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Get the Cold Wet
Facts About Winter Sailing
“How
you feel about
wintertime is largely dependant on how good a job you do of keeping yourself
warm.
It's a modest ambition -wanting to stay warm.
But it is very important to your wintertime morale.”
Anon |
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Chilling wind, rain and
perspiration can lead to life threatening drop in body temperature but before
that you
if we understand why we get
cold
we will be able to protect ourselves and youngsters from the misery and dangers
Effects
of cold on the human body.
As the body begins to lose heat
faster than producing heat it reacts by trying to reduce the rate of heat loss,
by restricting the circulation in the surface of the skin.
You begin to feel the cold.
Continued heat loss, blood flow
to the extremities will be reduced, giving you a sort of numbness and a
reduction in coordination, strength and control,
"I'm so cold my fingers are stiff."
Continued exposure closes down
more systems, the blood temperature throughout the body is reduced and the brain
is affected.
Getting dangerous
FACTS
about “How We Loose Heat”
Water conducts heat away from
the body 25 times faster than air.
Wind removes heat from you, the greater the wind speed, the faster we lose body
heat.
Most body heat is lost through the head.
Heat is lost if there is no insulation.
Q. How to Dress for
Winter Sailing?
A. Think Trident -
experienced in Keeping Sailors Warm and Dry !
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Wear a Trident Drysuit,
keep the water and wind out
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Wear Trident Thermal
System under the drysuit to trap and keep your heat - the layers wick to
keep your skin dry from perspiration
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Head - wear a Trident
Snug Hat (remember to take it off if you are getting too hot)
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Neck - a lot of heat
can be lost through the neck due to the large amount of vascular movement -
see our Turtle Neck Thermal Layer & the
Neck Warmer
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Hands - difficult -
need to keep protected and yet maintain dexterity - check our Trident Winter
Gloves - and the Super Stretch Gloves although do not have good durability and
gripping characteristics
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Feet - latex socks on
Trident Drysuits ensures there is no restriction of the blood flow to the
feet, don’t wear tight socks for the same reason, thermal socks and Trident’s
5mm Neoprene Sailing Boots provide a good thermal system for the feet.
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see
descriptions of kit we recommend
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