> Silly question: I was of the understanding that wetsuits should be worn next > to the skin with no intervening layers, and that additional cold weather > clothing should be worn over it. Some one suggested to me that polypro long > underwear could be worn under the wetsuit, and was better than wearing it > over a wetsuit. Ideally yes, the wetsuit should be next to the skin. If you are a diver I would definitely advocate this, because the idea of a wetsuit is to trap a layer of water beneath it so it does not circulate and the body heat warms up just that small amount. Allowing some sort of channel for the water to wick through would move heat away rapidly. Mostly I do this as a paddler but on occasion I will wear a VERY thin capilene shirt beneath it. Sort of a rash guard. The rationale for this is that I will not be totally and continually immersed, so a large degree of water transport won't occur. I imagine, though, that if I had to spend some time in cold water (lost contact with the boat, or something like that...) that this could nonetheless be a negative thing. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Feb 22 2001 - 21:21:01 PST
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