my 0.02 Have had a pair of sailing gloves for years but had worn only once in 10 years Over the ten years sailing mostly on Niagara 26, J27 and the odd otehr boats. Started running main regularly on a C&C 115. Have been wearing the gloves almost every time out since shortly after taking on that post. Gybes burn the fingers and traveller / sheet work when 15+ knots beat them up pretty badly. Bottom line is that the bigger the boat the bigger the loads and the more necessary the gloves are. Mine are Victory I believe with open fingers. Sailing gloves are way too stiff when new and although I hate wearing them I have burned, caloused and blistered my fingers repeatedly since joining the C&C 115 crew ... Mike
________________________________ From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of cenel...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:29 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Sailing gloves I got badly burned fingers once with half-fingered gloves. While I should have released the line before I saw my fingers 'smoking', it happened too fast for me to let go quickly enough. I had to retreat below for several hours nursing my blistered inside fingers on my hand with ice, ointment, etc. Decided then and there to "...NEVAHH..." use half-fingered gloves again. FWIW, Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/ldb cenel...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 12:31 pm Subject: Re: Stus-List Sailing gloves I know people who sail without gloves; I can't. I used Ronstan's that lasted the longest (but I was sailing less then). Gills last a season at best (though, they are quite comfortable). I have quite good experience with West marine - they were, so far, the best value for the money (I bought a couple of pairs when they were at $20 (CAD!)). I also find that the same gloves differ in performance between pairs. This must depend on the leather and other materials sued in manufacturing. I also noticed that it pays to check in what state the gloves are _before_ you put them to the test. Wearing gloves and being burnt by the moving line is not overly enjoyable. My experience with any work gloves (Home Depot or Canadian Tire) is that they are quite good, as long as they are dry. If you get them wet, they don't dry that quickly and become a nuisance. All of the above don't help much when it gets cold. We do our haul out in late October and the weather Gods somehow always know about it and send cold and wet our way (we have some rain or sleet 8 times out of 10). I once used the waterproof gloves during the haul out and they worked quite well (lasted till lunch). On the other hand these gloves are not very conducive to doing any precise work. When you combine wet and cold you maybe looking at some high performance gloves (which means high price, as well). For skiing I always use Auclair gloves (the racing kind, leather), but most of the time they don't need to cope with real wet (we usually ski way below 0C). Btw. I wonder what people prefer: all fingers cut or just the two? My experience is that if you use all cut fingers gloves, you will get burnt, eventually. Marek C&C 24 "Fennel" Ottawa _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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