>> >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 >> For Tim: How many people who dress lightly for sea kayaking in the Northwest are not "Serious Sea Kayakers" with good braces and rolls? For Keith: 1. What was the water temperature? 2. Were the people trying out the boats rolling them or leaning them enough to get wet? Derek Hutchinson once questioned Linda's and my decision to wear dry suits on a hot, sunny day on Lake Superior when the water was icy cold, but relented when we told him we intended to practice rolling during our paddle. We had taken an advanced rolling class from James Loveridge the previous day, and after two rolls without a neoprene hood, my head felt like an ice cube! (No, not cubical.) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:53:03 PDT
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