SOTs seem to be THE thing in southern CA. My husband, who is not too crazy about kayaking and hates trying to pack himself into a cockpit, got an SOT when we moved down here (for the record... from Alaska). He was cool and comfy during the (extremely!) hot summer months while I sweated miserably in the K-Light (without spray skirt and sea sock). Winter paddling (right! they call THIS winter....) he needs to wear neo pants and shoes because he does get wet and cold, and I am comfortable with sprayskirt if it's windy (but the sea sock is still too hot). IMHO, in this hot climate the SOT beats a sit-inside, easy! But, now that we're moving to Oregon, not sure how useful it will be. Wonder if I'll ever get the man out on the water up there.... ;-) -- Karen Hancock San Clemente, CA magpi_at_access1.net 949/487-2602 *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Feb 24 1999 - 09:37:28 PST
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