Feet getting cold

Anybody sail in cold water? My feet have been getting cold in my 3mm booties. I'm wondering if they are leaky, or suffering from evaporative cooling?

If they have nylon (absorbs water) on the outside... yes, these could make you cold.

Consider getting a hard shell boot.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Neoprene socks from a scuba store?

Try a pair of thicker booties. I have a pair of 7mm surf booties from O’Neil. Have windsurfed with them in January - my body has gotten cold and my hands have gone numb, but my feet have always stayed warm. Also, a warm hat or neoprene beanie will go a long way towards keeping your whole body warmer.

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Hard core way to keep your feet warm.

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Tim
84 H16
82 H16
87 H14T
Tortola Sails: 115222
Blue Prism Sails: 88863
Clearwater, FL

Geez, that is hardcore for real, now just figure a way to keep the whole boat from freezing!!! Lol.

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Marty
1984 H16 Yellow Nationals Redline, "Yellow Fever"
Lake Martin, 'Bama.

You asked for it - A Freezing Boat

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Tim
84 H16
82 H16
87 H14T
Tortola Sails: 115222
Blue Prism Sails: 88863
Clearwater, FL

That's awesome, and scary as hell! Would a dry suit even be able to keep you warm enough if you capsized?

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Steve
2017 Hobie 16 "Cayman" sails 114795
1985 & 1973? Hobie 14 "Sea & Ski"

I surfed once in -15F air temp for 1-1/2 hours in a wetsuit So I bet the dry suit would work

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84 14T Redline #67 Blue Hawaii faded but still working!
82 Yellow hull16 '81 Boomer nationals 20.9 on GPS
83 White hull 16 No sails "Clean and Purty Now!"
87 White hull no sails no tramp

In case any future forum-goers are interested, I solved this problem by taking the advice of a reddit person from Norway. I purchased 7mm xcel dry-lock booties.

My wife purchased 7mm dive boots, with a zipper on the side. My feet stay dryer/warmer than hers, but she can get in and out of the boots oh-so-easy. She has a stiffer bottom of the shoe as well. I think I would have gone with the boots as well, except I'd like to use mine for windsurfing in addition to sailing, and windsurfing requires a lot of foot feel.