Re: [Paddlewise] Hats

> Even though I agree with another subsrciber that the 
> Patagonia duck billed hats are nice, I am in search of a 
> hat that will provide protection for my ears. I am 
> looking at various Cowboy style hats that are made of 
> straw or cloth.
> 
> Good Paddling and applying Sun screen,
> Don Dimond

I confession to make (cringe, sob sob - about the purchase 
place), I now use a leather hat that I bought last year in 
Australia (!!!!) The little gold kangaroo on one side in the 
hatband will soon be balanced by a kiwi on the other side. 
I'd better fit it soon or my paddling partner will want to 
know why (it's not there yet).

The hat came without any method of holding on in high 
winds but on each side there are two grommetted vent holes 
and a leather boot lace(?) is now threaded through them and 
under my chin and a plastic toggle tensions it. At the very 
worst, 30 knot gusts, it blows off backwards and gently 
strangles me. 

A number of our group use leather hats, one uses a varnished 
(yes, varnish as is applied to furniture) cloth hat of the same 
style.

All of these cover the ears - similar in style to the Tilley hats.

Alex
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Alex Ferguson      a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz
Electronics Workshop, Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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