--Just a few thoughts... First of all, they Don't work all year. Second, you'll stay wet. Even if you're wearing a drysuit, constant contact with cold water will still pull heat away from you. And how about such places as the Gulf of Maine or the Bay of Fundy where the water stays pretty cold year round. Third, you're sitting pretty high. Seems to me that wind would be a problem. Fourth, how about storage? I haven't seen many models offerring dry and/or copious space for your gear. >Sit-on-tops work real well for most of the months of the paddling season >in terms of air temperatures. And even in colder weather, you can wear >a dry suit with lots more layers underneath. >Am I missing something here? I think that closed boats should get a >long, hard look for their deficiencies and sit-on-tops be given more >their due as boats that are "no problem, mon!" said with a West Indian >lilt. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 23 1999 - 22:40:53 PST
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