Fantastic pictures - Thanks very much for posting them. I will use this as amunition to persuade my friends to come out more often in winter.

I noticed in the pictures on your site you are wearing Gill dinghy boots. I use them through the (mild) Texas winter and have never had cold feet out on the boat. I also wear a similar hat. I haven't tried full ski gloves, but fleece windstopper gloves work well (wet or dry). Some guys wear ski goggles to keep the spray off their faces.

I'm hoping Santa brings a dry suit. It will beat my current wetsuit / foul weather gear combo for comfort after capsizing.

Chris

I'll never say its too cold to sail in winter again!

seriously though, us sandgropers don't how good we've got it sometimes , with 12 + knot winds 90+ of the time during sailing season and the unspoilt pale blue coastline stretching for miles either way..

we'll see the rest of you for the 2005 hobie nationals , hopefully there'll be some light days for the S.A. boys