"I use a thick (6.5mm) skin diver's farmer john wetsuit with a dry top. This keeps me fairly warm even when water gets under the drytop (after smimming). . . but it does use a bit of energy > because it is so clingy and springy. Once I even wore my farmer john > under a drysuit. Wow! What kind of water temps would make that advisable? Maybe I'd do it if I were paddling in the Shetlands. e" Elaine, I was just too lazy to change out of the wetsuit, but I wanted the drysuit to keep my torso warm. I was cozy! Actually it isn't such a crazy idea. You can get very wet (from sweat) inside a dry suit, and, although you are protected from evaporative cooling by the drysuit, you will loose more heat to convection when your fuzzy layers become drenched with sweat. I do paddle on very windy winter days in 45 degree water, and the neoprene would provide some back up if you ripped a seal on your drysuit. I might be inclined to wear a looser "fuzzy rubber" farmer john under the drysuit, next to my skin, when paddling solo in winter storms. Nick *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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