Dubarry for Tom Leading irish solo offshore sailor Tom Dolan has extended his partnership with Dubarry, we are told, and we need no better excuse to feature a pair of the brand’s Palma sailing trainers, probably not what Tom wears offshore, but great for inshore summer racing. Unisex, lightweight, sporty, colourful, grippy. We like. £129 dubarry.com
Stroodles pasta straws For everyone who wants to help clear the oceans of plastic, stopping using plastic straws has been part of the deal. But paper straws can mar your drinking experience. Welcome to pasta straws, made by British company Stroodles and fast becoming THE way to stir your cocktail, be it in a London club or yacht cockpit. Stroodles is also partnering with Clean Ocean Sailing to organise a competition to draw up a sail design for the former fishing boat Annette. Your design should “reimagine a more sustainable future and an ocean free from plastic pollutants”. Enter via the Stroodles website.
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Zhik UV t-shirts Another good’un from Zhik, who recognise that the importance of protecting your skin from harmful UV, even in cloudy conditions, is well understood in the southern hemisphere yet less so in the northern hemisphere. Their new UVActive range of shirts has fabric that is said to block out 99.5% of UVA and UVB even when the tops are wet, which far exceeds the exacting UPF 50+ rating. Available in long sleeve and short sleeve, using a fine gauge, soft interlock weave. From £34.95 Zhik.com
The shirt that says it We’ve all been there. Sometimes an apology is necessary. £18 teepublic.com
Heads whale Made from 29 recycled PET bottles, Moby is very in tune with the times and is designed to keep your loo roll dry as he hangs in your heads compartment. £30 redcandy.co.uk
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