T&T: Best sunscreen

[C. Marin Faure]

 >I would highly suggest that you don't ask us, a bunch of laymen/ 
women about skin creams. Ask your dermatologist what he/she suggests.  
And if the verdict is to keep the hell out of the sun, then enjoy the  
pilothouse for many years.


This is the best advice, in my opinion, that you're going to get on  
the internet on any subject of this nature.  Just because a person  
can type doesn't mean they know anything you'd want to trust your  
life to.

As to the pilothouse, it's no so bad.  We never con our boat from the  
flying bridge because both my wife and I hate the sight picture from  
up there.  Especially docking.  We both find it much easier and much  
more intuitive to pilot, maneuver, and dock the boat from the lower  
helm station.  Plus that puts us right next to the main deck if one  
of us has to step out and help the other one with something.  Plus I  
can hear what the engines are doing and any strange smells are  
noticed immediately.  (This once prevented an electronics fire that  
would have gone totally unnoticed had we been on the flying bridge.)   
As to relying on alarms to warn of impending trouble, I've found the  
only thing alarms can be truly relied upon for is to tell you that  
the piece of equipment they're hooked up to has just irreparably  
destroyed itself.  We enjoy the flying bridge once we are moored up  
or at anchor, but underway we feel totally disconnected from the boat  
up there.  Given the choice between running from the shade of the  
pilothouse or not boating, I wouldn't think it would be a very hard  
decision for a dedicated boater to make.


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C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington