Following the recent discussions of pump preferences, I've been making enquiries re sea socks. Pygmy Boats, at their website www.pygmyboats.com say the sea socks they sell are suitable for use with nylon spray decks, and to contact Pygmy in relation to neoprene decks. I contacted them. Jim at Pygmy Boats replied saying, in part: "In most cases there is not enough room under the coaming lip to allow a good fit for both a neo skirt and the sea sock. The neoprene needs more room to get a decent grip. Nylon works fine because it doesn't need as much space around the coaming. If you are currently using a neo deck than I would not recommend purchasing a sea sock." and "The fit of the sea sock depends both on the size of the coaming and the bulk of the neoprene. Our experience is the neoprene around the coaming is too bulky to fit with a sea sock. The sea sock prevents the skirt from getting a good grip around the coaming and is prone to slipping off. If your neoprene skirt uses a nylon loop over to hold the bungee cord in the skirt, or is a very light weight neoprene there is some chance of it working with the sea sock." I have his OK to put this out for discussion. Has anyone else had problems with a sea sock and neoprene spray deck? What sort of decks do sea sock users prefer? Peter Treby Melbourne, Australia *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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