Eyewear

Floating goggles, polarised lenses and retainers

Regular sunnies don’t last a session on a jet ski. The constant spray fouls the lens, the wind at speed tears anything loose off your face, and one crash sends them to the bottom. Eyewear built for water sports solves all three. Goggles. Sealed against your face, goggles keep spray and wind out of your eyes completely — the only way to see clearly at speed in real chop. The Jetpilot H2O frameless and Vault Vision range are floating, fog-resistant and polarised, in high-vis colours so they’re easy to spot in the water if they do come off. The OTG model fits over prescription glasses. Water-ready sunglasses. Sea Spec makes sunnies cut specifically for water sports — close-fitting wrap frames with grippy arms that stay on at speed, plus floating frames and polarised lenses. The Iguana, Destroyer and Classic Soleil styles cover the range, and the Jetpilot Shield Interchangeable Eyewear swaps lenses between bright and overcast. Why polarised matters. Polarised lenses cut the harsh glare bouncing off the water — less squinting, less fatigue, and you can actually see into the water rather than at a wall of light. On a long day in the boat or on the ski, it’s the difference between coming home tired and coming home wrecked. Retainers and straps. The Jetpilot Floating Sunglasses Retainer is cheap insurance — it keeps your sunnies on through a fall and floats them if they do come off. Worth adding to any pair you wear on the water, floating or not. Cases and replacement lenses. Sea Spec hard cases protect frames in the kit bag. Replacement lenses for the Jetpilot RX range and Sea Spec keep good frames going long after you’d normally write them off. Brands. Jetpilot covers the goggle range and floating sunnies. Sea Spec is the water-sports sunglass specialist. Jet Tech adds a hybrid sunglass-goggle option. Care. Rinse the salt off after use, dry with a soft cloth (not a shirt) to protect the coating, and store in a case so the lenses don’t scratch.