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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.


Roger, my reply is not as interesting as the others. I buy hat clips and
have never lost a cap overboard. Usually, my caps are enough. I wear my
Tilley only when there is no wind and too much sun or it is raining
hard. The hat clips are usually on the same displays as Croakies and
have a clip on each end.

Harlan

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Harlan Lachman wrote:
: "Roger Long" wrote:
: I like wearing baseball caps ... but the
: frequency with which they blow off is maddening.
: I buy hat clips and have never lost a cap overboard.

I just make them out of two acco-style binder clips
and a piece of string (choose your favorite hitch).
A few have still gone overboard -- with both clips
still on the hat (no known solution for that).
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:50:14 +0000 (UTC), John F
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: I like wearing baseball caps ... but the
: frequency with which they blow off is maddening.


I don't lose nearly as many hats as I used to when we were racing, but
the solution that worked best at that time was to tie a loop of sail
repair twine through the strap on the back of the hat. The other end
of the twine had a loop secured to my sunglasses croakie/whatever.

Never lost a hat (or sunglasses) with that setup.

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I'm glad to have started a discussion about an important aspect of
seamanship but everyone is taking my original post way too seriously

I'm glad to hear though that other people have their baseball caps
blow off often enough to have to resort to the methods described here.

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Better to lose the hat than the head ...

Just a thought ... why did the Pirates wear those "pirate" hats? Was that
just a popular hat of the time?

Always wondered about that one.

Black Beard with a Red Sox hat would be a little weird though.

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I'm glad to have started a discussion about an important aspect of
seamanship but everyone is taking my original post way too seriously

I'm glad to hear though that other people have their baseball caps blow
off often enough to have to resort to the methods described here.

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I don't think any other kind of hat would really "go" with the outfit.
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Better to lose the hat than the head ...

Just a thought ... why did the Pirates wear those "pirate" hats? Was that
just a popular hat of the time?

Always wondered about that one.

Black Beard with a Red Sox hat would be a little weird though.

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I'm glad to have started a discussion about an important aspect of
seamanship but everyone is taking my original post way too seriously

I'm glad to hear though that other people have their baseball caps blow
off often enough to have to resort to the methods described here.

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On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:32:42 GMT, "Roger Long"
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I'm glad to hear though that other people have their baseball caps
blow off often enough to have to resort to the methods described here.


Unfortunately it happens all the time, even to us power boaters who
have not taken vows of poverty.

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"Roger Long" wrote:

I'm glad to have started a discussion about an important aspect of
seamanship but everyone is taking my original post way too seriously

I'm glad to hear though that other people have their baseball caps
blow off often enough to have to resort to the methods described here.


I was singlehanding home a couple of years ago with a Mount Gay cap to
keep the sun out of my eyes. The wind caught it and it bounced towards
the rail. That was when I found out the training had succeeded because
I didn't jump to try to catch it. I swung around, pulled out a boat
hook, picked it up and put it back on my head. A little later I was up
at the mast dropping the main and the darn thing went off again. I
secured the main, then went looking, but those hats sink pretty
quickly if they are already wet.

A hat halyard with clips at both ends is a good solution for caps you
don't want to lose, but I seem to accumulate hats faster than I can
lose them overboard.

Ryk

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