<< Dana said: <snip> <<<My question is have others who paddle in cold had similar experiences with insulation dampness? If so, have you found a solution to the dampness?>>> Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_telus.net> writes: When it comes to paddling, you can either be cold and damp or warm and damp, your choice :-) .. I find a tight neoprene spray skirt around one's torso to be doing a bit of a disservice to the whole notion of insulation and dead-air space. ... .. Some conditions I encounter require a bombproof skirt, ... .. from the waist down, there isn't much movement in kayaking. ... .. Good luck with your search for the ultimate set-up. Ralph Hoehn muses: http://brooks.uniserve.com/tuliq.html .. is perhaps worth another look. I'm not affiliated with the company in any way whatsoever, but I hear more and more about the use of the traditional "tuiliq" in various guises. Wolfgang Brinck gives a short description of how to build your own in his (baidarka building) book "The Aleutian Kayak". (He wears his PFD under his tuiliq, by the way!) Other related links: http://www.seakayakermag.com/oct99/tuiliqs.htm (good description) http://www.magicnet.net/~gstamer/Petrussen_Maneuver.html (interesting twist on being able to get to the surface while the boat is capsized WITHOUT leaving the cockpit, IF you are wearing a tuiliq ... or even a flexible skirt with a strong seal) http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut990930/nvt90917_12.html The main objection to the use of a tuiliq (as I understand it) is that it does relatively little to protect a paddler once s/he has ejected from the boat and is in cold water. I suppose the point of the tuiliq is that the likelihood of actually having to leave the boat is greatly reduced -- see the Petrussen article above -- and thus there is less need to be "dressed for immersion". Does anyone have any experience with self-rescue starting from the "Petrussen maneuver" position? It seems that the later stages of a re-entry and roll should work (as Greg Stamer infers in the article). Best regards, Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com www.PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 28 2000 - 11:31:39 PST
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