We were talking about this before going out racing last night. Two of us had Gill gloves simply disintegrate during the Mac this year, and my college-age son says that when he was racing 420s in high school the whole team swore off Gill forever. He was wearing an ancient pair of Ronstans that were still in great condition after multiple seasons. Impressive.
From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 5:25 PM To: Dennis C.; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Sailing gloves Dennis -- I only use gloves when sailing if I need to keep my hands warm, so I don't have much experience with this; but I've used a bunch of these from time to time at work, and they seem to be quite a good value for the money: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-25ecodZ5yc1v/R-202021235/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=firm+grip&storeId=10051&superSkuId=202892938#.UCLmf0SUhoo I'd be curious to know how the waterproof version holds up -- might be nice to have some on the boat: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202021234/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=firm+grip&storeId=10051#.UCLm90SUhoo FWIW... Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Aug 8, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Dennis C. wrote: I was sorting through Touche's glove locker over the weekend. Over the years, I've accumulated all manner of gloves. On inspection, the ones that seemed to be in the best shape were the old Trophy brand goatskin? gloves from my catamaran days. They seemed to be in the best shape. The Harken Black Magic and Gill "hi tech" grippy gloves seemed to have the worst wear. What's the list finding for good gloves? Anyone use Atlas sailing gloves? Henri Lloyd? Gill Pro gloves? Musto? Zimco? Five Oceans? Victory? Ronstan? NRS? Zhic? How about Dakine brand gloves? I use them for snowboarding. They make sailing gloves now. Cheap Home Depot gloves with the fingers cut down? I saw one reference to Ergodyne Proflex framer's gloves. They actually look like they'd make a pretty good sailing glove. :)
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