It’s all hands on deck as sailing competitions resume at local, regional and national levels this month. Club bars operate outdoors and the fortunate few with their own yachts will be picnicking at sea.

So, sailor style is back for SS21. Channel pro style on the water, a tongue-in-cheek maritime motif for aprés-sail. Think nautical motifs, Breton stripes and flared denims.

Sailing apparel company Saint James of Normandy created the original fisherman’s striped sweater, or mariniére, in 1889. Knitters wove the wool so tightly, it was waterproof. The original had 15 white stripes and 15 blue stripes. Coco Chanel brought the fisherman’s sweater into the fashion world in 1917 and it has remained a style fixture ever since.

As for sea-swimming, Ireland’s love affair with revitalising dives lives on! DryRobes are still ubiquitous. Find the Irish version at www.bearhug.ie.

The supposed antipathy between the Regulars and the Robed is nonsense: swimmers encourage each other and the shared rush of joy has a bonding effect. It doesn’t matter what you wear, just get in (as opposed to posing for Instagram in full make-up near the edge).

As well as boosting your immune system, and doing wonders for your head, the sea is a great leveller. Once you’re in, whatever size, shape or fitness level you are, whether in full-body neoprene or bottom-baring bikinis better suited to Bondi than Killiney, you are invisible.