Sweater received! Exactly what I wanted. A friend of mine, a very experienced, blue water sailor, always yelled at me every time I boarded his boat. Richard, "that cotton sweater is going to be the death of you . . . . . . if you get wet, you’re done . . . . . . “cotton is rotten!” Get yourself a wool sweater, no more "rotten cotton" sweaters on my boat! And being the fashion icon that I am, I needed a wool sweater with some real character. I was on the fence about what size. Most of the time, I wear a size, large, but I didn’t want something hugging my finely sculptured body. As I get older(I’m 73) and wiser(I mean wider), I’m 5’9” and 195 lbs, so I opted for a looser fit and your extra large fit the bill. I am a retired wood carver, sign company owner(44 years). Now, I am a sculpture of sorts, making driftwood collages, out of bits of driftwood, fishing line, beach glass and beach stones with my grand children. I’m also building a little 13’00” double ended Peapod, row and sailboat and I hope very shortly to be wearing my new sweater as I row and sail around Boston Harbor. Thank you for my finely made Irish Fisherman’s Sweater.