On Oct 3, 2016, at 3:25 PM, Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@gmail.com> wrote:
The wind is blowing; your hat / cap flies off your head into the water while sailing.
With a small boat you may be able to come about and retrieve it fairly rapidly, but if you have a larger boat that is slower, it takes some time to retrace your steps and get to the hat / cap, that is now filled with water,and in many cases sinks before you can save it.
Another hat has drowned.
My father lost his hat once while we were sailing a rented boat. He was never known for luxuriant hair and the hat was the only thing between him and sunburn, possibly heatstroke. After digging through everything available on board he finished that trip wearing a binnacle cover on his head. It wasn’t stylish but, I gotta say, it was a perfect fit.