[Paddlewise] pogies vs. gloves

Thanks for the pogie input. I am trying out some neoprene gloves
tomorrow (not that I've ruled out pogies). Several folk (in a previous
thread) have made a good point about finding the pull tab on your skirt
while inverted and gloved. I tied a bright yellow float on mine when I
first got it. I can find it pretty easily by feel and it gives good
purchase for yanking on the loop without having to get your thumb into
it. I use a keychain float which is also a waterproof container in which
you can stow little things. I have a firestarted kit (a candle and a
bic) in case I have to swim for shore. Or my boat drifts off when I make
a pit stop thinking it was ebb tide.
  
p.s. My little bro plucked those silly balloonist out of the drink. He's
a swimmer flying SAR out of Barber's Point on Oahu. He says they never
would have used those assets (3 aircraft and a buoy tender) for a
boatload of 100 Haitians when he was in Puerto Rico, but that the guys
were pretty gracious. He was pretty embarrassed by the whole
production.
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