Buyers Guides
Purchasing Technical Sailing Clothing can be a daunting prospect. With so many brands and product designs, together with changes in technology, it can be confusing and hard to keep up! We provide a selection of detailed and updated buying guides to cover each of the main areas of sailingwear.
Meeting Individual Requirements
We cover everything from sailing jackets and marine footwear to those all important Lifejackets. We explain the choice of fabrics available, the pros and cons of all the varying designs and recommend to you the best products on the market. Our expert assistance should help you to find the perfect garments to meet your requirements.
Technical Fabrics
Technical Fabrics
The world of sailing has evolved rapidly throughout the centuries, never more so than in recent decades with the advent of new materials both in the design of the vessels themselves as well as essential seafaring clothing. Contemporary fabrics have afforded the modern sailor a greater degree of warmth and comfort when out on the open seas. Offering greater resistance to the elements whilst also allowing skin to breathe, sailing clothing has come along way since the days of dense oilskin smocks.
Technical Fabrics for Modern Sailing Clothing
There is no shortage of specialist pieces of sailing clothing, each with their own unique properties, to keep you dry and at a comfortable temperature throughout. Windproof fabrics are purposely designed for resisting all strengths of wind, which when you're out on the open water and conditions can range anywhere from a soft breeze to a gale force squall can be a god send. The wind is deflected away from the body thanks to the densely compacted material; but unlike traditional fabrics, these allow the body to breathe and release moisture to keep you warm and better still, not drenched in sweat.
Full Weatherproofing Properties
Full weatherproofing provides exceptional coverage in all conditions, so if you're caught out in torrential rain and gales at least your body will remain untouched by the harsh conditions. As with a lot of modern fabrics used in sailing clothes, weatherproofing is often accompanied by other properties, including moisture wicking technology and breathable membranes - often produced from Gore-Tex.
To find out exactly what each type of technical fabric can offer, what clothing is available and which manufacturers produce them be sure to look at all of the articles in this section. You can discover how the moisture wicking technology works, or even how materials allow your skin to breathe without allowing rain and sea water to pass through.
