I'm looking for a pair of sunnies along the lines of the Oakley Water Jackets with polarised lenses (preferably with lense colour options; the world looks so much better through brown lenses, especially at the beach!). i.e. with an elastic strap to help keep them on when I fall in/crash. Unfortunately I can't justify the cost of the Oakleys as I have a tendency to trash every pair I've owned within a year or two.

I prefer not to wear sunnies if possible; however, when sailing late afternoon into the sun the glare of the water can get quite bad, plus it doesn't do any harm if you've got a better view of what is under the water.

I've just come across these which might do the job www.seaspecs.com/ and $75 delivered is certainly better than $390 for the oakleys!

I use "cheap" cancer council sunglasses and just drill a couple of holes to attach elastic to keep them on. I lost my last pair at Lancelin after crashing near the beach. Sailed away think "gee its bright now" then realised why. The pair I bought to replace them was $35 I think - not Cancer Council but polarised and UV filtered. And I even got around to making a hook on elastic strap out of two fishing swivel/clips and some elastic. Works perfectly and is cheap enough that losing / breaking them every couple of years is OK. Sailing in WA in the late afternoon you spend half the time squinting into the setting sun so I find them invaluable.

Call boardcrazy in Brisbane 07 38916470 - they have a polarised waterjacket type replica integrated head strap and all for $100 or so - do not know the brand sorry . They work!

The Ignition ones the NZ guy is sellling on eBay (listed under windsurfing) are good. About $80, free post.
I bought a pair and I like them, dunno what Leech is on about I still land my doubles no worries )

Best thing about polarised lenses is being able to see reef a bit easier, in some nasty spots it can be an advantage.

OceanBlue64 said...

I have been looking for a pair as well and being a cheapskate etc etc, I have been looking on EBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Fuglies-Polarised-Floating-Fishing-Sunglasses_W0QQitemZ370015417533QQihZ024QQcategoryZ79720QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

These are probably the ones I will get for now.

im on my second pair of fugglies good glasses for the price and they do float

Bolle; best value/quality