Steven Featherkile wrote: > > I just read in a guidebook for paddling around Vancouver Island, BC, > that waterproof/breathable fabric looses it's waterproof capability in > saltwater. That is news to me. Anyone have firsthand info? I don't, but the Gore people do. Go to www.gore.com and do a search on salt water. About 1/2 way down the results page you will find this sentence: "GORE-TEX® Fabric Is Not Harmed By Salt Water!" Unfortunately, the link it points to is being remodeled. There was a bunch of nonsense about this on r.b.p recently, including someone who claimed that the salt crystals lodged in the pores and stretched them open. If you believe that salt water hurts waterproof/breathable fabric, you wouldn't dare sweat in the stuff, would you? Of course, othere manufacturers may say differently, and, as always, YMMV. Steve *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 01 2000 - 11:36:45 PDT
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