Anyone ever......?

[Martin S]

I would n't want to risk spoiling a woolen kilt on the beach, but have used home-made wrap-rounds to go swimming. Easy to put on, easy to put off – and so simple to slip the wet swimming costume off from underneath.

My home-made wraps are converted trousers, cut off at the knee, so that the spare cloth can serve as a front apron and to put a deep pleat in the back. Using ready-made trousers means that you have a properly made waistband and pockets too.

Martin (who also dislikes baggy swimshorts)

[Blu (Ontario)]

I would n't want to risk spoiling a woolen kilt on the beach, but have used home-made wrap-rounds to go swimming. Easy to put on, easy to put off – and so simple to slip the wet swimming costume off from underneath....Martin (who also dislikes baggy swimshorts)

This is where the utilikilt type garment would be in its element... or perhaps one of those "mountain kilts". If there was such a thing as a traditional style but built out of RipStop nylon (or something with similar characteristics), that might also prove functional.

[Graham]

Poly vis is ideal for the beach, trust me, I'm a beachologist

[GMan]

Graham,

You're talents amaze me a beachologist along with being a kiltologist plus a kilted signologist. WOW!

Glen

[Hamish]

.................................................. ............Sorry philbo but I pity those who cannot get to the ocean, I could never live far from it. .........................

That's what comes of having been brought up in Pompey, Graham! I am the same, although I now live seven miles inland, as the crow flies, from the beach at Worthing.

As Martin says, the beach is not the place for a decent kilt, unless one is just down there for a walk. When on the beach in the summer (more or less from now until September), I generally wear a tartan Hockey skirt. It has an apron and pleats like a kilt, but is conveniently short for beach activities and it's just perfect for changing in and out of the Speedos. Also, being polyester, it doesn't mind getting wet.

[Graham]

True Hamish, the ocean is in my blood. I never want to live far from it. Being on a small island is perfect for that. Mind you, the beaches here are very different from Southsea, and it's not unusual to have the whole beach to myself, even in summer.
I'll post some beachy piccies shortly.

[highlandtide]

I actually have never worn a kilt to the beach even though I can spit to the beach from where I live.

We will see what happens.

[Blu (Ontario)]

...We will see what happens.

Keep us posted.