Quote Originally Posted by SlackerDrummer View Post
I prefer the broader brimmed straw hats to the classic Panama for a bit of extra protection from the sun, but anything is better than a wool bonnet when you're standing in the summer sun all afternoon judging pipe bands (at least in the United States).

This seems a pretty good choice to me. I would call that a "planters " hat, what do you chaps over there call it?