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Originally Posted by Driver
I have noticed that many of the women's foul jackets are the color of whitecaps...or the frothing sea...
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Yeah, my wife noticed that too and surmised that many women would rather drown than wear something that made them look like a school bus. The further assumption was the "water camoflage" would give their husbands plausable deniablity when they said they heroically searched for their spouse after she went overboard but just couldn't see them, Shame really. ;-)
At any rate, since I wanted to be able to find my wife if she left the boat, both my wife and I ended up with mix-n-match foulies because A) I insisted on a high vis color, B) We're cheap and C) my wife is petite and I'm pretty much the opposite of that.
So we both ended up with Red GUL jackets w/ blue trim at a great deal during the Annapolis boat show. The jackets have yellow hoods and SOLAS tape on the arms chest and hood. Her bibs are Helly Hansens in gray, again due to fit considerations.
I got red WM bibs because they were the only ones that made a size big enough to fit my sevelte form, yet not swallow me whole and even then they were snug. I spent some time on the tread mill over the winter and now they fit great. So in the end our foulies are somewhat color coordinated and do have high vis colors above the waterline.
If it isn't, she'll definitely kill you... if it is... she might hesitate or think better of it. 
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