RE: Eye Wear in the Waves

From: DuBois, Stephane (sdubois@Advent.COM-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Feb 19 1998 - 07:23:34 PST 

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From: "DuBois, Stephane" <sdubois@Advent.COM-DeleteThis>
To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
Subject: RE: Eye Wear in the Waves
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 07:23:34 -0800
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I've never lost a contact lens in saltwater. Freshwater is another story
since it makes the lenses stick to your eyes...
-s

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luigi Semenzato [SMTP:luigi@pathfinder.lbl.gov-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 2:17 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Eye Wear in the Waves
>
> Ross B. writes:
>
> > What do wave sailors who need eye correction do?
>
> I need serious eye correction, but my contact lenses have
> always been adequate for windsurfing. I don't wavesail
> much, but I've had my share and I never got sand in my eyes.
> I wear soft lenses, the one weighted at the bottom for
> astigmatism.
>
> I actually doubt that sand can make it through shut eyelids.
> Maybe you have thick eyelashes which collect sand and
> release it later, after you open your eyes---or something
> similar. Perhaps you should wipe your face with your hand
> before you reopen your eyes, or at least wait for most of
> the water to fall off. I wait a second or so, mostly
> because I am afraid of water washing a lens off. ---Luigi

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