I think it was Peter who had a question on the vacuum behind sea-sock interfering with draining water by turning sea-sock inside out. There is a slight vacuum in my kayak that helps keep the top and sides of the sock from falling back down on my legs. I am not sure how it affects turning the sock inside out because I never do that to drain water. With the sock in place all the sides seem to angle back to the cockpit opening. Lifting the front of the kayak even just slightly while upside down drains all the water. It drains more out than just about any bulkheaded kayaks I have seen. If you did want to turn it inside out and had a problem you could break any vacuum by pulling a small section of the sock bungee off the rim. I do this after entering the kayak to make it easier to push the end of the sock forward and to push the sides of the sock out against the sides of the kayak. On my sock I can create a small opening about 1 ft back from the front of the cockpit without really affecting the overall tightness of the sock on the rim. Check your sock's fit to see if you can find a spot where you can get a small opening for "vacuum breaking" without loosening the sock to the point that it might come off the rest of the rim. Mark J. Arnold *************************************************************************** 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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