Sailing in a kilt

[Alan H]

Kicking around on a Catalina 34 on the river, with minimal sail up, or motoring would be fine in a kilt. That goes double with the dodger and bimini up, like you have on your boat. That looks like a lovely, laid-back day, BTW....sounds good to me!

I've done some medium distance sailing races on SF Bay with Piper George, both of us kilted up, on a Moore 24 and a Santa Cruz 27. It was great fun and we got lots of looks and laughs, but then these races are more "fun" than "hardcore". However, they're still races. I can't recommend wearing a kilt to go up on the foredeck for a sail change in 20 knots and 3 foot chop, on a Moore 24. Note that I wore the kilt downwind, but on the return, which was 20+ miles to windward, the kilt stayed in the bag and the foul weather gear came out. It's just common sense.

In those situations, I'm worried about a lot more important stuff than if my "ensemble" is properly coordinated. You know, stuff like not going swimming in damn cold water with 7-8 yards of fabric belted around my middle while the boat sails off without me.....little stuff like that.