Re: [Paddlewise] What is a sea sock?

> I am not sure you could get one to work well on your plastic kayak.  The
> cockpit coaming is probably too rounded to be able to accept both a sea
> sock and your spray skirt.  Fiberglass boats have sharper edged coamings
> and deeper grooves than do plastic boats and the combo of sea sock and
> skirt tends to stay on better in them.  This is also true of the
> Feathercrafts folding kayaks all of which have fiberglass coamings
> absolutely like those on fiberglass boats with the exception of the
> inset groove to which part of the folding kayak skin goes.
>
If the sea sock fits over the same coaming that the sprayskirt is attached
to, what prevents the sea sock from being released when the spray skirt is
released from the coaming?  Especially if the sprayskirt fits tightly and is
a neoprene skirt??

The concept of a sea sock sounds very practical, but the descriptions so far
indicate that the sock *might* pop off when the spray skirt is released -
thereby negating the main reasons for using the sock.

What am I not understanding?

Erik

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