Re: [Paddlewise] tuilik - sprayskirt and dry/semi-dry top

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:36:07 -0500
>What you saw at the museum (if I am assuming correctly) is
>a long tuilik that will actually let you exit the boat with-
>out getting wet.
>There are couple of variants on the tuilik.  What it sounds
>like you saw was a long version that when standing outside
>the boat looks somewhat like a dress.

    The accompanying photo showed the paddler seated in a kayak with the
parka bottom sealed around the coaming.  It didn't look long enough for him
to exit the boat and stay sealed (or to stand up, either)
    WRT another post; I vaguely recollect that it was in fact laced on...

>The advantage of the long version is that you can actually
>come out of your boat and get your head above water with
>out breaking the seal between the skirt/tuilik and the boat.
>Then you can re-enter and roll (or re-enter with help
>from another boat) without having to reattach your skirt
>and empty the boat.
>  Mark



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