We had a hefty female paddler begin to go hypothermic two weekends ago off Hunting Island, SC. She was wearing a cotton t shirt and shorts on a 65 degree day with 59 degree water. She was only in the water 2 minutes before getting on the beach. The paddler she was with didn't have any extra clothes and the wind was 20 MPH. We have a club that needs a LOT of help with safety. Only three wet suits that day out of 15 paddlers. I cannot seem to convince them of the need. The woman told me she was perfectly fine "until she got wet" and so a wetsuit isn't necessary. There is no hope some days. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Baker" <shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com> To: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Hypothermia Table > Hi P'wisers-- > > I found a nifty table on the USCG website describing the survival times > at certain water temperatures. > > http://www.uscg.mil/hq/gm/mse4/pfdcold.htm *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 03 2002 - 13:54:34 PST
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