Schwalbe Durano plus in 25 or 28 .... beats the crap out of Gators.... and much much better Gator Harshell, and they grip well in the wet and dry (Gators are very bad for wet and you will crash)...
I run 32mm Gatorskins on 2 of my bikes and live in Vancouver Washington, if the tires had issues with wet roads I'd know it and they wouldn't be as popular as they are here and in Portland. I've had zero problems with them and I see them on bikes everywhere here. Haven't toured on them, but did do roughly 800 miles loaded training on a pair last spring and didn't flat.