Could someone please explain to this newbie the purposes of a wet suit and dry suit and at what water temperature you would need one or the other vs regular paddling clothes (i.e. t-shirt or shirt and jacket and, of course, always a PFD). I'm guessing a dry suit keeps you dry (duh!) with insulating clothes underneath for warmth and that a wet suit would be used in coolish but not cold (temp?) water to keep your body dry but not warm???? Is that anywhere close to correct??? I live in North Carolina and plan to paddle (for now) in relatively warm spring, summer and fall weather but need to know the basics and cautions. Thanks. Susan McLaury Biddle McLaury_at_aol.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 31 1999 - 07:38:12 PST
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