JohnH wrote:
On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:26:32 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:38:09 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

What kind of suntan lotion does everyone keep on board their boat?
do you prefer oil or lotion? How much do you normally use in a season?

I try to keep on of each on board, so I have one of each. I buy the
big bottle of generic lotion and one bottle will last the season.

What is everyone's else favorite?
Nothing.

That's right - you heard me, nothing. :)

I don't wear shorts or sandals and I wear light colored UV cloth long
sleeved shirts along with a wide brimmed hat - even on the hottest
days.

Buncha pansies - sun blocker - phffftt....
SWF,
When you have a killer body like mine, all of the dock girls want you to
walk around without a shirt on. Most of them prefer to rub oil on my
chest and back, but I prefer a SPF 15 lotion. It does not get the seats
and gunwales all slick.
ps - I used to only use Baseball/Sailor Caps for head gear because they
were cheap and if they blew off, I had 5 more down below. But I have
since started using a wide brim Tilley Hat which protects the whole face
and back of the neck. The neck strap also holds the hat on when you are
underway.

Do you enjoy the strangulation effect given by the neckstrap when you go on
plane?

Also, keep in mind that a few *very* bright people here are proclaiming you
to be boatless. So, these statements about 'getting underway' are taken
with a grain of salt (kosher sea salt, of course).

The strap on the Tilley is much easier on my neck than the "Hat Grabber"
was on my baseball caps, the clip would attach to the back of the hat,
and the back of my shirt. When it would fall off my head it would fly
back and forth, and beat me within an inch of my life, before I slowed
down or it pulled loose and flew off the transom.

I have been around Usenet long enough to know some people do like to
fabricate stories, so if someone wants to believe I do not have a boat,
no picture or elaborate story or "eye witnesses" will change their mind.
I really don't post in rec.boats to boost my ego, so it is really no
big deal.