Wow... The internet's crawling with porn and all kinds of other interesting stuff and you guys are using valuable bandwidth to discuss which sunglasses are the most 'Star Trek' ;-)
My $0.02 on this. 1. There are lots of good sunglasses. 2. Expensive ones generally are better than cheap ones but a $300 pair won't make you see noticeably better than a $100 pair will. Nor will they get you laid more frequently. (Maui Jim fans will likely dispute both these assertions) 3. I use cheap glasses as well as expensive glasses. The former work ok, but the frames are often flimsy and it doesn't take long for the plastic lenses to get scratched up in a saltwater environment. I like to have at least one pair of "good" glasses and one or two cheap ones while afloat. 4. On a boat, non-polarised lenses are a waste of time - regardless of price. Learn to deal with the 'instrument issue' that comes with polarised lenses. 5. Your personal characteristics are important. For instance lots of people like Oakleys, but I can't wear them as they sit too close to my face and not enough air gets in behind. Then they fog up. RayBans work way better for me. (But, I usually use a pair of Oakley-style cheapos when I'm in the Caribbean and I wear them while swimming as they don't fall off in the water) Cheers Colin On 7/22/13, jtsails <jtsai...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have tried at least a 100 different brands of sunglasses because I live in > the south and have VERY light sensitive eyes! The hands-down best boating > sunglasses I have ever owned were Vuarnet's with their Nautilux lens! They > are polarized and have a triple gradient (darker at the top and bottom, > lighter in the middle). Unfortunately for me, I now require prescription > len's for good distance vision. Almost all of the prescription sunglasses > that I have tried have a ton of distortion from the curved lens or they just > plain suck! I have found an alternative that is working out pretty good > though. If you have to have prescription sunglasses, then check out > www.nyxsportsglasses.com and click on the link for prescription lens'. The > corrective lens' are separate from the sunglass lens and snap in and out. > You can get many different lens' of different darknesses and polarized or > not. Even if you don't need the corrective lens, the glasses are pretty good > and not overly expensive. > > James > Delaney > C&C 38 MKII > Oriental, NC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edd Schillay > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 2:21 PM > Subject: Stus-List Sailing Sunglasses Recommendations > > > Listers, > > > I'm seeking recommendations for a good set of sailing sunglasses. I know > Ronstan, Gill and a few others make some good polarized sets and was > interested in hearing about which ones you like or dislike. > > > I prefer something with blue lenses, polarized and has good coverage to > block glare from water reflection too. > > > And if it's something that looks like it belongs in the 23rd Century, then > all the better :-) > > > > > All the best, > > > Edd > > > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
