RE: [Paddlewise] Addition to Lessons learned: Lake Erie

From: Sisler, Clyde <Clyde.Sisler_at_wang.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:39:48 -0500
it clings to one's leg bottom.  Probably cluster some of the dry suit
material somewhere below the knee and make a cut, I suppose, for each
pant leg.  It would ruin an expensive suit but saving your life would be
worth it.

> If you made a cut down around the ankle and took another swim, would
garvity hold water entering the cut down around the ankle or would it rise
to fill the dry suit?  

> Aren't there Gortex repair kits for the field?  I don't recall having
seen/heard about them before.  I suppose if the suit was dry, duct tape
inside/outside the cut might do the job for a while.
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