The Bowditch Tee
This is where the compass first swung true. The Bowditch Tee is the design that launched FOM 9—a salute to the man who turned navigation from black art to hard science, then back into legend. Nathaniel Bowditch didn’t just write the book on seamanship—he rewrote the ocean itself, page by page, so every sailor could find their way home.
But this isn’t a dusty portrait for library walls. This is Bowditch with a wink—the kind of fellow who’d double-check your longitude, drain your rum, and still beat you back to port. Equal parts scholar and rascal, he’s the spiritual keel of FOM 9: stoic, salt-bitten, and just a touch insubordinate.
Wear it knowing you’re donning the chart that started our voyage—the first design, the first reckoning, the original course we set. Everything we’ve made since traces its wake back here.
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The book began with Bowditch. The brand began with this.
Fabric & Feel
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100% Airlume combed cotton, 4.2 oz/yd²—light, durable, and sea-air breathable.
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Side-seamed construction to hold form through countless wears.
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Heather blends for added softness and strength.
Fit & Finish
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Retail fit: sharp enough for shore leave, relaxed enough for open water.
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Ribbed collar that won’t lose shape.
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Tear-away label for comfort.
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Clean print surface to showcase the deep-sea design in full detail.
Ethics & Craft
Care
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Machine wash cold (30°C / 90°F).
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Non-chlorine bleach only.
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Tumble dry low, medium iron if needed.
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Do not dry clean.
EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY
Product information: Bella+Canvas 3001, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC
Warnings, Hazard: For adults, Blank product sourced from Honduras
Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Non-chlorine: bleach as needed, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: medium heat, Do not dryclean
