Bob Volin wrote: > > From: Nick Gill <nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au> wrote: > > >My skerray hatches also bulge and 'suck in' like this. But I still get > water in sometimes!!!!??!!? > > ...Happened to me, too, on a hot day. I think the negative pressure in the > hatch that develops from placing the heated boat into the water creates a > situation in which water will be sucked in when rolling or bracing (or > trying to). > It also happens, albeit a bit reversed, with seasocks if you do too much burping of them, i.e. less air pressure inside the cockpit to keep water from leaking through or even popping the sea sock. Which makes me wonder whether there could be such a thing as overburping a dry suit. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Dec 17 1999 - 06:11:30 PST
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