That belt is meant for inducing sweating when exercising and supposedly helping reduce your tummy size. I too often thought that one would work well as an ad hoc closure for the bottom of a paddle jacket. It is quite wide as you indicate, very grippy, and might do the job. However you will not achieve a dry suit in the combination you are thinking of. So if you go that way, you should have a wet suit underneath. The waterproof clothing over it will reduce the amount of water getting near you. A watersports polartec suit (or neoprene) under a jacket and bib pants with a belt would be pretty decent in terms of coverage...not perfect but certainly a lot better than just a paddle jacket, pants and just some outdoor insulation clothing underneath. On another note, I believe the TecTour top does not have a latex gasket at the neck, just the wrists. I am working from memory, so I could be mistaken on this. If that is the case, you will take on water at the neck. Some of those tops with the word "tour" in them don't close up too well at the neck lacking even neoprene or darlexx up there. So check that too. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 May 25 2000 - 11:44:43 PDT
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