Re: [Paddlewise] Wet exits and spray deck removal

ditto
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Whilden <kevin_at_yourplanetearth.org>
To: ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
<paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 5:24 PM
Subject: 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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