Just curious, what are all the things most people wear on long distance races like the tybe500?
I'm just curious what those jacket looking things are, and why are they worn? To protect against sunburn? I dont *think* its to keep ya warm, since the weather is already hot.

What other goodies do yall have on as well?

I wore a Wetsuit shorty with a spraytop over it everyday the year I did it. Pretty comfortable until some night sailing comes along and then it might get cold.

Many teams are switching to breathable (Gortex) Drysuits. They work well but are really expensive.

Mike Hill
www.stlouiscats.com

Outdoor Research Sun Hats, they are sweet.

http://www.orgear.com/home/style/home/headware/sun_hats/80610

You cannot underestimate the effects of exposure throughout the week, especially once the conditions start to ramp up. You can get by just fine with cheaper electronics, but you can't spend too much on gear like a good GoreTex drysuit and various breatheable and wicking layers beneath.

What John said.

Personally after the first "leg" I wear a drysuit. Its not *that* warm once you start going north, and its NOTICEABLY cooler once you get north of the Jax jetty,

Once the sun goes down, and you're wet, it gets chilly.

I second that. I already have one, but I have this on order
http://www.orgear.com/home/style/home/headware/headware_all/80680

I can't STAND for things to cover my ears...I haven't really thought about it before now that I think back, I get really annoyed when a piece of gear / clothing covers my ears. I really feel numb to a lot of the sensations of sailing if I can't feel/hear the wind. I have some bibbed hats from several years ago (only one left) that just have a rear bib that keeps the sun off the back of your neck but rarely obstructs ears.

I think the flapss on my current outdoor research hat flap up with any wind as it is.
Still better than skin cancer and all that... but I am good about 50+ SPF

The past 2 years, I've done Tybee in boardshorts and a rashguard. If it is going to be chilly at all, I'll wear a spraytop. I freakin hate drysuits...

Some creatures on God's green earth have evolved protection against the elements. Take for example the bear. Others have simply lost the ability to sense cold and hot through a natural loss of sensation or through ritualistic ingestion of numbing agents... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

This stuff is industrial strength sunscreen.

http://www.smartshield.com/

And THE CHUCK hat? Or are you keeping that a secret?

I've heard that the rubber seals on a dry suit don't react well to sunscreen. Any truth to that?

Alec

Thanks a lot for letting that out BK!~

Or, as I like to put it - "I drink, therefore I am".

I've seen Trey "cold" only once, and that was when we were practicing in Feb, off of Myrtle beach and we didn't have drysuits at the time.

but what kind of shirt/jacket and pants are most of them wearing?

Yes, there's a lot of truth to that. No sunscreen is good for drysuit seals and ESPECIALLY the quick-dry (bullfrog) clear stuff (alcohol based). You can melt your seals in a week.

So how do you keep from frying your skin during the week of the tybee, without ruining the seals on the drysuit?

Alec

Apply carefully and only after you have put on your drysuit. Avoid the seals.