posted 02-12-2007 08:33 PM ET (US)            

Howsa bout you go bearfoot or go see a podiatrist...GEEEZE...

Does this only happen ona whaler??? cause Im not sure it belongs here if its not about whalers....maybe there is something in the refernece section on this very pressing issue....?

posted 02-12-2007 10:28 PM ET (US)            

One pair is really beat and I just wear them around the shop.

Another pair are well worn but still wearable in public.

My good pair are for dress occasions.

posted 02-12-2007 10:47 PM ET (US)            

YOu are dealing with organic material, leather, which is likely to get stinky. YOu can scrub the leather and let dry which it will not totally in marine environment.

posted 02-13-2007 05:30 AM ET (US)            

Forget the stinky boat shoes, for years they have been made cheaply and are iffy on a boat at best. Join the 21st century.

Socks do help, but bottom line, if the leather gets wet, stays wet, and your feet are in them, they will stink.

Beyond that, mix three bloody marry's. Pour one in each shoe and drink the third. The smell goes away.

posted 02-13-2007 07:28 AM ET (US)            

2. Use some brand of inserts WITH deodorizing properties (activated charcoal, etc.). These things really help and can be replaced in several months if needed. Don’t use inserts designed to provide ONLY “comfort” and with no deodorizing properties.

posted 02-13-2007 07:33 AM ET (US)            

Erik

posted 02-13-2007 09:47 AM ET (US)            

it'll work - i guarantee.

and i would invest in a back-up pair as well. one can never have too many topsiders!

when you're fishing for big gamefish, it's pretty dangerous to go barefoot. you should always wear shoes then.

posted 02-13-2007 10:29 AM ET (US)            

Best bet is to but a cheap pair of "water shoes" like the ones pictured here: http://www.amazon.com/Sebago-Extreme-79980-Light-Brown/dp/B0007S6FDG/ sr=1-87/qid=1171379476/ref=sr_1_87/104-8002232-3555913?ie=UTF8&s=apparel
Nice thing about them is that they dry almost instantly due to the nylon mesh uppers and most have slots in the rubber bottoms to drain out water quickly unlike the leather boat shoes that stay damp for many hours. When you get home, just spray em down with the garden hose and leave em outside to dry. If for some reason they smell after that... just leave them outside- it's ok... they're not leather. It's got to be better for your feet too, not being in that damp, dark, warm environment.

posted 02-13-2007 12:00 PM ET (US)            

If you are out on an adventure, scrub them with beach sand, let them dry.

posted 02-13-2007 02:45 PM ET (US)            

I vote for the Crocs.
-Laces? Pff!
-They float
-$30
-They dry fast
-Good wet deck grip.
-When ELSE are you going to have perfectly good justification to wear high visibility orange or yellow shoes?

And if BW and Crocs were to sign a licensing agreement, odds are half decent you'd see Bob Kemmler in a hat, sunglasses and fake mustache, standing in line for his BW logoed crocs. Hehe.

posted 02-13-2007 07:29 PM ET (US)            

I've resorted to the canvas shoes available at Wal Mart. They do not mar anything and are about $8.00/pair.

posted 02-14-2007 02:50 AM ET (US)            

I can’t imagine going barefoot. Well, OK, I can imagine doing so but in the imagining I’m persuaded to not boat sans shoes. Too many opportunities to slip or to injure my tender feet!

posted 02-14-2007 01:53 PM ET (US)            

http://www.sperrytopsider.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=913&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=143&iSubCat=144&iProductID=913

So do these:

http://www.sperrytopsider.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=929&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=143&iSubCat=148&iProductID=929

And these:

http://www.sperrytopsider.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1029&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=143&iSubCat=148&iProductID=1029

posted 02-14-2007 10:29 PM ET (US)            

Firstly, you may have athletes foot or possibly a bacteria under your nails. This needs to be addressed and treated using solutions and sometimes medication. Some of these conditions often go unnoticed and they are nothing to be embarrased about.

Secondly, drink lots of water. Everything you put into your body is processed and secreted in various fashions. Your pores are one of these. You eat garlic, you sweat it. You drink gin, you sweat it. You get the picture. A gallon of water a day can help offset the odor you emit from all of those smelly things we ingest and ultimately make your feet smell less.

posted 02-15-2007 09:13 PM ET (US)            

You can also get a spinoff style of crocs at Target for approx $8....great to fish in, launch and retrieve the boat.

Every pair of docksiders/topsoiders etc will smell once you get them wet..they can't breathe.

It's 2007 you need to try the crocs. At 57 I did and I'm hooked.

Good luck

posted 02-17-2007 09:30 PM ET (US)            

... if I only boated in the dead of night, slinking back to the car past all the fishermen that spend the weekend at the dock, wearing a Bayliner jacket, with hood up of course...

Otherwise, I'll stick with my Dubarrys...

posted 07-04-2007 12:52 AM ET (US)            

That is until the Sarasota rendezvous this year. When Joy and I went out for breakfast Saturday morning, we stopped by the West Marine. One of the great bargains that rhwy had that day was Crocs (weird color like Yellow) on sale for $10.

Joy got me a pair. They are, without a doubt, the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn!. We went back the next day and bought three more pair (different colors), all with the holes in the top for ventilation.

Now that I am back home, we have bought five more pair from the Crocs folks in more traditional colors like tan, blue, black, etc., and I wear them to work. Some of our days are 18 hours, with LOTS of walking, and my feet feel more rested than with any other shoe.

I have no connection with the Crocs folks, but if you have never worn any, get some and try them. They are great.

And to tie it in to this article: if you get the hole-topped ones, you can go barefoot with no odor problem, but I wear socks with the full-topped ones because they are rubber/plastic/"space-age-stuff" and don't breathe, so you need some kind of air gap.

I forget who said it in another thread, but TopSiders are for YACHTS, Crocs are for BOATS.

Happy Fourth.

posted 07-04-2007 02:06 AM ET (US)            

I bought a pair of the dark grey. I just wore them around the house and in the yard for a few weeks. My brother made remarks that will ruin this thread if I tell you. These are the Geekiest shoes that I have ever seen. They sure are comfortable though.

I wear them out in public now. They look a little like clown shoes. I'm not sure but it feels like my feet are being messaged when I walk in them. Nicest ugly shoes I ever had.

posted 07-06-2007 04:27 PM ET (US)            

" Croc Islanders June 03, 2007
Reviewer: J from Southern Florida
Shoe Size: Felt true to size
Shoe Width: Felt true to width
I bought these shoes to wear for work that requires a lot of standing. They are comfortable and don't need to be "broken in". Because of the material they are made of, they seem to retain foot odor more than most shoes even though they are perforated." [emphasis added]

I wear rubber boots during the cold season and any old sneakers when it's hot. Fresh socks have kept the boots from stinking, and I wash the sneakers alone with a little bleach every now and then in the washing machine and let them dry in the sun.

I still might buy a pair of Crocs for the cushioning and comfort, but it looks like they need to be hosed down after each use sans socks, which ain't no big deal.

posted 07-06-2007 09:14 PM ET (US)            

How many times have you seen mugs putting silicone or some mink oil or some "waterproofing" stuff from some stupid MALL store on leather boots and then complain that the boots leak? Same with those expensive Gortex jackets and then ya all go out in a driving rain and bitch because the $450 high tech sucker leaked while you were fishing?

If you were fishing right you will have been moving constantly and what you think was a leak was sweat.

Back to the boots - if you want waterproof get rubber, vinyl, poly something or whatever is impervious to water - leather fails the leak test and harbors enough bacteria to stink - Smell-O-Vision - STink Foot as Mr Zappa said - you or me aint' doin a damn thing about that. SO you know what you gotta do - get Keens. or Chacos or La Crosse or commercial foot ware. Same w/ jackets- get Helly Hanson commercial fishing gear, green, jackets and bottoms, neoprene waders hardcore and you will never get wet in driving rain - only moisture inside will be whatever leaks and your perspiration. The baddest stuff I ever used was Hubert's Shoe Grease - made for Oregon logger's boots - cake the stuff on your leather and go for it - or your climbing boots and head for Mt Hood Summit.

posted 07-06-2007 10:20 PM ET (US)            

Been wearing mine for weeks without socks and they still smell like new. (and my sneakers are as bad as they get)

They have an "Rx Croc" line with more cushion. Unbelievable is all I can say.

posted 07-07-2007 06:13 AM ET (US)            

Wear clean socks.

While working on a charter boat I always wear socks and frequently get my Sperry's wet. I let the wet ones dry 100% and they are as sweet smelling as a strawberry pie.

My informal study determined that, for me, wearing clean socks is a 100% cure.

When not working, and out on my boat, and no wet feet, it is either socks and Sperry's or Crocs.

Bottom line:

posted 07-09-2007 05:14 PM ET (US)         

Man's smelly feet trigger police raid
Mon Jul 9, 8:11 AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police broke into a darkened apartment fearing they would find a dead body, after neighbors complained of a nasty smell seeping out onto the staircase.

The shutters of the apartment had been closed for more than a week and the mailbox was filled with uncollected mail.

But instead of a corpse, they found a tenant with very smelly feet, asleep in bed next to a pile of foul-smelling laundry, police in the southwestern town of Kaiserslautern said on Sunday.

posted 07-16-2007 02:39 PM ET (US)            

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