If you are training in the UK between October and April, I seriously suggest you consider buying one of these warm, fleece-lined sleeping bags. The Volvo Ocean bag is brilliant, but about 5 x the price of this bag.
The Sutherland bag can be ordered on Amazon and delivered in the UK. They sell for about £60 at the time of writing. In this short video I discuss what you should be thinking about packing for a cold ocean leg. In this context, I consider Cold Ocean Legs to be Legs 2, 3 , 4, 6 and Leg 8. Fierce Turtle (Packing for Training) : http://bit.ly/PackingListfortraining Check Out our Classified Pages for pre-used kit:
https://www.fierceturtle.co.uk/pre-used-kit Le Chameau Boots: http://bit.ly/sailingboots Ocean Sleeping Bag Hire: http://bit.ly/oceansleepingbag |
Articles by Subject
All
The AuthorMark Burkes is a former Clipper Race Skipper, Round the World Crew, Clipper Training Skipper & jobbing RYA Yachtmaster Instructor (Ocean). He has over 200,000 miles logged.
Mark also writes professionally both online and offline and has written for Yachting World. Fierce Turtle is not linked to nor is it in any way accredited by the splendid folk at Clipper Ventures. All opinion is our own.
Archives
February 2021
This blog is entirely free. However, if you'd like to make a small contribution towards web hosting costs it'd be very much appreciated.
|