I've had more luck finding kid sized wetsuits at dive shops than at kayaking shops. Try looking there as well. At least this was the case in the Puget Sound area. I also saw that West Marine carries kid sized wetsuits. Might need to ask or special order, but they should have them. Biggest problem for my 3 year old is boredom. Last couple of times I took out in the kayak (necky "pungo") about a hundred yards from shore the "I wanna get out" starts up. Just trying to keep a little one to stay put in the cockpit is really hard. I've tried both the pungo (larger opening central cockpit), and putting her in the front cockpit of a double. Other than being bored and whining, she's a fairly reasonable passenger, not the best though, sort of in the the way trying to get a good paddle stroke in. She's getting too big for sharing even the pungo cockpit with me (she's already over 40 pounds), but not heavy enough for reasonable trim in a double. Not sure I'm ready to let her have a paddle and try to help paddle a double yet either... Its just easier to plunk her on a larger petro powered boat with a few toys and space to run around. So, the choice is either go on really short kayak trips, or burn dinos. Any suggestions on how to deal with this difficult age, or at what age its reasonable to attempt kayaking with kids again? thanks dave *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 12 2000 - 21:17:00 PST
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