After ripping my hands to ribbons at Hayling last weekend (sorry for bleeding on your boat Liam) I need some new gloves. This isnt the first time it has happened, so I conlude that fingerless gloves, whilst fine for helming, are no good for crewing when you're playing the spinnaker.

Does anyone have a specific recommendation for good 'crewing' gloves? Or do you reckon ANY full-finger glove will do?

my owner ( who can be a little tight fisted it must be said) gets the orange webbed gloves out of B & Q   £2.50 best value you can get

full fingered

I like the 'sticky palm' full fingered thin gloves.  Crewsaver make a nice pair in black for under £5.

The gloves skiff style from gloves from zink are good but i think it's best to go through the pain and go without, then the skin on your hands will eventually harden.

A good pair of riding gloves- the linen knitted ones good grip comfortable too.

Mags go to Screw fix or B&Q and buy so muilders latexed palmed gloves about £1 - £1'50 a pair, i use them on the 14 i now sail and my hands seem fine even when it blows!!!  they gloves last about a monthe - 2months in a merlin but at £1.50 a pair u cant grumble (all the top 9er boyus are using them now)

These are great for just about anything that usually would leave you with cuts and bruises.  I use them sailing and when bashing the house about...

The blood washes off the boat though Mags!  I have had a pair of long-fingered Gill gloves with black back and yellow synthetic leather palms that have been excellent and very hard wearing if you wanted a specific sailing glove.  Cost about £20 but have lasted very well.  Short fingered gloves are a complete waste of time, can't think why anyone wears them even helming.  It did look a bit blowy for the Glyn Charles - you went for the right day, the excitement on Sunday was seeing how many places you could win or lose with a single tactical decision

I always wear the Gill championship gloves as they are really well reinforced in the places that you need them. One pair generally lasts a whole season, which is not too bad at about £20

I'm a Builder's Grip XXL man.  Whatever that means. £2 from Wickes and if you buy in bulk for as little as 40p over the internet.  Which gets me thinking....

As Andrew says the Gill Pro glove is the hardest wearing. The yellow stuff is supposed to last about 3 times longer than Amara. And the comments I get back from customers suggest this is true... �25 but worth it.
I've also started stocking the skiff style gloves. �9.95 for 3 pairs. They are very sticky but wear out pretty quickly. Very good for gripping the kite apparently which when you've got 300 sq ft of in a skiff is pretty crucial I guess!!!

There is a new pair for sale in the Equipment for sale bit of this site Mags!