Hi Muffy,
I am really enjoying your sailing entries and was wondering if you knew where your Captain got his great hat. It is easy enough to pick up one of okay quality, but that one looks better. Love your blog and thanks so much!
Yes, I do. In fact, we bought it for him from a New England vendor, Quaker Marine Co., based in the coastal Maine town of Falmouth.
Though they make a variety of hats styles, including tweed caps, wool ball caps, as well as straw hats, I tend to purchase the hats that are made for nautical pursuits.
All of these are American made and the quality is top notch.
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| The Casco Bay Sailing Hat, made of tough cotton canvas, has a brim lined with dark green for glare reduction. |
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| This is the classic Original Swordfish Cap, also with a dark green underbrim. |
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| I have always had a particular fondness for the long billed hats. In the summer my father always wore an Original Oysterman Cap, a staple of New England fisherman. |
7 comments:
I thought I was alone in my love of Oysterman Caps! Thank you thank you thank you!
Tilly also makes good hats. Made in Canada, great guarantee, and lots of styles.
Your father was such a classic. You have obviously inherited that gene.
I remember my red swordfish bill fishing cap, now where did I put that?
I love these hats! My father is a sailor too, and definitely has about three of these hats! They are great for when the sun gets really bright out on the water.
I like my floppy old Eddie Bauer version of your white bucket hat. I think of it as the classic 1960's tennis hat and I wear it for golf and tennis still. I probably look like I've come out of a time machine.
Just an FYI and didn't know how else to pass along this information: just learned that Quaker Marine has been sold. No details -- but WHY do I feel that no good can come from this (perhaps the diminishing inventory of available products...?)
Anonymous in NY
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