The Regatta Week Wardrobe

The SailCouture planner for dressing for the deck and the club, from one small bag

A regatta week asks two things of a wardrobe that pull in opposite directions. On the water it has to keep you warm and dry in a wind that is not the one in the forecast. Ashore it has to meet a dress code on an invitation, sometimes twice in one evening. The Regatta Week Wardrobe solves both with a little arithmetic. Part 1 reads the week's dress codes, works out the wind on deck (15 knots true is nearly 20 on the beat and 9 on the run), and builds a capsule where every top goes with every bottom, so the same 17 items make 28 outfits instead of 14. It costs each piece per wear and packs everything into a deck bag and a change bag from one list. Part 2 is the week itself: a five-minute morning deck check, a ten-minute evening change, and what to learn from the clothes you never wore. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet worked on the figures you enter in the SailCouture calculators.

Look inside

Two full pages from the planner, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.

What is in it

• Reading the week: every invitation and its dress code, before you pack
• The wind on deck: dressing for the beat, not the forecast
• The capsule that multiplies: more outfits from fewer items
• Cost per wear, and the pieces that cross dress codes
• Two bags, one list: the deck bag and the change bag
• The morning deck check and the ten-minute evening change
• Week planner, packing list and cost-per-wear worksheet
• Bonuses: the dress-code card, a seven-move quickstart and the wash bag
• A personalised sheet worked on your own week

The planner complements the free calculators. They do the arithmetic; it turns their figures into a week of outfits, a deck plan and one packing list.