Yachting Monthly - July 2018

DECATHLON TRIBORD 500

JACKET £79.99 SALOPETTES £69.99

French brand Decathlon have

been steadily increasing their

presence in the UK with their

ubiquitous blue and white

stores springing up around the

country. They offer equipment

for virtually every sport under

the sun, all developed in house.

They don’t sell through normal

chandlers though, so aren’t the

first name to come to mind for

sailing gear. Despite this, they

have developed an impressive

range of sailing kit under the

Tribord brand. It looks and feels

the part and has clearly been

very well thought through.

JACKET

The jacket comes with in

dsitinctly different men’s and

women’s versions. The styling is

different, but the key features

are all the same. There is also an

insultated ‘parka’ version of the

jacket on offer.

The jacket is made of solid-

feeling fabric and has a large

reinforcement patch over the

seat. A plastic zip is covered by

a good storm flap and there are

two large cargo pockets, with

two zipped handwarmer

pockets above them on the

chest; sadly these weren’t very

accessible when wearing a

lifejacket. The collar comes level

with the ears and has a cosy

fleece lining as well as providing

stowage for a same-colour

peaked hood (contrast colour for

women’s). The hood is three-

way adjustable for the peak,

volume and sides. Double cuffs

did a good job of keeping water

out, though the rubberised inner

ones felt slightly cheap. Inside,

the jacket was lined with mesh

and had two zipped pockets.

SALOPETTES

The trousers were made of the

same fabric, with fabric- covered

Velcro straps. This was the only

set to have chest handwarmer

pockets on men’s and women’s

• a great feature. The women’s
  were drop seat but didn’t have
  an adjustable waist. The men’s
  had Velcro adjustment straps on
  the back. Ankle cuff closures
  gave a good adjustment.

TEST VERDICT

These oilskins stood up well to

the water test, only letting in a

small amount of water through

the neck and cuffs. For a set of

waterproofs that cost half as

much as anything else on test,

these felt remarkably good

quality with all the features you’d

want, with only a few details

giving the game away, like lining

and wrist seal fabrics.

SPECIFICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY Dual-layer

hydrophilic fabric

WATERPROOF 10,000mm

EXT POCKET 2, plus

zipped handwarmers

INT POCKETS 2 zipped

LINING Nylon & mesh

WOMEN’S VERSION Yes

WEBSITE

http://www.decathlon.co.uk

Tribord ticks most

of the boxes with

these oilksins

GROUP TEST

The pink hood may not be

to everyone’s taste but it’s

a good jacket nonetheless

Good waterproofs were

a necessity in the squally

spring conditions

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