[Paddlewise] Drytop gaskets. How tight is too tight?

So here's a question that probably doesn't have a definitive answer but 
I'll ask anyway.

I'm trying to trim the neck gasket on my drytop to the right size. I've 
followed the instructions which say to stretch the gasket for a day or 
two on a can or pot a couple of inches larger than your neck. Even 
after that process the gasket was tight enough that I seriously 
believed that it might induce loss of consciousness. Probably not good. 
So I trimmed off about an eighth of an inch, which was better, and then 
another eighth, which might be good.

If comfort was the only goal, I might go ahead an make one more trim, 
but I don't know how comfortable it's reasonable to expect a neck 
gasket to be. Obviously, a delightfully comfortable gasket fit that 
lets water in gallons at a time is not really what I want. Can anybody 
out there describe what the right fit might be like?


--andy
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