Bart Senior wrote:
Topsiders. Slip them on when you need them and take them
off when you don't.

I've owned 3 pairs of them, each a different brand, and hated every
singke one of them. They slide on a wet drck where regular canvas
deck shoes don't. I like the deck shoes that look just like the Keds
we wore when we were kids, white with heavy soles and canvas tops.
Lands End makes a very good pair...and cheap at $24.

Bare feet are also good for feeling lines under your feet.

I hate stepping on lines with shoes on...they do the rolly thing.
Worse yet is the electric cord...I almost flipped myself off the
boat on that once. If you step on a line in your bare feet it just
sort of accomodates itslef into your flesh.


"Maxprop" wrote
"katy" wrote

John Cairns wrote:
http://sailing.about.com/od/gearequi.../deckshoes.htm

I would add, if you have flat feet, as I do, an extended period of
sailing+barefeet=extremely sore, painfully sore ankles, when going
ashore.

John Cairns
Maxprop can tell you exactly why sailors should wear shoes....
But I still sail barefoot.

Max