Jim Tynan wrote: > My brother and I had planned a four-day, one-way, 60-mile-plus journey along > North Carolina's Outer Banks for Nov. 15-18. Great trip report, Jim -- I really felt I was there! > [snip] Two days before our scheduled departure an > "arctic" front descended into the South and North Carolina. High temps for > the first three days wound up in the low to mid 50s with night temps > lingering in the low 30s. Water temps dropped about four degrees into the > high 50s and the winds kicked up to 10-15 mph out of the northwest. [snip] > -- Nylon fleece-lined pogies proved to be a waste of money [$35]! Once > soaked through, the added weight caused major arm weariness. Hmmmm. This differs from my experience. I use mine a lot in the winter around here (temps, wind, etc., similar to your trip), and they hardly ever get soaked through. When they do, I have not found them to be extraordinarily heavy. Agree some hand covering needed in the conditions you had, though. Is it that cold most of the winter there? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 06 2000 - 22:15:09 PDT
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