>> 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 >> I have one of these, too, but after a couple years' use, I discovered that the coating on the nylon top was rubbing off on my dry suit, leaving white marks that are impossible to remove. The coating also rubs off on rubberized thermal stretch garments. Has anyone else had this problem? I suspect it has something to do with using the spray skirt in chlorinated pools, but I don't know for certain. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I have 3 of these skirts. Note that the recent imports (They are made in the UK) uses a breathable coating on the nylon tube, and I have noticed that I sweat much less with the new version (Black coating instead of white)>> 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 >> I have one of these, too, but after a couple years' use, I discovered that the coating on the nylon top was rubbing off on my dry suit, leaving white marks that are impossible to remove. The coating also rubs off on rubberized thermal stretch garments. Has anyone else had this problem? I suspect it has something to do with using the spray skirt in chlorinated pools, but I don't know for certain. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
From: CHUCK_at_multitech.com (Chuck Holst) To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net ('Paddlewise') Organization: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. Date sent: Wed, 12 May 1999 13:13:52 -0500 Subject: [Paddlewise] Palm Spray Skirt > > I have [a Palm neo/nylon skirt], too, but after a couple years' use, I discovered > that the coating on the nylon top was rubbing off on my dry suit, > leaving white marks that are impossible to remove. The coating also > rubs off on rubberized thermal stretch garments. Has anyone else had > this problem? I suspect it has something to do with using the spray > skirt in chlorinated pools, but I don't know for certain. > Mine is about three years old and has not shown much wear and no degradation, Chuck --- and, for correlation, it's never been in a chlorinated pool. Love it! Jack *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Chuck - I've had my Palm touring spraydeck (neoprene deck, cordura top coated with a whitish layer on the inside) for, I think, 5 or 6 years. So far I've been lucky, and it's not rubbed off on anything. It gets used 2-3 times a week 9 months of the year, and maybe 2-3 times a month during the coldest months. The seam between the deck and the top began to leak, so I re-dealed it with SeamSealer, and it's watertight again. Occasionally I think of getting a spraydeck with a neoprene body tube, but I don't do it. I've come to value the pocket at the front of my present skirt's body extension, as a great place to store the thermometer, anamometer, maybe a splashproof camera (in a sealed Ziplok bag), etc. Drysuit season is just about over. Yeaaaaah! Bill *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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