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Sailors Turned Swimmers Are all Kitted Out for Drop in Temperatures at Viking Marine

17th January 2019
Sailors Turned Swimmers Are all Kitted Out for Drop in Temperatures at Viking Marine

Some of us here in Viking Marine are braving the Forty Foot bathing place on Dublin Bay every morning and have to admit to nearing addiction on the daily plunge writes Ian O'Meara. Porridge is even back on the breakfast menu despite the most awful boarding school memories of lumpy gruel.

The best learning of all is that hats, gloves and socks as worn by the seasoned and learned folk in the Forty Foot vastly improves length of time in the water. So the days of being termed a 'teabagger' - the dip in dip out are over. God bless neoprene!

Our range of sea swimming gear is all on sale just in time for the drop in temperatures due this weekend and over the coming weeks. Perfect timing! More on our collection here

Published in Viking Marine, Sea Swim

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Ian O'Meara is Managing Director of Viking Marine Ltd

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