Dunham Men's Captain Boat Shoe

I've had these shoes before and I loved the comfort and fit, but this model has some serious problems. Firstly, the shoe has a serious design flaw. The laces are sewn in place and not replaceable! The laces wrap all the way around the heel, as a real moccasin would, but they are sewn in at the heel. If your lace wears out, as mine did, the shoe is worthless. The first time this happened, New Balance was kind enough to replace the shoe. The second time, the shoe was pretty well worn out, so I just bought a new pair. That's when I discovered the second problem. After only wearing the shoe a week (a week!) the leather ripped out along the stitching near the base of the tongue on the left shoe. OK, no problem, I returned the shoe to Amazon and got another pair. The 2nd pair popped a stitch at the same place on the right shoe BEFORE I GOT THE SHOE ON MY FOOT!! Just opening up the shoe caused a tear. Now I have to return the second pair too, this time for a refund.It looks like NB is having some manufacturing problems, (you can see how some stitching is off a tiny fraction, actually weakening the leather by crossing the pre-punched holes where pieces are stitched together) so as much as I liked this shoe when I first bought it several years ago, I won't be buying it again anytime shoe.

These Dunham Captain boat shoes retail for $120 and I paid less than $40 here on Amazon. So, that's good. The shoes are actually very good quality with excellent functionality. The fit is as expected and it wears like a comfortable tennis shoe. The sole is non-slip rubber and it grips great. I spent 7 days on my boat in wet conditions right after buying these shoes and they preformed like a champ. The leather is water-proof. The shoe will not get water-logged. The nylon vents (light brown areas) allowed for water drainage (I did walk in the water a few times just to see how they functioned). There's also what New Balance calls a "rollbar" in the heal. Basically, it provides stability to prevent your ankle from rolling right or left.. oddly, I found this feature very beneficial. When you're walking on a slipper surface, your ankles can do funny thing. This rollbar functions from below your heel... it's not like an ankle brace, but it works great. So the design and functionality is excellent. I'm not sure about the quality since I've only owned them for about a month. They're made in China. If New Balance made them in the USA (like the 990s), I would've given these shoes 5 stars.

They sewed the damn shoe laces into the back of the shoe. Now in order to switch to the type of laces I prefer I have to cut the original laces so that I can put the ones I like in. I'll wait for a bit before I do that but this is not starting off well.What even worse is they didn't even make the laces even before sewing the lace into the back end of the shoe so on one foot the lace is a solid 6 inch longer on one side. I can get past this for a comfortable shoe but it's a severe annoyance that when I do replace the laces that I cannot run them the way they were intended to go...Stupid move on the manufacturers part. They got 2 stars so far because they fit like they are supposed to but still really annoyed about the laces being sown in....

Stylish, super comfortable and surprisingly rugged, I wore these on a seven day whitewater rafting trip through the Grand Canyon (280 miles, 180 rapids, including the dreaded 'Lava Falls" rapids) - then wore them 'most everywhere in North-central Arizona.Was surprised at how well they drained and dried - and remained pliable.They 'spiffed up' right back to nearly new with just a little cleaning and a couple of coats of polish.I'm a triple-E or even quad-E width. These fit perfectly, so for those with w i d e feet, these are a real find. Still very comfortable. Often wear them with no socks, so I use a foot spray to eliminate foot odors (and that strategy works fine). Highly recommend.

Purchased 10.5 X-Wide Black. The shoe has adequate padding in the footbed to minimize the pounding feet take when wearing traditional soled boat shoes, which offer zero padding.There is zero arch support, in other words the shoe footbed arch is not touching the arch of my foot and that is how I like it.The footbed and sole offer significantly more comfort when wearing all day at the office as a dress shoe, which is not a negotiable definition of a dress shoe; it’s my definition and I don’t care if others do not see this as a dress shoe… they’re not tennis shoes so deal with it.The sole seems to have good all weather traction and the black color shoe unfortunately is only offered in a suede which is a downfall of the shoe, IMO.

Bought captain to replace dunhill shoreline . Worn out three pairs of shoreline - liked them a lot but decided to try captain model as they seemed better in very wet (soaking) conditions. Although not as “dressy” as the shoreline I have found them to be very comfortable right from the get go. I did replace insoles with orthotics . They lost one star because the laces continually become untied- so I tie them in a knot and then make a bow - which still comes untied but doesn’t affect keeping them on- small issue but an issue none the less.

I have issues with my big feet, so I took a chance with these. Happy I did, big enough for my sasquatch feet, and wide enough as well. Comfy too. Not a lot of arch support, but I have worn worse. One down side was trying to replace the laces with elastic ones. The lace runs around the side and back of the shoe, trying to pull them out did not work well. Tying laces is an issue for me, but that is an issue for me, even so, I did knock off a star. Be aware, and hope the laces last as long as the shoes. Or you may have to get creative to replace a broken lace.

Would prefer it slipped on easier but good considering price. Quite happy to find a shoe that was actually 6E, a true extra wide. Can hold an insert.

Love these shoes and fit perfectly with my wide feet!!!

I wear orthodics and love the fact they fit into these shoes

My guy loves how comfortable these shoes are!!!

Awesome shoes. Fit perfectly !