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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

Chilling wind, rain and perspiration can lead to life threatening drop in body temperature but before that you

  • feel miserable

  • don’t perform to best

  • don’t enjoy  what you are doing

 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  !

  • Wear a Trident Drysuit, keep the water and wind out

  • Wear Trident Thermal System under the drysuit to trap and keep your heat - the layers wick to keep your skin dry from perspiration

  • Head - wear a Trident Snug Hat (remember to take it off if you are getting too hot)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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