I think you are on to something here. Unfortunately, I was too young to own a leisure suit but I have been watching re-runs of KOJAK looking for some fashion tips. From all the responses, it would seem that they are made of "space age" materials (from the Apollo missions) and have some insulating properties. They probably have limited ability to soak up smells like neoprene so there's another advantage. You could walk into a restaurant with all your paddling stink fashionably contained. I have a huge concern about wearing shoes with the leisure suit though. They would definately scuff the finish on a your boat. Worse, they would scuff your friends during a rescue. A solution is to cut the leather soles off the shoes (ie. remove the bottoms) and just wear the tops over your booties (doh...I used the "B" word). Thats a trick I learned in military school (dont ask...it built charachter). We had flip flops shielded by Bates Floataways uppers. Do you know if Floataways are available in white? Tom Rhode Island *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 06 2000 - 16:01:47 PST
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