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"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. 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 -- To respond, obviously drop the "nospan"? |
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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). -- John Forkosh ( mailto: where j=john and f=forkosh ) |
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:50:14 +0000 (UTC), John F
wrote: : 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. -- Roger Long |
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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. ======== "Roger Long" wrote in message ... 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. -- Roger Long |
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I don't think any other kind of hat would really "go" with the outfit.
"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message news:CXnKg.137$Ua4.104@trndny01... 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. ======== "Roger Long" wrote in message ... 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. -- Roger Long |
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On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:32:42 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote: 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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On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:32:42 GMT, in message
"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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