Keeping the face dry in the rain

[bibi13]

Hello. I am a student doing a research project regarding innovation, at Copenhagen Business School. We are working on finding innovative ways for keeping the face dry while biking during the rain. The solution should keep the face dry without obstructing the vision or threatening the safety of the biker. We would really appreciate some of your solutions, given that in sailing you are dealing with the same problem in fighting the waves or the heavy rain.

Thank you all for your cooperation.

[Rockter]

You mean keeping the motorcyclist's visor clean?
At the sort of speeds a motorcyclist does, you dare not expose your face to the rain. You will just get rain-blasted.
A sailboat is very much slower, and the rain does not get blasted at you so much.

[painkiller]

I dunno. I was out in a T-storm with steady winds at around 40 knots. I was definitely rain-blasted. I had to put on my sunglasses just so I could look ahead.

I've heard of sailors using ski goggles for heavy weather sailing.

bibi13, design a solution and sell it. Buy some ad space on this forum. Good luck.

[sailingdog]

Snorkeling mask works well and looks less weird on a boat than ski goggles.

[retclt]

Originally Posted by painkiller

I've heard of sailors using ski goggles for heavy weather sailing.

I thought about that once. I'm really think'n of throwing a pair in the bag. As for the rest of the face . . . . . . . wet is one thing . . . cold and wet is another. I hate cold and wet . . . HATE IT!!!

[tweitz]

I have been in the face of a ever squall where the wind blast meant I could not look ahead, and with sunglasses they immediately got covered with rain and it was also very hard to see. I ended up shoving my head as high as I could against the bimini, which blocked the rain and looking ahead that way. Problem is that only works if you are very tall (I am), have the bimini up (which you won't want to do if you know the storm is coming, and don;t need to look towards the horizon, because you were forced to look slightly down. There is definitely a need for a solution.

[chuckg5]

Dive mask an snokle, both on board ready to go

[chucklesR]

Swimming goggles work for me if I'm silly enough to poke my head out of the pilot house when it's blowing that hard. Swimming goggles don't interfere with normal, natural breathing (I hate snorkling because breathing with ones mouth only is just not natural).

It's not just rain, it's also spray from the bow - and salt water in the eyes is not a pleasant thing.

For cold and wet my jacket has a hood that closes over all but the eyes.