> I was pummeled a few times in my Nordkapp Ocean Cockpit and took on a lot of > water, even with a top-end Snapdragon skirt. The sewed-on bungee never came > loose, but I got a lot more water penetrating than I wanted or liked. I've had this problem in really big surf as well. I make my own sprayskirts with the typical bunjie configuration which is easy to tighten up. While tighter is better, when the water is really pounding hard on my head it still manages to force it's way in. Nowadays I have significantly reduced the amount of water I take in by wearing a nylon sprayskirt over my neoprene one. This not only keeps my boat a lot drier, but helps spare my neoprene skirt when I am doing a lot of T-rescues in surf classes. If your retrofit doesn't take care of the problem then get a cheap nylon sprayskirt and see if the second layer helps. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Dec 01 2002 - 16:47:17 PST
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