http://www.nrscatalog.com/product.asp?pfid=2584 Alex brings up a good point and one to be considered. This jacket is something to throw on when it gets windy/cold/nasty, pick one or several. It will keep you warm and can be applied over your PFD. If you get spray/rain etc. you will be somewhat dry and warm. If, however, you roll over or have to wet exit, the degree of dryness now becomes mote and reduces itself to a wet/soaked/waterlogged (depending on how tightly wrapped you made it) jacket surrounding you. It's a good idea. Your sitting in your kayak and have nasty weather surrounding you and do you want to take off your PFD to put on a jacket? This would suffice if you were sure that nothing was going to happen to involve you in rescuing your self. If however the other became true, you could now have Xlbs of wet fabric to contend with along with all the hell breaking loose around you. Personal Call I say. Greg Dunlap Santa Rosa, CA 380 28' 675" N 1220 45' 247" W 157 feet above sea level blackey_at_sonic.net <mailto:blackey_at_sonic.net> This has been scanned with Norton's 2003 for your protection *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>It's a good idea. Your sitting in your kayak and have nasty weather >surrounding you and do you want to take off your PFD to put on a jacket? >This would suffice if you were sure that nothing was going to happen to >involve you in rescuing your self. If however the other became true, you >could now have Xlbs of wet fabric to contend with along with all the hell >breaking loose around you. Newbie here, with a question that you long timers probably solved - where does one stash all these things that you might want to use when the conditions deteriorate? At the moment I'm loath to open a hatch (if I could reach one) in such conditions. So far I can just paddle to the bank and deal with things. What do you do miles from terra firma? Dress for the worst and sweat like a pig the majority of the time? Should I build a stripper and add a "storm hatch", which like a "day hatch" can be accessed without opening a hatch? Do people use deck bags? Back-pouches? Cheers, Carey *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Newbie here, with a question that you long timers probably solved - where > does one stash all these things that you might want to use when the > conditions deteriorate? At the moment I'm loath to open a hatch (if I could > reach one) in such conditions. So far I can just paddle to the bank and deal > with things. What do you do miles from terra firma? Dress for the worst and > sweat like a pig the majority of the time? > Being TAD a newbie myslelf - so far trying options, but anyway: Paddling jacket or rain jacket should be within your reach, not necessarily on you. Another story is warm underwear or wetsuite. > Should I build a stripper and add a "storm hatch", which like a "day hatch" > can be accessed without opening a hatch? Do people use deck bags? > Back-pouches? To open and close a cargo hatch from cockpit seems quite an acrobatic. Day hatch is way better if you have it. Deck bags are costly and bulky, and they leak if you capsize or in high waves, but they work for things that don't have to be dry - like waterproof camera or rainjacket or water bottle. In fact, any waist pouch of proper size, buckled on the deck, will do. *************************************************************************** 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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