Sun Protection Clothing Suggestions

I'm headed to South America for a workshop next month.  Can anyone recommend some sun protective clothing?  I'm going to be on a boat in the sun for several days each day.  I'm pasty white and burn easily.  I plan to use a fly fishing sun shirt and a full coverage hat.  I have recently found the Shelta hats which are great for on the water, but I'm looking for additional suggestions.  Thanks

Rhett wrote: I'm headed to South America for a workshop next month.  Can anyone recommend some sun protective clothing?  I'm going to be on a boat in the sun for several days each day.  I'm pasty white and burn easily.  I plan to use a fly fishing sun shirt and a full coverage hat.  I have recently found the Shelta hats which are great for on the water, but I'm looking for additional suggestions.  Thanks

 REI sells sun protective hats and clothing. https://www.rei.com/c/clothing?srsltid=AfmBOorC8s8-NBIxUZ92t5VsOoVQxY_okxMKywir31In_zIykbWxZMMQ&ir=category%3Aclothing%3Bfeatures%3ASun-Protective+Fabric&r=c%3Bfeatures%3ASun-Protective+Fabric%3Bgender%3AMen%27s

I wear long sleeve fishing shirts like simms big sky fishing shirt and similar shirts from others.  These full synthetic shirts provide upf 50+.  Simms and others also have fingerless synthetic sun gloves.  I typically wear blue jeans but also have full synthetic pants (rei or mountain hardware not shorts) which simms also has.  I use a tilley LTM6 wide brimmed hat. Others make wide brim hats too. You can also get a hat that looks like the foreign legion in North Africa that covers your neck and ears from simms.  Might check art Morris's Birds as Art site.  He is also sun sensitive and written several pieces on sun gear.  Take sun tan lotion for all exposed skin as the sun will reflect off the water.

I used to do tours where I was in sun all day next to water and sunburn was an issue.  I used (as someone else mentioned) a Tilley LTK6 Airflo hat because they have a flexible rim to not interfere with putting a camera to my face.  They hold a nice shape, dry quickly, and have a retention lace.  Wrap around sunglasses are important. I also used a neck gaiter (Amazon has bargains) and long sleeve fishing shirts, mostly Columbia. 

Sometimes we travelled to where mosquitos were an extreme problem.  Found they bite through fishing shirts and nylon pants.  So went with Levis tucked into LL Bean high top boots.  Thick cotton long sleeve shirt, brown jersey garden gloves, mosquito netting over the Tilley hat.  

Rhett wrote: I'm headed to South America for a workshop next month.  Can anyone recommend some sun protective clothing?  I'm going to be on a boat in the sun for several days each day.  I'm pasty white and burn easily.  I plan to use a fly fishing sun shirt and a full coverage hat.  I have recently found the Shelta hats which are great for on the water, but I'm looking for additional suggestions.  Thanks

Rhett,

I'm sure you're back by now, but I just saw your post.  I live in Florida, and I'm also fair skinned (Scottish ancestry), so I buy Patagonia's "Capilene Cool Daily Shirts".  Like everything Patagonia produces, it's expensive (overpriced?), but they work great.  Very lightweight, dry quickly when they get wet, and weigh next to nothing.  I buy a few everytime they go on sale, so that saves me a little money.  I have both long sleeve & short sleeve shirts.  For winter, I buy the Patagonia "Capilene Cool Trail Shirts" as they are just a tad bit thicker and more comfortable in Florida winters.  Again, I purchase them during sales to save money.

Link -  Patagonia

Most any hat will do, and people above have listed some good ones, but I prefer Mission "Cooling Bucket Hat" because it is so lightweight and it has ZERO body.  By ZERO body, I mean it isn't stiff at all; it's completely floppy, and I can squish it up and stuff it in my pocket if I don't need it.  When I put my camera to my eye, the brim just easily goes up without any effort.  I dislike stiff brims that interfere with my camera.  It also has a drawcord that fits around your chin when the boat is running so you don't lose it.  I didn't like the drawcord that came with it, but my wife replaced it with a better one.

Link - Mission

For pants I still use some very old pants from REI that I purchased maybe 25 years ago. I bought a bunch of them during a sale. They're nylon, they're convertible, and they are very lightweight.  Of course, REI no longer makes them (they were too good, I guess).  They're very lightweight but still very tough.  They also dry very quickly.  I'm in the water a lot and the only issue is when I get over waist deep; then my sunscreen chapstick floats out of the pocket and away it goes.  The pants have a zippered cargo pocket but I never think to put my chapstick it there.  I reserve the zippered pocket for my truck keys.