Gerald Foodman wrote: > > 1. It should have a zipper so it can be easily put on or removed at sea, > without it going over your head. > 2. It should be full in the body so it can go over your pfd. (So you don't > have to remove the pfd and put it back on.) > 3. It should be short so it doesn't bunch up against your spray deck. > 4. It should have a mechanism to keep it from flopping over your head if > you are rolling. > 5. It should be of breathable fabric. > 6. No hood. Rain hats are better. > 7. Pockets. I'm puzzled by something not on your list: do you want this jacket to keep you dry? If so, then you will need latex gaskets at the wrists, and (probably) at the neck. In addition, that means you can't have a top-to-bottom zipper, because it would have to penetrate the neck seal, whether a neoprene or latex seal. I'm also wondering how it can be full enough to go over your PFD without being so large it flops around some when you go inverted. Am I missing something here? Seems like your list has some built-in contradictions. I think you'll have to give up on the zipper. In any case, my experience with Kokatat's Goretex paddling jacket (latex at the wrists, neoprene at the neck; will go under the PFD, not over; no zipper) is that I can put it on or take it off on the water, but, yeah, I have to take off my PFD to do that. I also need someone to stabilize my boat in lumpy water while I'm doing the gymnastics! The Kokatat PJ fits the rest of your criteria. (No affiliation with Kokatat.) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 03 1999 - 00:27:48 PST
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