Yes, if you bail out of the boat with a full drytop, the water comes in from the bottom. So you have to dress for getting wet. I use a Kokatat Wave drytop and find it to be very comfortable. Their neck gasket stretches fairly easy if you wear it for a couple of warm paddling days. I like the full drytop for roll practice and the added security paddling cold water. Their support has been excellent. I also have a Patagonia/Lotus Designs Double Play jacket without gaskets. This jacket isn't breathable, but the neck and wrist venting can be nice on sunny days when even a breathable drytop gets kind of warm. You do get some water down your back during rolls. The quality is excellent. If the water isn't too cold, just a really nice paddle jacket may do fine. One of my friends has a Stohlquist semi-dry top that has lots of nice features for considerably less money than their full drytop. You still get a bit of water down your back and some seems to get caught in his sleeves, but the quality looks very good. Scot Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.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 Oct 02 2001 - 23:55:17 PDT
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