"Roger Long" wrote:

I like wearing baseball caps when not spending long periods in intense
sun (then, it's my big floppy canvas sailing hat, I always know which
way to put it on because the mildew goes on the right) but the
frequency with which they blow off is maddening. It makes for great
MOB practice and I'm proud to say I've never left one behind. I also
have a fair collection from boats I've designed, Titanic Expeditions,
etc.

My constant running and boat maneuvering to retrieve wayward caps has
given me a bit of a complex. I can't recall ever in my life seeing
someone else lose theirs. I've suspected for years that there might
be something strange about the shape of my head and I suddenly
realized that this photo from my recent cruise confirms it.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/06C23.htm

What do you think? Do I need to retire my collection of caps? Was
there never any hope of my being a professional ball player, aside
from not being able to hit, catch, or run?

If your hats blow off, please let me know, I'll feel much better.

I don't wear baseball caps except a CSY logo one at boat shows or
similar venues to identify myself to other CSY owners. I feel that
in general baseball caps are pretty useless for the purpose of keeping
the sun off of a person, with the possible exception of the Cape Cod
type hats which have the EXTRA long bill - my dad used to wear those.

All the hats I wear have chin straps because otherwise I have to keep
grabbing them to keep them from blowing off. To date (knock wood),
I've never lost one overboard.

Bob wears bbcaps all the time, but mostly ashore or in the cockpit
which is enclosed. AFAIK he hasn't lost any overboard either. Being
of the male pattern baldness tribe, he has more need to cover the top
of his head than I do (yet anyway).


grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html