Re: [Paddlewise] Dry Tops and Bibs vs Dry Suits: Kokotat

There is a company that makes neoprene belts, about 8 inches wide, secured by
velcro.  It is called a Solar belt.  I bought one years ago at Wal Mart in their
weight and exercise area.  It is only 1 or 2 MM neoprene, but it should work for
your application.

Mike

"Fred T, CA Kayaker" wrote:

> I read with interest the exchange on dry suits on PW and read Ralph Diaz's
> well stated letter in Sea Kayaker on the safety issues.
>
> I thought that I would purchase a Kokotat TecTour jacket to go with some
> Kokotat bibs I got on sale while on a business trip to Chicago.   Not
> having used this type of system before I checked out Kokotat's web site to
> get their instructions on using their system and found their reference to a
> "neo deck skirt" confusing:
>

> Snipped for brevity.

>
>
> My comment:  This isn't a safe bet without the "neo deck skirt" and could
> come undone during paddling."  I suggested that maybe they need to provide
> a "neo band secured with Velcro" to go over the folds to secure it for
> folks with nylon tunnel skirts.  "The fellow from Kokotat said that was a
> judgment call on my part and that a neo band would work, but probably isn't
> going to happen and suggested buying a dry suit."
>

--
    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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