Glowfast Marine:
It's been a concern of mine for some quite time that we will be sailing the Tybee with a black spinnaker and if we end up sailing in the dark how that would play out. I was wondering "how will people see us?" "how will we see our spinnaker?" we will most likely be too tired to hold the flashlight on the spinnaker. I tried going to local sailmakers here in RI but no one had anything that would work well enough.
A great solution came across when Glowfast Marine was featured on the main page of Sailing Anarchy. Glowfast's glow in the dark sailtape was featured as draft marks and chevrons on a bigger boat. I immediately called Jason at Glowfast and he agreed to send me a 10 meter sample. There is a cool history that is tied to A-Cup stuff on their website (click logo at right for link). In addition this stuff glows for 20 hours after just 10 minutes of light exposure! I tried it out in some dark rooms and it was really neat.We stuck the chevrons on the other day and they look really cool... I just hope we don't actually have to find out how well it really works! I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes if we do.
Bluestorm:
In order to compete in the Tybee, a USCG approved lifejacket is required. I got rid of my last one a couple years ago when I switched to using CE approved buoyoncy aids. When I saw this in the sailing instructions I wondered what I was going to do as the USCG approved ones were usually so bulky and obnoxious to wear. Luckily I found Bluestorm! I went up to their warehouse which is housed in Massachussets based MTI, s msrine technology company that offers gear to paddlers, fishermen and etc. Bluestorm is their new line to cater primarily to sailors. When the amazingly friendly and sailing experienced staff at Bluestorm brought out their products and let me try them on I was psyched! The Spray lifejacket was the most comfortable USCG approved lifejacket i've ever tried on! In addition, all the rest of their gear spraytops, infltable PFDs, jackets, and etc was all spot on... these guys know how to design a great product! Check out their website by clicking the logo at the right.
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