Re: [Paddlewise] Current Info on Electric or Foot Pumps?

"Sisler, Clyde" wrote:
 
> > Another suggestion that came out of the discussion a few months ago was
> to get the spray skirt on while upside down after performing the reentry
> piece of a reentry and roll.  While it is (still) a difficult process,
> I've found that with practice that I can do it reliably so that once I
> roll to the surface, I'm prepared to use the foot pump and to deal with
> the above water conditions.
> 
> What kind of spray skirt or does it matter?  I have a difficult time
> maintaining balance on calm water while reaching behind me to get the spray
> skirt started and typically rock back and forth.
> 
> I have a hard shell and Perception neoprene skirt which is about as loose as
> it gets.  I had seen previous mention during re-entry discussions of putting
> the spray skirt on upside down and was wondering if they were using a
> different type of skirt, maybe one of those touring skirts with suspenders.

I've got a Palm combination skirt - top is nylon, the bottom part that
stretches around the cockpit is neoprene.  It's a very tight fit, but
not very difficult to put on.  Once thing I like about this spray skirt
is the lack of a knot joining the two ends of the shock cord within.  On
my other skirts, that knot sometimes made it difficult to attach the
skirt properly on cockpit coaming that don't stand very high off the
deck.  The downside of not having the knot (type that three times fast)
is that it is more difficult to adjust the tension.  I haven't tried to
on mine yet -- it's a perfect fit for my boat, but it's got to be more
difficult.

	Greg Hollingsworth

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