2) It would have been real difficult for Rhino alone to effect a self-rescue with the arms and legs of his suit filled with water. I don't know if you have done this in any rescue or cold water clinics down your way, but even a paddling jacket and paddling pants with neoprene closures can hold enough water to make getting back into a boat -------------- I was watching one of the recent threads about paddling jackets with interest, because I haven't felt the need for specialzed outer gear(no winter paddling so far). I've gone along so far (perhaps naively) with just a summer or winter shell (along with a wet suit) which have protected me very nicely so far, that I wear under the PFD. The idea of pockets or lining filling up with water hadn't occured to me. I now think I could zip the pockets up religously (yeah, right!) to keep the water out and/or possibly cut a drainage hole in one corner of the pockets. I guess I'm going to have test the shells out by doing a few self rescues before I'll be convinced they're a danger. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 15 1999 - 07:20:39 PST
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