Re: [Paddlewise] "Shrunken Skirt"?

Ralph,

>You might try wetting the neoprene sprayskirt as this will stretch it
>out a bit.  You mentioned having to get someone else to put it on to
>your cockpit rim and then you got into the sprayskirt.  Were you later
>able to pop the skirt off the rim without assistance?  If not, you were
>perhaps in danger of not being able to release it were you to need to
>wet exit.

         This is an issue I ran into when I first got my Pursuit, and it 
lead to one of my early writings to was it "Wave-Length"... before 
Paddlewise got started?

         The skirt that came off very easily on my plastic Necky, refused 
to come off from the fiberglass coaming for three tries.  Scared the heck 
out of me, and that is why I contacted George Gronseth, and one of the 
first things we did was go over the numerous ways to remove a skirt.

         George did a very good job of instilling in me, the habit of 
periodically closing my eyes and removing my skirt.

         Until I can get the skirt ON, I am at a halt...

         Your story is a good one, not just for me I am sure...

>Anyway, don't venture out with a sprayskirt you can't release; odds are
>that if you can't put it on yourself, you might not be able to release
>it.  Seems obvious but...

         Truly it does seem obvious, but at this point I am sort of 
"re-learning" skills that [especially in this case] are VERY 
important.  <shrug> Ak!  So My muscles are not doing what I want them to 
sometimes...  thing is that if I am really going to get back into this 
activity, I have to learn what I can no longer do, and find a way around 
them...<g>

         BTW, I had help putting on the skirt, putting it on the KAYAK, I 
did that after I came back, and had already removed it from my waist<g>

         I always appreciate your posts Ralph...

                 Tom...

	
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