Vasoline..help or worthless in 48-50F water

Abou covered his body from head to toe with Lanolin, he was quite dark and lanolin is white. He used to use it in any water under 65 degrees. No I never swam the English Channel my brother Tom did it twice. He just used a little vaseline any where he rubbed. In coldwater I tried vaseline on my body and a coating of capsicum grease, it it kept the body quite warm. It kept the blood near the surface of the skin and felt very warm but I do not suggest it in case the blood cools off and causes the inner core temperature to drop. I was never to effected by cold water. This is something I posted on a tri site - Make sure you keep your head warm and covered, major heat loss from the top of your head. Are you allowed to wear the wet suit in the race. Soak the wet suit in hot water before you put it on, or let the body heat up the wet suit before the race. I was never allowed to wear a wet suit in a race and the water I raced in was nearly always in the low 60s sometimes in the 50s. Just relax and you should be fine. Some of the swimmers have worn a wool hat under the bathing cap. George Did you swim the Channel? I seem to remember (waaaaaaay back when Abou heif and Co were doing it) that they used to coat their bodies with grease as a means to fight the cold. Do you recall? Did you do it?

Abou covered his body from head to toe with Lanolin, he was quite dark and lanolin is white. He used to use it in any water under 65 degrees. No I never swam the English Channel my brother Tom did it twice. He just used a little vaseline any where he rubbed. In coldwater I tried vaseline on my body and a coating of capsicum grease, it it kept the body quite warm. It kept the blood near the surface of the skin and felt very warm but I do not suggest it in case the blood cools off and causes the inner core temperature to drop. I was never to effected by cold water. This is something I posted on a tri site - Make sure you keep your head warm and covered, major heat loss from the top of your head. Are you allowed to wear the wet suit in the race. Soak the wet suit in hot water before you put it on, or let the body heat up the wet suit before the race. I was never allowed to wear a wet suit in a race and the water I raced in was nearly always in the low 60s sometimes in the 50s. Just relax and you should be fine. Some of the swimmers have worn a wool hat under the bathing cap. George Did you swim the Channel? I seem to remember (waaaaaaay back when Abou heif and Co were doing it) that they used to coat their bodies with grease as a means to fight the cold. Do you recall? Did you do it?