In a message dated 12/30/99 7:01:58 AM, teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il writes: << Lately my legs have begun to itch quite badly when I'm in and out of saltwater. It's a real pain. Once I shower, the itching is gone. Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution? >> Me too. What I do is carry a lot of water and I carry a kerchief in a ziploc bag. When it is especially annoying I wet the kerchief and wipe my legs down. I use a skirt so once I'm clean of the salt I'm usually ok until I get out again. The zippy keeps the cloth free of more salt water and it really doesn't take much water to dilute the salt enough for it to quit bothering me. If you don't use a skirt or are on the Dead Sea, with its extraordinarily high concentration of salt, you may find you need a great deal of water to deal with the problem if it is getting to you while you are IN the boat. If so, I'd suggest if you don't use a skirt, do so. You may find that the choice is among, the heat of the skirt, the itchy salt in high salt environments, or LOTS of water to rinse down with. Good luck, happy new year and stay safe both on and off the water, Joan Spinner Paddling in the Chesapeake Bay watershed Paddler of a lovely red CD Breeze and a yellow/white Dagger Meridian SK *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Dec 30 1999 - 16:27:53 PST
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