>> Because of my poor concept of time, I will place my watch outside my drysuit. I was not so good at realizing when I had over stressed myself, resulting in pain when taking deep breaths for about a week as my muscles got back to normal...<VBG> <shrug> <snip> Tom... >> I sewed my old waterproof Casio watch to the cuff of my drysuit, which sure beats having to pull the cuff back to see the time. Since the cuff (which only protects the latex wrist gasket) is not integral to the watertightness of the suit, it is pretty easy to do. You might want to try it yourself. What I actually sewed to the cuff is a couple of velcro straps that slip behind the strap pins on the watch, making it removeable for battery changes, etc. Let's see if I can make an ASCII drawing of it as seen from the side: _________________ ----------------- / \ ----------------- O ) _________________ ( O ++++++++++++++++---- ----++++++++++++++++ In case it's not obvious, the O's are the watch pins, and the dashed lines are the velcro straps, which double back on themselves. The +'s show where the velcro is stitched to the cuff. :-) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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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