On Saturday 18 November 2006 10:03, Mark wrote: > The driest combination is a double tunnel jacket with an all neoprene > skirt. The skirt goes on first, but the tube is rolled down. The > jacket is put on with the inner tunnel down and the outer tunnel up. > The neoprene tube is then rolled over the outside of the inner tunnel. > The outer tunnel is pulled down over the skirt tube and tightened. The > PFD is then worn over the jacket. More effort to get on and off so you > have lunch with you skirt on and learn to use the facilities without > removing your skirt. This is how Chillcheater designs their Aquatherm cags - as we paddle Kleppers the sprayskirt is a bit primitive - so we cut off the braces/suspenders to the Aquatherm trousers and used the double tunnel to hold up the trousers - with a few bits of Velcro it works very well, and you can still take off the trousers, without having to take off the cag. Thus the double tunnel design is excellent, even if your sprayskirt isn't made for it! As I might have menthioned here before the Chillcheater Aquatherm stuff and the Chillcheater Transpring fleece undergarments are excellent, and priced very competitively, and made to size! Quite amazing, actually! Saved our lives when we accidentally rolled in the sea, in +3C waves, a fair bit from the closest bit of terra firma. For more info about that see (and the two follwing pictures - also in writing at the same site, see 'reports from the readers'): http://foldingkayaks.org/gallery/The-rest/Lunch_3 Chillcheater is a small friendly company in Devon, UK, which does its utmost to adapt their gear to your need and size - no I am in no way associated with the company, except as a pleased customer! www.chillcheater.com Tord *************************************************************************** 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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