[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Bob, I find that a Farmer John wetsuit, Hydroskin rash guard, Mukluk Lites, and Gore-Tex paddling jacket, work well for me in 55 deg water. I'm located in Southern CA and our water is a little bit warmer than yours, but not much. Last weekend it was 58 deg and 70 deg air temp. I wore a shortie Farmer John, and a polypro rash guard. Left the paddle jacket and Hydroskin off. Even went for a swim after several missed roll attempts, and my paddling partner didn't get his bow to me. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Denton > > I have completed the move from South Florida (Water temp > 80-88) to Santa Cruz (55) I suspect I will need more than a > t-shirt and bare feet. > > I visited two of the local kayak shops yesterday asking about > water wear. I was told by one that a capaline shirt would be > adequate and that their students were taught not to stay in > the water too long. The other suggested a bib style wet suit > and paddling jacket. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 09 2005 - 17:45:55 PDT
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