The Yachting Year 2018

92 | THE YACHTING YEAR 2018

Ryvingen deck shoe

The new Ryvingen is made from quick drying material,

has a padded collar around your ankle for comfort

and a breathable mesh lining, also an EVA

comfort foot bed. It looks pretty

smart too.

Price £70

hellyhansen.com

OS Series 2 Sailing Watch

The OS2 is water resistant, shock resistant,

has interchangeable PU and Velcro straps,

with a tough stainless steel buckle, features

large 10mm digit height numbers so is easy

to see in heavy weather, and includes alarm,

timer and calendar functionality. Finally, it

comes in navy blue, charcoal and pink.

Price £56.95

optimumtime.co.uk

Rooster longjohns

We recently put to test the

Rooster ThermaFlex longjohn

and top during a Merlin Rocket

Open Meeting in Weymouth

Bay. Mother nature threw every-

thing at us, with rain squalls and

top temperatures of 15 degrees!

The soft inner lining of the

longjohn paired with the velcro

shoulder entry made it very easy

to get on. The ThermaFlex pro-

vided great flexibility due to its

1.5mm super-stretch neoprene

and was extremely comfortable

to wear. It provided plenty of

warmth for the conditions and

the thinner neoprene prevented

overheating. Furthermore, the

duraflex wear resistant knee

and seat patches provides great

protection from snags

often caused on hiking

boats.

Price £110 (longjohn)

roostersailling.com

Henri Lloyd boot

New for 2018, the Henri Lloyd

Shadow is a next generation

waterproof leather sailing boot,

designed to o•er high comfort,

while also giving the protection

expected from a sailing boot

combined with superior grip

via Henri Lloyd’s own Octogrip

outsole.

Price £210

henrilloyd.com

Torqueedo

The Travel 1003 from

electric outboard

manufacturer Torqueedo

delivers more 1,000 watts of

input power and is compara-

ble with a 3hp petrol outboard.

It now comes with a greater

battery capacity option, which

provides more than 73 per cent

greater battery capacity at an

almost identical weight to the

original model.

Price £1,499

torqueedo.com

12-Metres by Martyn Mackrill

This dramatic depiction of 12-Metre racing harks back

to the post-war America’s Cups, painted in oil by

o™cial Royal Yacht Squadron and Royal Thames YC

artist Martyn Mackrill, part of his Home Waters III

exhibition at Messum’s in Mayfair.

Price £29,400

martynmackrill.com

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