Sailing wear
Sailing clothes, isolated also called oilskins, sports and leisure sailors used to protect against weather conditions (moisture, humidity, cold ) and spray on board a sailing boat or ship. It is specially tailored to the requirements of sailing.
Cut and dry
The synthetic fiber textiles used are usually worked tough ( tear ) and robust, breathable and designed for safety color conspicuous. The suits are two-part rule, the jacket overlaps the pants. The sleeves and trouser ends have lockable frets. Some two-piece suits can be connected with a zipper. Due to the close connection between the jacket and the pants a higher water resistance and insulation is achieved, further, the comfort is increased. All sailors jackets are equipped with a front zipper which is covered with a strip. Furthermore, the seams are usually sealed and equipped with a drawstring for the waist. The most elaborate processing takes place at the offshore suits, which are designed for deep sea shipping.
Carrying method
The selected clothing varies in practice and depends on the weather, the climate and the type of sailing from (Sports, Leisure, single, etc.). Furthermore, the clothing of the crew depends on the instructions of the skipper.
Since sailor suits are never thermally insulated, at least one additional layer textile to be worn underneath. Sailing clothes is not necessary when the weather is nice, here everyday clothing is usually sufficient. If work is to perform on deck, gloves and shoes, however, for safety reasons ( slipping, personal injury) are recommended. In the summer, a good protection against sunburn is essential because the open horizon and the mirrored water amplify the solar radiation significantly, by the constant wind, the heat radiation is, however, felt smaller than it is.
Outer garments
The garment consists of a splash-resistant, often almost knee-length jacket with eyelets for the harness at waist level. Standard is also a high collar and a customizable using the drawstring hood of the head shape, which is ideally at eye level right and left of a transparent member. High-priced models are equipped with reflector applications and possibly inflated when the wearer falls overboard.
Trousers
Pants in the sailing clothing are usually long leg, splash-proof and equipped with suspenders. They are often as dungarees cut high to prevent water from entering between your pants and shirt.
Footwear
Sailor shoes are slip resistant and have to protect the ship's deck a non-marking sole. Shoe molds are shoes, classically with linen as upper material, or rubber boots. On many ships there for safety reasons ( risk of slipping ) even in beautiful weather footwear must be worn.
Gloves
Important to protect your hands from blisters and are sailing gloves, which are traditionally made of leather. The rough bottom surface also serves to grip the Anholen and lots of sharing to Running Good.
Clothing for sports and dinghy sailing
Since when dinghy sailing or in general the sporty sailing is a much closer contact is added to the water, it was due to ride out the Vorschoters or by the more frequent case of non Keel- stabilized boats capsizing, here is often resorted to clothing, and extracted from the area wetsuit comes. Usual are often one-or two-piece wetsuits; or special dry suits with sleeves, leg cuff and neck seals. This equipment can be supplemented by wind jackets, hoods, boots and gloves as well as in the case of dry suits also by warming underwear.
Manufacturer
On the world market are major manufacturers
- Helly Hansen ASA ( Moss, Norway)
- PRORAINER ( Tah Hsin Industrial Corp.. , Taipei, Taiwan)
- Jeantex ( Rellingen, Germany )
- MARINEPOOL ( Planegg, OT Martinsried, Germany )
- MUSTO ( Laindon, UK)
- Douglas Gill / Gill Marine ( Long Eaton, United Kingdom)
- Henri- Lloyd ( Worsley, United Kingdom)
- Vaude (Tettnang, Germany )