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Good point, give them some feedback on their website. Steve Cockerills a reasonable bloke and would accept any criticism on their product range for women. Without us punters buying stuff he'd be out of business.

It's surprising where you find some really good gear. We have a Cotswold Rock Bottom outlet shop in Betws Y Coed, they have loads of canoeing clothing, makes I'm unfamiliar with but I've had several pairs of wet boots, gloves, hats etc at bargain prices from them.

Let us know how you get on finding suitable clothing, especially for ladies. I'd like my wife to come out on the cat for a fun sail but she hasn't any of her own gear, not even a buoyancy aid.

Kevin
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Kevin Parvin wrote:Good point, give them some feedback on their website. Steve Cockerills a reasonable bloke and would accept any criticism on their product range for women. Without us punters buying stuff he'd be out of business.

I will. This is always something of a catch 22. Currently sales for women are probably low which makes it an expensive/risky proposition to develop clothing and marketing for them. However, until women can get stuff that is comfy and suits their needs (for example they often provide easy ways for men to go to the loo but not for women) not many will want to get involved.

Kevin Parvin wrote:It's surprising where you find some really good gear. We have a Cotswold Rock Bottom outlet shop in Betws Y Coed, they have loads of canoeing clothing, makes I'm unfamiliar with but I've had several pairs of wet boots, gloves, hats etc at bargain prices from them.

Yep. For those of us who are not planning Olympic racing the very specialist stuff is much more expensive and often not needed.

Kevin Parvin wrote:Let us know how you get on finding suitable clothing, especially for ladies. I'd like my wife to come out on the cat for a fun sail but she hasn't any of her own gear, not even a buoyancy aid.

Will do, most of our sailing is going to be fun rather than serious racing. The Sprint 15 was chosen as the best suited to sailing together of all the boats we can lift onto our car roof. As we are close to the max weight limit we are not planning to set any speed sailing records and at least it means we don't have to hike too hard

So far we got Jane a shorty wetsuit from Trespass in Falmouth who were closing down and me a shorty from Trago Mills. Under £30 each. Will be adding some shorts on top to protect them, some boots and spray/windproof top. Then looking at long john/jane. Decathlon have a long Jane and matching long sleeve top but the Rooster looks like much higher quality materials for not a lot more money.

Dave


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