Contact lenses and windsurfing
Debbie Lienhart
home in case you lose a contact. My husband once lost both contacts
water skiing and had to get someone else to drive, because he forgot
his glasses.
Jim Munro
>In article <7...@west.West.Sun.COM> vhe...@Sun.COM (Vinod Herur) writes:
>>
>>I recently switched to wearing hard contact lenses and my optician
>>has recommended that I do not windsurf wearing them. I used to
>>windsurf with my soft contacts and never lost them inspite of several
>>wipeouts. Any other myopic windsurfers out there? Any recommendations?
>
I used to wear hard lenses, but wouldn't trust them to stay in
for windsurfing. I guess only the wearer would know for sure.
With soft lenses, no problem. In 8 years of wearing them for surfing
and windsurfing, I have only lost one.
One time at Coyote Point, I was about a mile out when one of my lenses
got dislodged. I removed the lens, and put it under one of the
velcro straps on by mast base pad. I was then able to sail back
to the beach, retrieve the lens, and put it back in my eye!!
Jim Munro
blane.sawyer
>
> I recently switched to wearing hard contact lenses and my optician
> has recommended that I do not windsurf wearing them. I used to
> windsurf with my soft contacts and never lost them inspite of several
> wipeouts. Any other myopic windsurfers out there? Any recommendations?
>
> Vinod Herur Internet: vhe...@sun.com
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. Uucp: ...!sun!vherur
I lost a pair once when I fell in the impact zone and have since
gone to prescription sunglasses, strapped on tightly with a
Croaky floater attached. This has worked well. The one time
the glasses came off, I had an easy time chasing them down.
However, I think with flat water sailing and wind < 22 kts, you
shouldn't have any trouble keeping lenses in your eyes. You
could go to glasses in more extreme conditions.
Blane Sawyer att!mtunq!bfs
Judy E. Drake
>In article <7...@west.West.Sun.COM> vhe...@Sun.COM (Vinod Herur) writes:
>>
>>I recently switched to wearing hard contact lenses and my optician
>>has recommended that I do not windsurf wearing them. I used to
>>windsurf with my soft contacts and never lost them inspite of several
>>wipeouts. Any other myopic windsurfers out there? Any recommendations?
>
>As long as you trust your reflexes to close your eyes when you go under I'd
>think you'd be ok....
I have always worn my hard contacts (gas permeable) while windsurfing
and water skiing, and I've never lost one. I think it's because I have
fast "eye-closing" reflexes when I fall in. My husband, on the other
hand wears soft contacts and has lost several in the water.
Judy
--------------------------------------------------------------
Judy Drake ju...@tekred.cna.tek.com
Tektronix, Inc. (503)923-4493
Redmond, OR
Steve Miller
In response to wearing contacts:
I lost a soft contact once windsurfing in the Gorge. Now I wear perscription
sunglasses with Croakies. Since I tend to wear sunglasses anyway out on the
water, there isn't much of an advantage going to contacts while sailing for
me.
Steven Miller
nel...@inmet.inmet.com
On wearing contact lenses...
What about the difference between fresh and salt water on soft lenses?
Most of my sailing - East Coast - is in saltwater and I have never had
a problem. If anything (believe it or not) the lenses have felt more
comfortable than normal.
However, last fall on a trip to the Gorge I experienced the following.
Occasionally when my eyes would get wet - either from spray or from
falling - they would feel dried out (of all things) and I would have
to keep them closed for a few moments until they felt lubricated.
Needless to say, if I was still on the board it was a pretty hairy
few seconds. Anyone else have this experience?
- Nelson
ps.
As an aside, I also lost a couple of lenses in the Gorge (in 3 years
of sailing with lenses I have only lost one other). I was using
disposable extended-wears so it was not as big a deal as it might have
been. One lens actually *blew* out of my eye during a gust!
Nelson Lerner nel...@inmet.inmet.com uunet!inmet!nelson
Dave Cahlander
I'm old enough that I need bifocals so I have some Grandpa
glasses that I can use with the contacts (for the resterant after
the windsurfing). I'd like to have some sun protection, however.
Do contacts exist that have a sunglasses effect?
--
David Cahlander ARPA: d...@cray.com
Cray Research, Inc.
1345 Northland Drive UUCP: ...!uunet!cray!dac
Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Work : (612) 681-5666
Ken Berger
>
>
>ps.
>As an aside, I also lost a couple of lenses in the Gorge (in 3 years
Must have been a big day!
Have a 4.0 day. Ken
---------------------------------------------------------------
|
/
_________________________ / \ /
| | | | | / \ /
\ | | | / / |
\ | | / / --|--
\______/ / [O] OH NO!
/}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^