On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Michael Neverdosky wrote: > There are three major factors to the warmth of wetsuits. > > 1. Coverage. > 2. Thickness. > 3. Water exchange. >From my windsurfing experiences I would like to add the external material on the wetsuit. A skin coated wetsuit, is a lot warmer than a fabric coated wetsuit after you get wet and are exposed to the air. The skin coating of rubber basically waterproofs the exterior of the wetsuit so you stay warmer after you get out of the water but are still wet. The skin coating drastically cuts down on the evaporative cooling. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 29 1998 - 08:43:08 PST
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