional test from Specsavers who I'd assumed would be discount bucket shop type of operation.

Either way, not my point, my point is what solutions if any have any of you used to solve the problem or is it not regarded as an issue in boats? I know 29er & 49er sailors have their sunnies permanently grafted to their blond curly hair implants, but what goes on in the real world?


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I use contacts without much of an issue, think only once (during a fast capsize whilst on the trapeze) have I lost a lens.  Not had that issue with the sun (and i wear them all day every day), although I do wear cheap sunglasses (£3-5 from Aldi) on the water that I don't worry to much about losing.  At £5 each I can afford to lose 20-30 pairs and still be in profit from losing a single pair of Oakleys.
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Contacts with cheap sunglasses works for me
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For many years I have worn reading glasses strung round my neck. I cannot cope without these in real life , but not for sailing. Recently I tried a sort of elasticated band thing meant for sun glasses which dangles my glasses below my chin. Two quid in Mountain Warehouse. It is very light so comfortable. Would that work for you?
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The long term problem with contacts (check in the mirror) you get this inital little whitening around the circumference of the eye and I'm told it gets progressively cloudier as a reaction against the high levels of reflective UV off the water.

So cheap sunglasses might not be as cheap in the long run, am I beginning to sound like an eyeglass sales man? I should know better than that here.  LOL
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laser eye surgery worked for me...
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Originally posted by iiiiitick

For many years I have worn reading glasses strung round my neck. I cannot cope without these in real life , but not for sailing. Recently I tried a sort of elasticated band thing meant for sun glasses which dangles my glasses below my chin. Two quid in Mountain Warehouse. It is very light so comfortable. Would that work for you?

Forget what they're called but know what you mean, they might have saved me the other night just falling in the water backwards, but most of my bad rinse cycle engagements over the years involved masses of water and quite large amounts of wave energy, enough to rip the glasses right out of the holders and sadly the older I get the more frequent these falls tend to be what with all the snr moments

In what seven, eight years is it, this is the first pair I've lost sailing and i normally use a cheap old pair I carry around in the glove box, this night it was warm sunny not much wind what could possibly go wrong?


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Originally posted by kneewrecker

laser eye surgery worked for me...

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I've never lost a pair, though my first attempt at trapezing and crewing a Fireball nearly 50 years ago ended predictably in the drink and no glasses on my head. More by luck than anything else some rapid flailing with my hand came up with a pair of glasses that were on their way to the bottom of the Welsh Harp. Since then I've always worn a glasses strap - totally essential if you are going to sail with glasses on in my view. These days I don't wear an elasticated one, just an adjustable strap set short but not tight and the combination of that and a cap, worn more because of lack of any other protection on the top of my head from booms or the sun these days, seems to keep my glasses firmly in place - I haven't had a pair come off sailing since.
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I am so slow these days I get plenty of time to see what's coming. Mind you I got a second yesterday but only because most people went home in protest at the weather. How about a monocle on a string? Poirot style. 
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