Had a pretty long paddle yesterday and last night I noticed I had a big blister at the base of my thumb. This seems like an inevitable side effect of paddling, at least until I harden my hands up enough to prevent it.

But I was wondering what everyones thoughts were on the pros and cons of gloves? I imagine they would protect your hands well, but theyd probably be hot and stinky too. But for long paddles (ie half a day or more) they'd probably give a benefit?

I heard that rubbing your hands in dog poo helps.. and the not the old dry stuff.. it needs to be the soft warm stuff.

Just kidding.. .. I've seen heaps of pics of the SUP racers in the US using those short fingerless cycling gloves... They might be worth a try.

DJ

No gloves....I rowed for years and no one ever wore gloves...as the man said earlier they keep you hands wet...if you really worried Bunnings has a special on hardener...hahahahahahahahaha

Maattteeeeee,have done loads of manual labour in my day,the answer to your soft hands is urine,thats right bro,piss on em,its a proven hand hardener.Years ago I worked in a brick yard loading bricks on pallets.We had a tally of 42 tonnes each per day,and as you can imagine the crew changed hands weekly.But the guys who hung in had hands like leather,piss on em mate,
Robbo