Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote: > > With all the immersion discussion, I have to admit that I support the use of proper clothing, but don't fully understand when you move from a wet suit to a dry suit. The answer is probably an individual thing based on quantity of insulating body fat and so forth, but what's the rule of thumb? When it's cold enough that I don't want to be wet at all, I put on the dry suit. YMMV. Yesterday I was paddling WW canoe in drysuit and fleece sox inside SealSkins inside low paddling shoes, which is about as warm as neoprene sox. I was plenty warm, but my feet were wet and cold. > At what temperature do you change, and should you still wear the wet suit under the dry suit "just in case"? I never wear a wetsuit under a drysuit. Fleece is so much more comfortable and just as warm. I didn't pony up the $$ for GoreTex so that I could swath my bod in neoprene. Is your "just in case" just in case you tear a hole in the drysuit (or forget to close the relief zipper? Do it if you always wear both a belt and suspenders. -- Steve *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 04 2002 - 09:23:32 PST
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