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Poll Question: Should personal floatation devices be mandatory for 18+ dinghy races?
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    Posted: 07 Oct 14 at 4:29pm
Stops the top of your head getting burnt as well
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Originally posted by Medway Maniac

Most people don't notice the difference, tbh



ah- that makes sense, I had assumed they more the skater boy style 'peaked helmet'.  

Don't wear backwards, Vanilla-Ice style though please ;-)
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Pah...how will you build up scar tissue from under a hat?
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Most people don't notice the difference, tbh


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... and you might get people think you look like a numpty.  I certainly got sneered at wearing a snowboard helmet as an adult 10 years ago, even my first instructor told me 'they're for kids'.  

It's taken a decade for it to become more common place.  
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Originally posted by Medway Maniac

Originally posted by zippyRN

'helmets' including bump caps and canoeing  helments can cause as many problems as they solve .

What problems could a hard-shell baseball cap cause? I need to know this.


I've been thinking on this, and apart from people thinking you are working on a building site I can't see any reason why a hard shell baseball cap could be any more harmful than a soft one. Maybe if the sun is beating down and your head overheats you might fall overboard, and then wish you'd been wearing a BA...

Oh, and you might get silly jokes about heros in a half shell mis quoted to you.
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it makes you feel old seeing films you watched at junior race training getting 'remade'.....
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Originally posted by Rupert

For some reason the words "Hero in a hard shell" popped into my mind then... wrong, I know...

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For some reason the words "Hero in a hard shell" popped into my mind then... wrong, I know...
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