glasses or no glasses?
Daisy San Chow
this may be a silly question, but for those of you who wear glasses, when
it rains while you're rowing, do you keep your glasses on, or do you take
them off because you're already blinded by the rain drops?
daisy
Kenneth Cooperstein
There are two things I have tried that help:
(1) Wear a baseball-type cap. The bill will keep rain off your
glasses, except in strong winds.
(2) Put some Rain-X on your glasses (made for auto windshields and
motorcycle helmet faceshields). It will make the surface "slippery"
and reduce droplet size
Ken Cooperstein
Chris and Diane Fell
I just take mine off, leave them in the car. If your eye site isnt to
bad, take off your glasses and let our eyes relax, they will sort of
focus with a slight blur of course but it helps the eyes to "adjust" for
noraml site.
Pshcht
From my own personal experience, I must say that glasses and rowing don't
mix. They get wet and blind you, they slide down and you must take your
hand off the oar to push them up, and if you are rowing a single there is
a blurred section of space when you check your course. Although I didn't
want to, I finally caved in and bought contact lenses. I must admit that
they are wonderful for rowing (and any other sport).
If you don't want to get contacts, then glasses will function as long as
the day isn't rainy (and you aren't sitting behind someone with
overzealous back-splash). When it rains, though, leave the glasses on
shore.
John Keane
Oregon Rowing Unlimited
KGlowa7513
Depends on if I have to worry about steering or not. In a sweep shell, I
may take them off, but when sculling, the blindness factor is far greater
a problem than just the disruption caused by a little water on the lenses.
Karen
LeeAnn Tzeng
If I'm wearing glasses that day, I leave them on. My eyesight is bad enough
that I can actually see better with rain-soaked glasses than none at all. If
the glasses fit properly, they won't slide down while rowing. I often close
my eyes while rowing in the rain, though, so it doesn't matter that much. I
keep my eyes open while coxing...! ;)
--L
Hamilton Richards Jr.
>From my own personal experience, I must say that glasses and rowing don't
>mix. They get wet and blind you, they slide down and you must take your
>hand off the oar to push them up,
There are many devices for sale that keep your glasses up. One that's
quite effective (though a bit overpriced) is called "Croakie". It's
just an elastic strap that keeps your glasses snug. Washable, too.
>and if you are rowing a single there is
>a blurred section of space when you check your course.
Ah, but the same glasses that obstruct the view over your shoulder
provide a place to attach a mirror. I row all the time with glasses
plus mirror, and my only problem is sweat in the eyes. And a sweatband
takes care of that problem nicely.
--Ham Richards
Austin Rowing Club
Austin, Texas, USA
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As an aside ... RAIN-X is great stuff for windshields (windscreens) and
motorcycle face plates, however, on glasses in _mist_ it exacerbates the
visibility problem by fogging them much worse then when they are
untreated. I've heard that at speeds above 20 knots the windscreen effect
takes over, but my glasses blew off at somewhere around 17 ;-)
Morris
Steve Platt
Wear a baseball cap to keep the rain off the lenses, and a croakie (sp?)
to keep the frames from sliding down your nose.
Jim Kreuziger
Pshcht wrote:
>
> From my own personal experience, I must say that glasses and rowing don't
> mix. They get wet and blind you, they slide down and you must take your
> a blurred section of space when you check your course. Although I didn't
> want to, I finally caved in and bought contact lenses. I must admit that
> they are wonderful for rowing (and any other sport).
> If you don't want to get contacts, then glasses will function as long as
> the day isn't rainy (and you aren't sitting behind someone with
> overzealous back-splash). When it rains, though, leave the glasses on
> shore.
>
> John Keane
> Oregon Rowing Unlimited
I'm so blind that it would be dangerous to row without glasses.
Even in an eight, I can't see much farther than the back of the
guy in front of me. For people like me, rowing without vision
correction is a no-no. The contact lens solution is a good option,
and if you only row 2-3 time a week, try to get the one-day disposable
lenses. They seem to be working fine for me. If that is out of the
question, your best bet is this. Go to your local optometrist/Lenscrafters/
sunglasses store and buy some glasses straps. The best ones are known
as "Croakies", and work quite well. They are made of cloth and have rubber
grommets on the ends that hold the glasses, and a little bead that is
used to tighten the strap on your head. I've used these for the last
three years, and have never had a problem with slippage. Rain, splash,
and sweat are some of the things I can't control, so I don't worry about
it. Along as I have enough vision to see more than two seats in front
of me, I'm fine.
My god, I just did a paragraph on rowing with glasses. I can feel the
rowing geek points build...
--Jim
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Paul Sweeney
Well Daisy, I generally take my specs off when they get wet during a
row.
Not so much because of the distorted field of vision but because I
find that looking through severely distorted lenses doesn't do
anything for my mental concentration.
Also, I found that while wearing a baseball cap, my glasses tended to
fog up whilst rowing.
I recommend Soft Contact Lenses highly ! They are very comfortable
and behave themselves in the boat.
......the perils of living in a country with a temperate climate, part
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Ken Cooperstein
To deal with fogging of glasses, try using Fog-X, sold at auto and
motorcycle stores, or one of the similar products sold at ski stores.
Failing those, you can smear on a little liquid soap and wipe dry.
All will prevent fogging.
Charles Day
In article
<Pine.SUN.3.95L.97020...@vanakam.cc.columbia.edu>, Daisy
San Chow <ds...@columbia.edu> wrote:
> this may be a silly question, but for those of you who wear glasses, when
> it rains while you're rowing, do you keep your glasses on, or do you take
> them off because you're already blinded by the rain drops?
I've never rowed without glasses. When it rains I wear a peaked cap. But
even if I didn't, I would still see better through rain-spattered glasses
than without them.
Charles
simon...@netgates.co.uk
Daisy
I keep my glasses on (with a Croakie - since they dropped off when I
wiped sweat off my face and they fell into the bottom of the boat!) and I
wear a cap.
If I don't wear the glasses I find it very confusing - I can't see
anything, and I'm used to the feeling on the bridge of my nose!
I find that wearing the cap keeps the sweat out of my face, which I find
more of a problem than anything else. Anyway, it never rains in Britain
(ho ho) and surely even with a tailwind, surely you're rowing fast enough
to out-row the raindrops!!!
Cheers
Simon
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 1997 16:07:38 -0500, Daisy San Chow <ds...@columbia.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >this may be a silly question, but for those of you who wear glasses, when
> >it rains while you're rowing, do you keep your glasses on, or do you take
> >them off because you're already blinded by the rain drops?
> >
> >daisy
> >
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Daisy San Chow wrote:
>
> this may be a silly question, but for those of you who wear glasses, when
> it rains while you're rowing, do you keep your glasses on, or do you take
> them off because you're already blinded by the rain drops?
>
> daisy
If you must wear them get some croakies ir othe sport type string
designed to keep glasses on while doing a sport
John
Jason Salkeld
Wear a peaked cap. It works for me.:-) In article <32FD2681.5021@worldn
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