Many an adventurer has asked us, "Can the Cordarounds reversible smoking jacket survive the boat-thirsty, Narwahl-infested waters of the North Atlantic?”  Our stock answer has always been: "Aye, me hearty. "  But when we discovered that our fearless friend Bill Bowles planned to don his smoking jacket and brave these tempestuous seas in the frozen heart of winter, we began to worry.

An explorer and videoblogger extraordinaire, Bowles has set off to measure precisely how big the world is, and his path has recently taken him through the treacherous North Atlantic aboard the cargo ship La Tour.  Since Cordarounds has a soft spot for any expedition that suggests moderate to severe insanity, we were proud to make Bowles our second sponsored athlete.  Bowles promised us that his Web site, www.mynameisbill.com, would highlight great Cordarounds globetrotting action over the coming year.  That is, if he survived Poseidon’s icy fury.

He did! So now you can watch Bill demonstrate the seaworthiness of our reversible smoking jacket in today’s video report.

Gentlemen take note: Every day, there are fewer and fewer jackets left in stock. All sizes remain available in black, but there are only XLs in blue and brown. Rugged on the outside, ribald within, these coats are a must-have for the Cordarounds man — hearty souls like Wellington Stack, Beauregard Delacroix, O. Rutherford Pickling III and, of course, Bill.