>> >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 Only for cold-hearted paddlers.... ;-> Bob *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:36:53 PST
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