Scott wrote: >... By about the third day I had to keep > those booties well down wind of camp in the evening, and the things that were > going on with my toes and feet are simply too frightening to go into on this > list. Sandals with or without socks, wet shoes and rubber boots are all better > options then neoprene booties. Dear paddlewisenheimers, I would recommend to wash your booties in hot (not boiling) water, with a spoonful of acetic acid (yes, vinegar) added. A tiny plastic bottle does not take very much space within your kayak. Sterilizes neoprene footwear well plus takes the smell away - with red wine vinegar one even could easily get some tasty aroma to the booties ;-) I am using the booties only when at sea, otherwise I am keeping a pair of outdoor hiking sandals packed behind my seat: they do not take very much space and with woollen and/or Thinsulate socks they are relatively warm even at near zero degrees gentigrades. A rainy weather is another matter...but during the summer it is not really aproblem :-) Ari (Now with a pair of Goretex boots under the aft deck..about 47 knots/24 m/s winds and rain last weekend) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 01:31:30 PDT
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