Jim Hillman
06-29-2005, 04:48 PM
Author Topic: Where can I get a proper sailing hat?
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-30-2001 03:01 PM
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I have something like this in mind.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1625000/images/_1628451_sherrif_bbc150.jpgjpg.jpg
I suppose I'll have to go to Texas or Calgary.
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Bruce Taylor
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Member # 2142
posted 10-30-2001 04:02 PM
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I dunno...I think I see you in one of these:
http://www.islandmadness.com/images/stupidhats/pon_pirate.jpg
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Posts: 5059 | From: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
Bob Cleek
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Member # 1211
posted 10-30-2001 04:35 PM
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Neither one of 'em would be worth a hoot in a blow, particularly the cowboy hat. As they say here out West, "Big hat, little..."
For my money, a decent sailing hat has to have two contradictory features. First, it has to shield you from the sun all around, but second, you have to be able to look upward to check the set of your sails without wrenching your neck! The only thing for it is a hat with a snap up brim. You can snap up the brim and look upward and then snap it down to keep the sunburn off your nose. The best hat I ever had with those qualities got worn to the point of uselessness and I've never found another one around here. It was a French Foreign Legion campaign hat I found in a surplus store once. It was made of denim and was sort of a "cowboy" hat style, but the denim was stitched in a conical pattern around the brim and top to give it some body. There was a gripper on the right side, like the Aussie campaign hats, to get it out of the way when shooting. (I guess there aren't any left handed shooters in the French Foreign Legion.) The front of the brim would snap up well and stay there. It had a good chin strap to keep it on in a blow and it dried off well when wet. Somebody makes a canvas sailing hat that you can by at WasteMarine, but it has a roped brim and they don't snap up worth a toot. One thing's for sure about sailing hats, they aren't the place to make a fashion statement!
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Posts: 2700 | From: San Francisco Bay
bud
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Member # 3624
posted 10-30-2001 04:41 PM
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Comin' back!
Oysters tonight!
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Posts: 651 | From: Free Union VA USA
phuffstatler
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Member # 3650
posted 10-30-2001 04:42 PM
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www.tilley.com (http://www.tilley.com)
They are the best.
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Posts: 41 | From: Austin, TX 78745
Ed Harrow
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Member # 1235
posted 10-30-2001 04:58 PM
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You can get this from Lee Valley:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?page=10288&category=2,42407,33245&abspage=1&ccurrency=2&SID=
Who just happen to sell the best work pants (supplication pants) I've ever worn:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?page=33235&category=2%2C42407&SID=&ccurrency=2
The gardner's pants, not shorts.
Guarantee you'll love them both.
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Posts: 5877 | From: Woodville, MA USA
Ian Wright
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Member # 711
posted 10-30-2001 05:09 PM
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Another vote for www.tilley.com (http://www.tilley.com)
,,,,,,but if you feel the need for a real as worn by the Royal Yacht Squadron types then a cap, with white summer cover, from Gieves and Hawkes, No 1 Savill Row, London. will do at around £110.
,,,,,,, or a Scottish tweed farmers cap for £15 keeps my thinning scalp warm and dry(ish). AND it does well for country walks,,,,,
IanW.
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Posts: 1729 | From: Peterborough, UK
paladin
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Member # 2645
posted 10-30-2001 05:15 PM
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don't even consider anything except a genuine Alex Tilley. I still have my first autographed one from 1981 and it has lot's of character. You can get them with wide or narrow brims and will protect the back of your neck and the forehead and nose from the sun....and they float.......
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Posts: 4321 | From: Chesapeake Beach, Md 20732 U.S.A.
Nicholas Carey
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Member # 2931
posted 10-30-2001 06:38 PM
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Actually, Black Diamond Sou'wester is the One True sailing hat. Especially, "The Texan":
Made in the Maritimes (Newfoundland?) with Canadian persnicityness. They also make the more traditional Sou'wester as well.
Beautiful hats. Heavy rubber (not plastic), lined with heavy flannel. Silly looking, but extremely practical 'Elmer Fudd'-style ear flaps.
http://www.localaccess.com/rainwear/hats.htm
Unfortunately, Black Diamond appears to have gone the Way of All Flesh.
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Posts: 2916 | From: Seattle, WA USA
PatCassidy
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Member # 713
posted 10-30-2001 06:47 PM
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I really enjoy these boating threads. Maybe they wil catch on!
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Posts: 370 | From: Los Angeles
Bruce Taylor
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Member # 2142
posted 10-30-2001 06:58 PM
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Bob's got a point. Big hat, small...well anyway, this hat offers full protection and it won't come off in a (he he) blow:
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Posts: 5059 | From: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
Terry Etapa
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Member # 2871
posted 10-30-2001 09:23 PM
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Having suffered a few sunburns, in an area formally covered with hair, SWMBO talked me into a hat from Watership (then, made fun of the one I chose). I think they make a good product. Their URL is below:
http://www.watership.com/
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Posts: 213 | From: Seattle, WA, USA
ken mcclure
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Member # 2957
posted 10-30-2001 10:30 PM
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ROTFLMAOKTD at Bruce. Lucky I didn't have coffee in my mouth. The splatter shield wasn't up!
Yet another vote for Tilley. But don't bother with the underwear - they're like a cheap hotel.
(Sheesh! Not even a misspelling that time - dropped an entire word!)
[This message has been edited by kwmcclure (edited 10-30-2001).]
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Posts: 4935 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA
John B
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Member # 2113
posted 10-30-2001 11:06 PM
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A cheap hotel? what? Draughty. No security, bad neighbours, too much noise, thin walls , no off street parking, what ?
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Posts: 5154 | From: Auckland, N.Z.
Wild Dingo
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Member # 3458
posted 10-30-2001 11:25 PM
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geeez I lost it there!!! had to clean the coffee bacon and egg (late breakfast for me) of the computer before I could do this... Now this is what Misc is about!!!... but its not really practical for anything else but a head wind is it Bruce?
I maintain my love of the Akubra with the clip on the side however as Bob says its a pain in the neck when looking skyward... so a quick flick of the wrist and shes off a quick squizz up the mast see that alls well another flick of the wrist and shes back on!!
I was given a fold up job last Christmas sort of thing you scrunch up into a little ball and toss in its bag when not in use... was okay full fold up brim with a dangly bit for the neck but the fold up wouldnt stay up when I wanted it to and if a snifter of wind blew I wore the damn brim... so it met a wet end.
Take it easy
Shane
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Posts: 7474 | From: United States of Australia!! well purdy soon will be pardner yeeflaminhaw!
Frank Hagan
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Member # 2515
posted 10-30-2001 11:36 PM
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I like the Tilly hats also, but they are a bit pricey, and they didn't fit quite as well as the Henschel hat I found:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/henschel-aussie-breezer-4-inch-sm.gif
Village Hat Shop has them for $35, but I found mine in a sailing shop at Downtown Disney in California for $25. What a deal! And they come in XL sizes for fatheads like me.
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Posts: 449 | From: Oxnard, CA USA
ken mcclure
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Member # 2957
posted 10-31-2001 01:33 AM
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quote:
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Originally posted by John B:
A cheap hotel? what? ...
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No ballroom.
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Posts: 4935 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Ben Fuller
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Member # 1027
posted 10-31-2001 08:45 AM
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Best cheap sailing hat that I have found was designed in the 60's. Fellow vets will remember the boony hat. Brim is just long enough for sun protection and not too long to keep you from looking up. Tilley is an expensive knock off with a brim that is too long. Boonie hats can be had in various colors now, from your local or electronic mil supply store. The sand is relatively unthreatening, but recommend tiger stripe if you are a hard core racer. Kind of gets you in the mood. If you want it to float stick a piece of ensolite in the top but that is what the chin strap is for.
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Posts: 243 | From: Cushing, Maine
cs
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Member # 2910
posted 10-31-2001 08:58 AM
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What about a Charlie One Horse straw hat?
http://www.countrycalendar.com/Country_Store/hats/h_straw/02_petty.htm
You can even get one like Richard Petty's. They can be pricey though as much as $155 for straw.
Chad
ps. You can even get a calvary hat with or without a bullet hole in it.
http://www.countrycalendar.com/Country_Store/hats/h_straw/08/cavalry.jpeg
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Posts: 7071 | From: Chattanooga, TN
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-31-2001 09:29 AM
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Well, okay. It looks like I'll either need to find a boony hat or the Tilley T-2.
But don't you think this is more me?
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/stacey-adams-567-sm.gif
It's sorta go with Charlie One Horse for when the wind gets up.
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
John Teetsel
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Member # 3412
posted 10-31-2001 09:41 AM
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Chad,
Here's your basic issue Cav hat. Obviously meant to be worn in a bar, not a blow.
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Posts: 2184 | From: Phoenix, AZ
Earl Hall
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Member # 4008
posted 10-31-2001 10:09 AM
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I vote for Tilley. Two things that haven't been mentioned about that hat. When it gets wet the brim stiffens, as opposed to the look-alikes which end up with a soggy brim slumping down around your face. The other thing is the tie strap system which goes under the chin and behind the head to hold it from coming off in a following wind. I have two Tilleys and had two others that were made offshore and are somewhat similar. No comparison!!
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Posts: 8 | From: Delta, B.C., Canada
Ian McColgin
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Member # 32
posted 10-31-2001 10:13 AM
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I most like the "Atlantic Roll-up" by Quaker Marine, especially in summer. It's on the general model of the european fishing hat in it's many subtly different incarnations, from Brettan to Greek, and I do like for winter my woolly Brettan hat.
I do have a Tilley that mostly my Dad wears for sun protection. Not having (yet) joined him as a melanoma survivor, I preferr a hat with a brim just big enough to give a little eye relief but not so big that I have to work too hard to see the sails. I also don't like big brims that flap around and catch the wind.
Speaking of which, as one with a head that positivly sheds hats, here's a way to improve the fisherman's cap model. Get rid of the disfunctional brim band and go back the evolutionary scale to what it was meant to be - a chin strap. In essence you start the strap at one rivit, come around above the brim to such a length as just about reaches the other rivit. Also have a strap starting from that other rivit. Essentially you want each loose end to embrace the other strap - if string you can use taughtline hitches, if straps, a nicely stitched tab snugly holding the strap will do it. This is easily slid slack, run over the chin and snubbed up and won't catch your beard.
G'luck
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Posts: 7589 | From: Hyannis, MA, USA
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-31-2001 11:30 AM
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Then there is always duck tape, the habadasher's secret weapon.
Gotta go....
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Ed Harrow
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Member # 1235
posted 10-31-2001 12:31 PM
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Well, Norm, before you sign on the dotted line for the Tillie, the Lee Valley gardner's hat that I have has each and every feature highlighted in favor of the Tillie, plus (and this is really important, I bet, where you go sailing) it has bug screen in the vent holes! No mossies targeting your tender scalp.
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Posts: 5877 | From: Woodville, MA USA
Don Olney
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Member # 1617
posted 10-31-2001 01:00 PM
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Norm, How about this one?
Or how about an oiled one?
http://www.johngrahamandco.co.uk
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Posts: 1224 | From: 40 North 52, 73 West 26
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 10-31-2001 02:50 PM
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Why be half safe?
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
paladin
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Member # 2645
posted 10-31-2001 03:11 PM
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Norm...how fat is your head?...er...uh..let me rephrase that....what size hat do you wear? "D"D
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Posts: 4321 | From: Chesapeake Beach, Md 20732 U.S.A.
gashmore
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Member # 1638
posted 10-31-2001 03:30 PM
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I vote Tilley. I have two. A dress one and a working one. I wore the dress one to Annapolis last year and Alex got after me for not keeping my hat clean. This year I wore my working Tilley just to show him what a REAL dirty hat looks like.
BTW, a Tilley doesn't really fit right until after the third washing.
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Posts: 263 | From: Macon, GA
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-31-2001 04:40 PM
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Why settle for a cheap $60 dollar Tilley when one can get a $500 (decimal point correctly placed) panama?
7 3/8 Paladin, exclusive of the point, why?
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Ian Wright
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Member # 711
posted 10-31-2001 05:38 PM
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quote:
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Originally posted by NormMessinger:
But don't you think this is more me?
--Norm
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/stacey-adams-567-sm.gif
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It's been done Norm,,, Jon Wainwright, East Coast OGA Sec bought a bankrupt undertakers stock and issued top hats as crew uniform. Impressive to see his boat Deva, awash like a half tide rock, carrying full sail and winning a very windy race,,,,,
Ian
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Posts: 1729 | From: Peterborough, UK
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 10-31-2001 05:42 PM
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Hey, let's keep the headgear appropriate to wooden boating, okay?
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/viking-horns.gif
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
J. Dillon
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Member # 650
posted 10-31-2001 05:57 PM
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Shang,
Actually the vikings never wore horned helmits. It's a myth perpetuated by R.Wagner operas.
Where can I get an Astrolabe ? Looks like a progressive instrument ?
JD
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Posts: 2458 | From: Hamden CT USA
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 10-31-2001 06:01 PM
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Found several astrolabe sites on the web, including one which prints plans to make an astrolabe out of paper. Don't have the URL's handy, but lots came up on www.google.com (http://www.google.com)
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
jack grebe
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Member # 2960
posted 10-31-2001 06:03 PM
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I always thought the Vikings wore purple helmet with horns painted on the side.
oops wrong Vikings.......must be football season.
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Posts: 1023 | From: jersey....for the summer
paladin
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Member # 2645
posted 10-31-2001 07:30 PM
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O.K. Norm.....I had your mailing address...please send it by email and maybe Santa will bring you something early.....
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Posts: 4321 | From: Chesapeake Beach, Md 20732 U.S.A.
John B
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Member # 2113
posted 10-31-2001 07:59 PM
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Well I don't know I'm sure. You tell me. There's always one in the bunch.
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Posts: 5154 | From: Auckland, N.Z.
PatCassidy
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Member # 713
posted 11-01-2001 10:40 AM
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I highly recommend my hat that was manufactured by Watership Trading Company.
http://www.watership.com/
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Posts: 370 | From: Los Angeles
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 11-01-2001 11:32 AM
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I presume your hat to be the Vinyard Haven, Pat. It's not bad. A little less yuppy (with respect only to those on this forum who have them) than the Tilley.
On the other hand I sat stark right up in bed last night when I remembered the prefect bonnett from my old vollunteer fireman days. It'll shed water off the back of my neck like a So'wester, it'll offer a bit of shade, and best, it'll protected against that accidental gype.
What d' ya think?
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Boyd
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Member # 3567
posted 11-01-2001 11:36 AM
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Looks great, Slick.
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Posts: 147 | From: Baltimore, MD
ken mcclure
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Member # 2957
posted 11-01-2001 11:47 AM
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Norm, I thought you had shaved that mustache.
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Posts: 4935 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 11-01-2001 04:46 PM
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Aren't you sorry you asked.
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
B. Burnside
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Member # 1130
posted 11-02-2001 01:56 AM
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That hat Bruce Taylor posted way back... I thought it looked like the ones Snow White's seven dwarves wore. Never occurred to me before: Big hat little... legs?
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Posts: 406 | From: Sidney, B.C., Canada
Bruce Taylor
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Member # 2142
posted 11-02-2001 08:02 AM
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Ah, I see where you're going with this. Short legs, big...well, you might be on to something. And there were seven of them! Quite a menage.
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Posts: 5059 | From: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
cs
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Member # 2910
posted 11-02-2001 08:21 AM
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Hey Norm:
The ultimate sailing hat has to be the Wooden Boat stonewashed ball cap
Chad
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Posts: 7071 | From: Chattanooga, TN
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 11-02-2001 08:48 AM
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Ya but someone beat me to it before I even knew there was a contest. But that's okay, I got a book. Wanna trade?
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-30-2001 03:01 PM
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I have something like this in mind.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1625000/images/_1628451_sherrif_bbc150.jpgjpg.jpg
I suppose I'll have to go to Texas or Calgary.
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Bruce Taylor
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Member # 2142
posted 10-30-2001 04:02 PM
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I dunno...I think I see you in one of these:
http://www.islandmadness.com/images/stupidhats/pon_pirate.jpg
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Posts: 5059 | From: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
Bob Cleek
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Member # 1211
posted 10-30-2001 04:35 PM
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Neither one of 'em would be worth a hoot in a blow, particularly the cowboy hat. As they say here out West, "Big hat, little..."
For my money, a decent sailing hat has to have two contradictory features. First, it has to shield you from the sun all around, but second, you have to be able to look upward to check the set of your sails without wrenching your neck! The only thing for it is a hat with a snap up brim. You can snap up the brim and look upward and then snap it down to keep the sunburn off your nose. The best hat I ever had with those qualities got worn to the point of uselessness and I've never found another one around here. It was a French Foreign Legion campaign hat I found in a surplus store once. It was made of denim and was sort of a "cowboy" hat style, but the denim was stitched in a conical pattern around the brim and top to give it some body. There was a gripper on the right side, like the Aussie campaign hats, to get it out of the way when shooting. (I guess there aren't any left handed shooters in the French Foreign Legion.) The front of the brim would snap up well and stay there. It had a good chin strap to keep it on in a blow and it dried off well when wet. Somebody makes a canvas sailing hat that you can by at WasteMarine, but it has a roped brim and they don't snap up worth a toot. One thing's for sure about sailing hats, they aren't the place to make a fashion statement!
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Posts: 2700 | From: San Francisco Bay
bud
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Member # 3624
posted 10-30-2001 04:41 PM
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Comin' back!
Oysters tonight!
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Posts: 651 | From: Free Union VA USA
phuffstatler
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Member # 3650
posted 10-30-2001 04:42 PM
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www.tilley.com (http://www.tilley.com)
They are the best.
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Posts: 41 | From: Austin, TX 78745
Ed Harrow
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Member # 1235
posted 10-30-2001 04:58 PM
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You can get this from Lee Valley:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?page=10288&category=2,42407,33245&abspage=1&ccurrency=2&SID=
Who just happen to sell the best work pants (supplication pants) I've ever worn:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?page=33235&category=2%2C42407&SID=&ccurrency=2
The gardner's pants, not shorts.
Guarantee you'll love them both.
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Posts: 5877 | From: Woodville, MA USA
Ian Wright
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Member # 711
posted 10-30-2001 05:09 PM
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Another vote for www.tilley.com (http://www.tilley.com)
,,,,,,but if you feel the need for a real as worn by the Royal Yacht Squadron types then a cap, with white summer cover, from Gieves and Hawkes, No 1 Savill Row, London. will do at around £110.
,,,,,,, or a Scottish tweed farmers cap for £15 keeps my thinning scalp warm and dry(ish). AND it does well for country walks,,,,,
IanW.
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Posts: 1729 | From: Peterborough, UK
paladin
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Member # 2645
posted 10-30-2001 05:15 PM
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don't even consider anything except a genuine Alex Tilley. I still have my first autographed one from 1981 and it has lot's of character. You can get them with wide or narrow brims and will protect the back of your neck and the forehead and nose from the sun....and they float.......
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Posts: 4321 | From: Chesapeake Beach, Md 20732 U.S.A.
Nicholas Carey
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Member # 2931
posted 10-30-2001 06:38 PM
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Actually, Black Diamond Sou'wester is the One True sailing hat. Especially, "The Texan":
Made in the Maritimes (Newfoundland?) with Canadian persnicityness. They also make the more traditional Sou'wester as well.
Beautiful hats. Heavy rubber (not plastic), lined with heavy flannel. Silly looking, but extremely practical 'Elmer Fudd'-style ear flaps.
http://www.localaccess.com/rainwear/hats.htm
Unfortunately, Black Diamond appears to have gone the Way of All Flesh.
--
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Posts: 2916 | From: Seattle, WA USA
PatCassidy
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Member # 713
posted 10-30-2001 06:47 PM
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I really enjoy these boating threads. Maybe they wil catch on!
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Posts: 370 | From: Los Angeles
Bruce Taylor
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Member # 2142
posted 10-30-2001 06:58 PM
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Bob's got a point. Big hat, small...well anyway, this hat offers full protection and it won't come off in a (he he) blow:
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Posts: 5059 | From: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
Terry Etapa
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Member # 2871
posted 10-30-2001 09:23 PM
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Having suffered a few sunburns, in an area formally covered with hair, SWMBO talked me into a hat from Watership (then, made fun of the one I chose). I think they make a good product. Their URL is below:
http://www.watership.com/
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Posts: 213 | From: Seattle, WA, USA
ken mcclure
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Member # 2957
posted 10-30-2001 10:30 PM
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ROTFLMAOKTD at Bruce. Lucky I didn't have coffee in my mouth. The splatter shield wasn't up!
Yet another vote for Tilley. But don't bother with the underwear - they're like a cheap hotel.
(Sheesh! Not even a misspelling that time - dropped an entire word!)
[This message has been edited by kwmcclure (edited 10-30-2001).]
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Posts: 4935 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA
John B
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Member # 2113
posted 10-30-2001 11:06 PM
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A cheap hotel? what? Draughty. No security, bad neighbours, too much noise, thin walls , no off street parking, what ?
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Posts: 5154 | From: Auckland, N.Z.
Wild Dingo
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Member # 3458
posted 10-30-2001 11:25 PM
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geeez I lost it there!!! had to clean the coffee bacon and egg (late breakfast for me) of the computer before I could do this... Now this is what Misc is about!!!... but its not really practical for anything else but a head wind is it Bruce?
I maintain my love of the Akubra with the clip on the side however as Bob says its a pain in the neck when looking skyward... so a quick flick of the wrist and shes off a quick squizz up the mast see that alls well another flick of the wrist and shes back on!!
I was given a fold up job last Christmas sort of thing you scrunch up into a little ball and toss in its bag when not in use... was okay full fold up brim with a dangly bit for the neck but the fold up wouldnt stay up when I wanted it to and if a snifter of wind blew I wore the damn brim... so it met a wet end.
Take it easy
Shane
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Posts: 7474 | From: United States of Australia!! well purdy soon will be pardner yeeflaminhaw!
Frank Hagan
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Member # 2515
posted 10-30-2001 11:36 PM
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I like the Tilly hats also, but they are a bit pricey, and they didn't fit quite as well as the Henschel hat I found:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/henschel-aussie-breezer-4-inch-sm.gif
Village Hat Shop has them for $35, but I found mine in a sailing shop at Downtown Disney in California for $25. What a deal! And they come in XL sizes for fatheads like me.
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Posts: 449 | From: Oxnard, CA USA
ken mcclure
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Member # 2957
posted 10-31-2001 01:33 AM
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quote:
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Originally posted by John B:
A cheap hotel? what? ...
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No ballroom.
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Posts: 4935 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Ben Fuller
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Member # 1027
posted 10-31-2001 08:45 AM
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Best cheap sailing hat that I have found was designed in the 60's. Fellow vets will remember the boony hat. Brim is just long enough for sun protection and not too long to keep you from looking up. Tilley is an expensive knock off with a brim that is too long. Boonie hats can be had in various colors now, from your local or electronic mil supply store. The sand is relatively unthreatening, but recommend tiger stripe if you are a hard core racer. Kind of gets you in the mood. If you want it to float stick a piece of ensolite in the top but that is what the chin strap is for.
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Posts: 243 | From: Cushing, Maine
cs
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Member # 2910
posted 10-31-2001 08:58 AM
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What about a Charlie One Horse straw hat?
http://www.countrycalendar.com/Country_Store/hats/h_straw/02_petty.htm
You can even get one like Richard Petty's. They can be pricey though as much as $155 for straw.
Chad
ps. You can even get a calvary hat with or without a bullet hole in it.
http://www.countrycalendar.com/Country_Store/hats/h_straw/08/cavalry.jpeg
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Posts: 7071 | From: Chattanooga, TN
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-31-2001 09:29 AM
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Well, okay. It looks like I'll either need to find a boony hat or the Tilley T-2.
But don't you think this is more me?
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/stacey-adams-567-sm.gif
It's sorta go with Charlie One Horse for when the wind gets up.
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
John Teetsel
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Member # 3412
posted 10-31-2001 09:41 AM
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Chad,
Here's your basic issue Cav hat. Obviously meant to be worn in a bar, not a blow.
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Posts: 2184 | From: Phoenix, AZ
Earl Hall
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Member # 4008
posted 10-31-2001 10:09 AM
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I vote for Tilley. Two things that haven't been mentioned about that hat. When it gets wet the brim stiffens, as opposed to the look-alikes which end up with a soggy brim slumping down around your face. The other thing is the tie strap system which goes under the chin and behind the head to hold it from coming off in a following wind. I have two Tilleys and had two others that were made offshore and are somewhat similar. No comparison!!
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Posts: 8 | From: Delta, B.C., Canada
Ian McColgin
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Member # 32
posted 10-31-2001 10:13 AM
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I most like the "Atlantic Roll-up" by Quaker Marine, especially in summer. It's on the general model of the european fishing hat in it's many subtly different incarnations, from Brettan to Greek, and I do like for winter my woolly Brettan hat.
I do have a Tilley that mostly my Dad wears for sun protection. Not having (yet) joined him as a melanoma survivor, I preferr a hat with a brim just big enough to give a little eye relief but not so big that I have to work too hard to see the sails. I also don't like big brims that flap around and catch the wind.
Speaking of which, as one with a head that positivly sheds hats, here's a way to improve the fisherman's cap model. Get rid of the disfunctional brim band and go back the evolutionary scale to what it was meant to be - a chin strap. In essence you start the strap at one rivit, come around above the brim to such a length as just about reaches the other rivit. Also have a strap starting from that other rivit. Essentially you want each loose end to embrace the other strap - if string you can use taughtline hitches, if straps, a nicely stitched tab snugly holding the strap will do it. This is easily slid slack, run over the chin and snubbed up and won't catch your beard.
G'luck
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Posts: 7589 | From: Hyannis, MA, USA
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-31-2001 11:30 AM
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Then there is always duck tape, the habadasher's secret weapon.
Gotta go....
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Ed Harrow
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Member # 1235
posted 10-31-2001 12:31 PM
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Well, Norm, before you sign on the dotted line for the Tillie, the Lee Valley gardner's hat that I have has each and every feature highlighted in favor of the Tillie, plus (and this is really important, I bet, where you go sailing) it has bug screen in the vent holes! No mossies targeting your tender scalp.
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Posts: 5877 | From: Woodville, MA USA
Don Olney
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Member # 1617
posted 10-31-2001 01:00 PM
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Norm, How about this one?
Or how about an oiled one?
http://www.johngrahamandco.co.uk
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Posts: 1224 | From: 40 North 52, 73 West 26
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 10-31-2001 02:50 PM
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Why be half safe?
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
paladin
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Member # 2645
posted 10-31-2001 03:11 PM
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Norm...how fat is your head?...er...uh..let me rephrase that....what size hat do you wear? "D"D
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Posts: 4321 | From: Chesapeake Beach, Md 20732 U.S.A.
gashmore
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Member # 1638
posted 10-31-2001 03:30 PM
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I vote Tilley. I have two. A dress one and a working one. I wore the dress one to Annapolis last year and Alex got after me for not keeping my hat clean. This year I wore my working Tilley just to show him what a REAL dirty hat looks like.
BTW, a Tilley doesn't really fit right until after the third washing.
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Posts: 263 | From: Macon, GA
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 10-31-2001 04:40 PM
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Why settle for a cheap $60 dollar Tilley when one can get a $500 (decimal point correctly placed) panama?
7 3/8 Paladin, exclusive of the point, why?
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Ian Wright
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Member # 711
posted 10-31-2001 05:38 PM
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quote:
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Originally posted by NormMessinger:
But don't you think this is more me?
--Norm
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/stacey-adams-567-sm.gif
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It's been done Norm,,, Jon Wainwright, East Coast OGA Sec bought a bankrupt undertakers stock and issued top hats as crew uniform. Impressive to see his boat Deva, awash like a half tide rock, carrying full sail and winning a very windy race,,,,,
Ian
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Posts: 1729 | From: Peterborough, UK
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 10-31-2001 05:42 PM
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Hey, let's keep the headgear appropriate to wooden boating, okay?
http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/viking-horns.gif
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
J. Dillon
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Member # 650
posted 10-31-2001 05:57 PM
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Shang,
Actually the vikings never wore horned helmits. It's a myth perpetuated by R.Wagner operas.
Where can I get an Astrolabe ? Looks like a progressive instrument ?
JD
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Posts: 2458 | From: Hamden CT USA
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 10-31-2001 06:01 PM
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Found several astrolabe sites on the web, including one which prints plans to make an astrolabe out of paper. Don't have the URL's handy, but lots came up on www.google.com (http://www.google.com)
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
jack grebe
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Member # 2960
posted 10-31-2001 06:03 PM
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I always thought the Vikings wore purple helmet with horns painted on the side.
oops wrong Vikings.......must be football season.
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Posts: 1023 | From: jersey....for the summer
paladin
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Member # 2645
posted 10-31-2001 07:30 PM
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O.K. Norm.....I had your mailing address...please send it by email and maybe Santa will bring you something early.....
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Posts: 4321 | From: Chesapeake Beach, Md 20732 U.S.A.
John B
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Member # 2113
posted 10-31-2001 07:59 PM
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Well I don't know I'm sure. You tell me. There's always one in the bunch.
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Posts: 5154 | From: Auckland, N.Z.
PatCassidy
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Member # 713
posted 11-01-2001 10:40 AM
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I highly recommend my hat that was manufactured by Watership Trading Company.
http://www.watership.com/
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Posts: 370 | From: Los Angeles
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 11-01-2001 11:32 AM
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I presume your hat to be the Vinyard Haven, Pat. It's not bad. A little less yuppy (with respect only to those on this forum who have them) than the Tilley.
On the other hand I sat stark right up in bed last night when I remembered the prefect bonnett from my old vollunteer fireman days. It'll shed water off the back of my neck like a So'wester, it'll offer a bit of shade, and best, it'll protected against that accidental gype.
What d' ya think?
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....
Boyd
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Member # 3567
posted 11-01-2001 11:36 AM
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Looks great, Slick.
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Posts: 147 | From: Baltimore, MD
ken mcclure
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Member # 2957
posted 11-01-2001 11:47 AM
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Norm, I thought you had shaved that mustache.
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Posts: 4935 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Shang
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Member # 2329
posted 11-01-2001 04:46 PM
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Aren't you sorry you asked.
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Posts: 3122 | From: Nevada, MO USA
B. Burnside
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Member # 1130
posted 11-02-2001 01:56 AM
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That hat Bruce Taylor posted way back... I thought it looked like the ones Snow White's seven dwarves wore. Never occurred to me before: Big hat little... legs?
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Posts: 406 | From: Sidney, B.C., Canada
Bruce Taylor
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Member # 2142
posted 11-02-2001 08:02 AM
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Ah, I see where you're going with this. Short legs, big...well, you might be on to something. And there were seven of them! Quite a menage.
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Posts: 5059 | From: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
cs
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Member # 2910
posted 11-02-2001 08:21 AM
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Hey Norm:
The ultimate sailing hat has to be the Wooden Boat stonewashed ball cap
Chad
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Posts: 7071 | From: Chattanooga, TN
NormMessinger
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Member # 1207
posted 11-02-2001 08:48 AM
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Ya but someone beat me to it before I even knew there was a contest. But that's okay, I got a book. Wanna trade?
--Norm
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Posts: 9757 | From: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Terra , Sol, Milky Way....