[Paddlewise] Gloves- was Hypothermia Table

From: Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:51:51 -0400
At 12:47 PM -0500 4/6/02, Michael Daly wrote:
>The key is - for cold water, you'd still need hand protection, like
>gloves, to extend your degree of and time of dexterity.

Gloves vs Poggies. I was out paddling yesterday in fairly cold air 
and a stiff wind. My partner was wearing NRS gloves and I was wearing 
my old CKS pile line poggies.  He ended up dumping and we had to get 
him back in his boat. My hands got cold when I removed them from the 
poggies and he couldn't get his sprayskirt on with his gloves on. 
They fit too tight to reasonably take them off and put them back on. 
While my hands were cold they still functioned, while his were warm 
they were not that "handy".

Any thoughts/comments on appropriate hand protection? Pros/Cons etc.
Nick
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Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847
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