Also don't forget to burp out the air in legs of the suit...... I was reading a book on US submarine intelligence gathering missions from the end of WWII until today over the holiday. One of the first missions that the US undertook to gather information on the Soviets was done by two diesel power subs during the late 40s. One of the subs had a major failure and the crew had to be exposed to the cold northern sea and air temps. The crew was exposed to the elements for hours during a storm. The crew suffered 7 or so deaths which was very low considering the severity of the explosion/fire on the sub and the hours exposed to the elements. Most of the crew did not have on any clothes to speak of and certainly not enough for the surface conditions. What does this have to do with Dry Suits? The navy had issued some dry suits that either had not been tested or had been put on incorrectly. Most of the deaths occurred when men were washed off the subs and the air trapped in the lower portion of the dry suit caused the men to be up ended in the water. 5 or so of the deaths were caused by this. The crew reported that the bodies were last seen with the chest and head completely underwater with the legs sticking vertically out of the sea. The sub sank. This was the first I had read of this sub's loss. As far as I had known the only subs lost since WWII were the Thresher and the Scorpion. Later.... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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