Good Folk of Paddlewise, As the original poster of the message "Cold Water Clothing", I am still waiting for an answer to my simple question. Is seems however that I have inadvertently stirred the proverbial hornet's nest. I just wanted to hear some opinion as to the proper wearing of layering garments in conjunction with a Farmer John style wetsuit; over or under? I am a retired Coast Guard officer who served some hard time in the UP of Michigan and on Kodiak Island in Alaska. I also investigated numerous exposure related deaths, some of the victims were even wearing exposure suits. When the sea water around you is basically slush at 28 deg F, you will die very, very, quickly without appropriate exposure protection that is WORN correctly. NOW, does anyone care to answer my original question? Rob Castle Crofton, Maryland *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 12 2003 - 06:27:40 PST
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