Clothes Worn & Taken To Sea

Clothes Worn, Taken And Recomended For The Sea 

I have a few different boating outfits, all for different types of boating and weather. Before buying any sea clothes or putting your marine clothes on, you should consider the following. What are you going to be doing e.g. wave jumping, cruising or just relaxing and swimming and what the weather is going to most likely be like when you go boating, before you go and buy any expensive marine clothes or boating jackets. The marine outfits I wear and recommend are:

Dry Suit, With Thermals, 190N Crewsaver Lifejacket, Gecko Helmet And Rock Typhoon Boots

This is my favourite boating outfit but also the most expensive costing around £500-£550, i usually wear this when it is cold and raining, or when cruising for a long time, this boating wear set up is for hardcore weather, although i did wear this (without the helmet) once on a warm, sunny, flat day, i wasn't overly hot, but i did go swimming to cool down!) 

Warning: Never dive in to the sea head first with a dry suit on, the air is liable to rush to your feet and legs, and hold you upside down in the water (you would then obviously not be able to breath)

Tip 1: It would be best to wear a 190N lifejacket with a dry suit as this gives a little more buoyancy and stability with the sagging dry suit. 

Tip 2: This is an expensive Marine outfit but to save a bit of money you can get a lot of this second hand from places and sites like ebay.com but make sure the quality and standard is good and make sure the seals are not broke on the dry suit.

Inshore Suit, With Thermals, Waders, Wooly Hat And Musto Gloves

Was a personal favourite until i had the boating outfit above. I found this Marine outfit very warm and water proof and did the purpose well, except, if you forgot to put on extra socks, your feet could be incredibly cold and when you get a bit of spray it goes down your collar and down your neck, not a nice feeling. But still reasonably good sea clothes. Also a good point about this boating outfit, is there are many types of inshore suit from many different manufactures' e.g. musto and gill to name a few, these manufactures' price their suits and clothes from just £170 up to around £700. Usually a good boating jacket can cost £130-£170 with matching salopettes at around £80-£120.