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Basic Boat Shoe Maintenance

Style Memo #464

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O.W. Root
May 21, 2026
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Good morning, everyone.

Two new pairs of insoles for my boat shoes came in the mail yesterday afternoon. Insoles are one of those things no one wants to order. I mean, really, do you want to spend any money on the things you slip inside your shoe? No one can see them and they make no stylistic improvement. It feels like a waste.

We never want to spend time or money on the things no one sees. We never want to clean the garage, we never want to dust under the bed, and we never want to buy insoles.

But new insoles are obviously not a waste. If your insoles have been worn to degree that they are now essentially useless or uncomfortable you need new insoles and there is no way around it.

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