>Mattson, Timothy G wrote: >I live and paddle in the Northwest. "Serious Sea Kayakers I paddle with" >almost never wear full wet suits or dry suits. Of course we wear them when >playing in the surf and in unusually rough seas, but for the most part, its >just poly-pro with maybe a light neoprene vest and a light paddle jacket for >winter conditions. > Here in Wales most of my paddling friends dress in the same way, the idea is not to come out of the boat at all... To wear a dry suit would not be practical - we'd just get too hot! At a recent Sea Symposium on Anglesey it was a hot day, the sun was shining, all the locals trying out new boats dressed in shorts and t-shirts. We were amused and puzzled by many of the visiting Americans insisting on wearing full dry suit, perhapps they were interested in preparing their bodies for the evening drinking sessions! Cheers, Keith *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 05 1999 - 13:25:22 PDT
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