Re: [Paddlewise] Whitewater vs Touring Squirts?

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:18:37 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
<<Did you mean "skirt" as in sprayskirt? In that case, go for an
all-neoprene=0D
skirt if you expect to do any rolling or paddling in rough weather. >>=0D
If you can only afford one skirt, get a neoprene one. You can tour in a W=
W
skirt, but trying to do WW in a nylon touring skirt gets ugly fast.=0D
<<The one difficulty with a whitewater specific skirt is that it might be=
 a=0D
little tight on a large sea kayak cockpit. There are some huge whitewater=
=0D
cockpits too, but not all are as large as general sea kayak cockpit. You=0D
will probably want to test the skirt on your cockpit before buying.>>=0D
FWIW, my Snapdragon skirt fits my WW boat very well and is a little big o=
n
my Dagger tourer. As Kevin says, check before you buy.=0D
=0D
> I could use a little help with a purchase. I need to=0D
> buy another paddling squirt so we can get both boats=0D
> out at the same time. I'm trying to figure out the=0D
> advantage of a touring squirt vs a ww squirt for my=0D
> touring boat?=0D
Oh, and if you really do squirt your touring boat, get someone to take
pictures. :)=0D
Steve

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