Aigle Maramu boots
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Topic: Aigle Maramu boots
Posted By: sawman
Subject: Aigle Maramu boots
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 2:21pm
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I have just discovered that aigle maramu's are no longer available. This is a pity, I have been using them for years and found them the best boots around in most situations and to use over drysuits particularly. I particularly liked them due to the lacing up the side - no zips to get stuck, and the fact that there is no neoprene to get smelly Has anyone got any recommendations for something to take their place?
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Posted By: kingdacks
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 3:32pm
| They still sell the Aigle Boras which are also very good at some chandlerys. |
Posted By: Roger
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 4:02pm
They might well be good but they are different, it has to be said the Aigile Maramu really are/were the best boots for 90% of my sailing, I'm just going to have to make my current pair last, I've held a pair together with tape before now.... |
Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 5:11pm
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The bora boat has a very tight ankle cuff- the fit is definitely not the same.
Personally I've moved to Ronstan, but these are neoprene so no use to the OPs question. ------------- |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 5:33pm
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Just bite the bullet and switch to neoprene, then use Milton baby-bottle washing stuff regularly. Or do what I do, and leave the boots in the boat. Oddly, they don't seem to smell left like that - we sail in brackish water, mind. Agree it is a pity the Maramu's aren't available though. They've been with us a long time, outlasting their look-alikes (remember Musto boots anyone? I made the mistake of buying the last pair from a shop window - pre UV-rotted as it turned out a few months later) ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 5:54pm
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I have some maramu size 44 little used, never got on with them thought they were like wellies wish I had got bora again.
If anyone wants to make me an offer I don't refuse then give me a shout. |
Posted By: kingdacks
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 6:37pm
| On the subject of boots..... what ever happened to those adidas sailing boots that were going to be released. |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 6:42pm
| Regarding the addidas boots, they were selling them on various stands at the dinghy show. Andark I believe had some. |
Posted By: Noah
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 6:45pm
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I put my neoprene boots thru the washing machine with the rest of my kit every week. Short wash, about half the normal quantity of detergent & extra rinsing. No smells here!
------------- Nick D-Zero 316 |
Posted By: sawman
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 8:33pm
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fortunately the boots were not for me - I got some a couple of years ago, but my daughters feet finally seem to have stopped growing, so I was hoping to get her some maramus (daniel, I think 44's will be too big for her!). The lack of availability means that we will now need to look at options - which will no doubt take ages at the store, instead of 5 mins! maybe aigle will let me have the moulds - I can set up a factory in my shed
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Posted By: Tom Stewart
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 9:12pm
| Agile Boras are no longer manufactured either. |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 9:44pm
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According to Aigles website they still make and sell Boras
http://www.aigleboots.com/index.php/sailing |
Posted By: gbr940
Date Posted: 02 Apr 13 at 10:49pm
| I've just got some Sperry Topsider http://en.sperrytopsider.co.uk/store/SiteController/sperryUK/productdetails?catId=cat3150405&subCatId=cat3150415&subCatTabId=cat3150399&showDefaultOption=true&stockNumber=0308288&skuId=***7********0308288*M100&productId=7-139300&&subCatId=cat3150415&productId=7-139300&stockNumber=0308288&subCatTabId=cat3150399&catId=cat3150405&productdisplayName=SeaHiker+Boot+GripX3&subcatdisplayName=Performance&skuId=***7********0308288*M100&pageIdentifier=productdetail&catdisplayName=Men&showDefaultOption=true - |
Posted By: LaserGoddard
Date Posted: 22 Apr 13 at 5:08pm
| any chance you still have them maramu's? |
Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 22 Apr 13 at 6:43pm
| I do, yes. |
Posted By: deadrock
Date Posted: 23 Apr 13 at 8:43am
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Thanks to this thread for alerting me to the demise of the Aigle boot. The U.S. site is the only Aigle official site which claims to have them. The French Aigle site no longer shows any sailing stuff, and the main UK chandlers don't seem to have any Boras / Maramus either. Torquay chandlers (www.torquaychandlers.co.uk) appear to still have some Bopas and Maramus in stock, but only in limited sizes. I wouldn't be telling you this if I hadn't already snaffled a pair of Boras for myself; they arrived OK. I've put them away for when my good pair and my well-worn pair wear out in about ten years, so my supply should see me out. Sailing without them didn't bear thinking about!
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Posted By: Presuming Ed
Date Posted: 23 Apr 13 at 3:54pm
| What can you do to stop the rubber perishing before you get to wear them? |
Posted By: PeterG
Date Posted: 23 Apr 13 at 3:57pm
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What can you do to stop the rubber perishing before you get to wear them? Sail more often?  ------------- Peter Ex Cont 707 Ex Laser 189635 DY 59 |
Posted By: deadrock
Date Posted: 23 Apr 13 at 4:28pm
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Didn't know, so I looked it up. Seems like ozone is a real killer, with sunshine (UV) and petro-chemicals good runners-up, so if Medway Manic bought his from a shop window they'll have had a top-quality & quantity dose of ozone & UV. The Aigle website recommends that boots should be washed after every use with clean water and stored upright in a clean dry place, away from sources of direct heat including direct sunlight. Washing out with fresh water and nothing else . . . whoever wrote that hasn't been near mine after two days gently rotting in a holdall in the back of the car.
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Date Posted: 25 Apr 13 at 12:06pm
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