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While some of the Whidden book is definitely an advertisement (though <50%), the rest is pretty cool. Even the North advertisement parts are pretty cool, honestly.

Helly Aegir Ocean gear has fully rubberized ass and knees for that reason, I believe.

Cold front brought a scary looking thunderstorm with it Saturday afternoon, we only saw about 30 knots but pretty much instantaneously. Sounds like it varied quite a bit across the fleet - this is what flipped Flight Simulator. Wind shut of and heat turned on in classic LO300 form right as most of the fleet approached Niagara. The faster boats had better timing getting there. Flies weren't quite as bad as anticipated given the high water, but they were there.

My instrument shows the wind is softening

Yep. And the benefit is you can get a couple different pieces of gear to mix and match depending on conditions for far less than the cost of MPX.

Why not wetsuit / skiff suit / hiking pants? Foulie pants in a dinghy aren't Ideal

Depower main Power-up headsail bring draft forward on main (cunningham, halyard) Sail the boat flatter Ease main / traveler down Reef Bigger headsail Obviously all appropriate in different circumstances / boats / conditions

I think you are overlooking that the Farr 40 rig is designed for non-overlapping headsails in contrast to a Bene 40.7. Also, you'd want to lose the fixed backstay and add masthead runners in order to fit the fathead main. I don't think this is a good idea at all. Inshore you're generally changing on downwinds or between races anyway, and offshore if it's a pain (and I know it is because of the single jib tracks and relatively small foredeck) you can barehead if you need to.

Adidas terrex climacool

I use a buoyancy aid inshore (spinlock, but whatever is comfortable for you) and a spinlock hammar for offshore. I find the inflatables far too snaggable to wear inshore.

Princeton Tec Quad Tactical: Comfortable, not too heavy Waterproof Three brightness settings, with one-touch off switch Most uniquely, it operates with a colour filter instead of a coloured LED, meaning that you will never accidentally blind people with white light Comes with multiple colours if you have a preference

I can only speak to the isotak 2 salopettes: I found the detailed size chart they have to be about right, maybe slightly large. Definitely lots of length (I'm 6'2" and have the shoulder straps almost as short as they go in size XL).

Older mustangs had the toggles to connect to outer layers, but newer models (mustang EP38, all spinlock models) that are donned over-the-head wouldn't work with the attachment points on outerwear just due to the way they are put on / taken off.

+1 for adidas. Super grippy, super breathable, super light.