Re: [Paddlewise] Me, too :-)

From:           	rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com
Date sent:      	Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:49:08 -0800
To:             	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject:        	[Paddlewise] Me, too :-)

Ralph Diaz writes ---
> 
> I also have a coated nylon dry suit (Stohlquist).  And I get funny
> here.  While I accept Goretex for a jacket, I still don't trust it for a
> dry suit.  With a jacket that is going to let water in a bit anyway via
> the non-latex neck and via the waist (snug but not watertight), I can
> accept that the Goretex may not work well at some point.  In a dry suit
> where your whole existence depends on it not letting anything in,
> goretex failure would be cathastrophic. 

Not following the logic here, Ralph.  Are you concerned with the 
notion of the GoreTex --- the laminate --- failing or the drysuit 
failing?  I share your second concern, and wear the same 
Henderson suit as you do --- what used to be called Polartec 
2000S and now Thermal Stretch --- under my GoreTex dry suit for 
its dry insulation value as well as its ability to serve as a marginal 
wetsuit if a seal fails.  I floated around in this combination in 40 
degree F. water for about 20 minutes the other day to cool down --- 
air temps in the 55 degree F. range that day --- and was very 
comfortable.  Don't understand your concern about a "Gore-Tex 
failure" being "catastrophic".

Jack Martin
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