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• the dilema of bare feet...
  • wear shoes. Cleats and other hard/sharp immovable objects have a way of jumping out at exposed toes.
    • see, I knew someone would go there right away... sigh...
    • Yeah, and you also better be wearing your PFD, a hat, sunblock and you better not be eating fatty foods.
  • We like the to be bare foot also
    • We two, too. And PS found that they are just as non-skid as good boat shoes. That notwithstanding, ...
    • I use the diamond shape patterned sticky backed
  • Inlaid Companionway Steps
    • Now there is an idea.
  • How about a strip or two of unfinished teak?
    • is this an area sanded out or what?
      • In this case, someone plowed out 4 or 5 1/2" recesses,...
        • can you post a pic? I have a router. GRIN
          • reread... got it!
  • A picture is worth a 1000 words
  • It's OK to go with bare feet. You just have to
  • You're right. Wear shoes, Period!
    • Yep, we love going barefoot - but, we don't !
    • Seems to me I remember pics of...
      • OK,, OK,,, any time the boat is underway.
        • Barefoot underway...
  • Ikea anti skid strip, $ 4.99. Self adhesive back, try it and if you don't like it peel it off.
    • You can get "3M Safety-Walk" in any hardware store
  • Any one who says...
  • When I was sailing on square riggers no one wore shoes
    • Thanks to all those that provided solutions and didn't stick to the "wear shoes" mantra.
      • But. Gene.
        • I don't know how old you are, but those filtering nose hairs grow like weeds eventually....
      • My right foot is screwed up from not wearing shoes on deck.
        • I don't have cleats between the cockpit and cabin.
  • Bare feet!