Re: [Paddlewise] Wet exits and spray deck removal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>
To: "'Kevin Whilden'" <kevin_at_yourplanetearth.org>; "Paddlewise (E-mail)"
<paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Wet exits and spray deck removal

> I hope those who pour scorn on thinking this through are never in
difficulty
> as a result.

Peter, I resent your assertion that I am not thinking this through. Though
your comment does make me realize that you are as guilty of what you charge
others. Both sides of the discussion have assumed that "if it works/doesn't
work for me, then it works/doesn't work for all". I can tell you right now,
with nary a thought required, that given the size of my ass, the thickness
of my double layer drytop, and the tightness of my skirt tunnel, there is no
way that I am going to wiggle out of the skirt when upside down. Hell, it's
hard enough for me to wiggle out of the cockpit even if the skirt is not
attached! But for every 6'2" 200lbs hunk of human being like me, there are
countless more people of every conceivable body type. Some of those might be
able to wriggle out of even the most confining skirt.

My point is that the recommendation of either the wiggle-out-through-tunnel
method or the reach-inside-and-grab method are highly dependent on body type
and gear worn. A blanket generalization that these methods work or do not
work is fundamentally flawed. Hopefully you can agree to this, and not be
offended by my blanket generalization in my previous email.

I completely agree that it is an effective method to grab the skirt at the
side of coaming and pull up. There is less curvature of the rim on the side,
and hence less tension holding the skirt down.

Kevin

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