Stephen Huskey wrote: > I thought the wet suite is made to trap water inside the fabric and holds it > there while your body warms this layer of water. I thought a thin wicking > layer for your upper body is to help from chaffing. so you want as little > between you and your wet suite and then layer out from there? I find the long underwear gets sweat-soaked quickly and thus providesthe layer of warm water under the wet suit. Everyone I know uses it in cooler weater/water. I saw something a few years ago on the internt (!) that gave an explanation of how wet suits work because of the air trapped in them, so it doesn't matter if they are wet or dry (except for water exchange). I haven't looked for it for a while. Was very well explained, but I cannot vouch for it. GaryJ -- Director, Family Canoeing Centre Recreational canoeing courses for the whole family. +--------------------------------+ | /"\ | | \ / | | X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN | | / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS | +--------------------------------+ *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 10 2003 - 19:02:59 PST
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