Paul Montgomery wrote: > Here is another one: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/US-NAVY-COVERALLS-ANTI-EXPOSURE-CWU-62-P_W0QQitemZ260105714066QQihZ016QQcategoryZ36071QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > US NAVY COVERALLS ANTI EXPOSURE CWU-62/P > > I would love to buy them, but it says it's a small size. If anyone > gets them, let me know how they are. > > Paul Montgomery > paul_at_paddleandoar.com > http://paddleandoar.com Having worked on these [repairing them] while I was in the Navy, you wouldn't want to paddle a boat in them. They're not made for swinging your arms around as you would during a paddle. We did small repairs, and also new suits we put on the appropriate sized booties for the pilot, then leak tested. I was an "Aircrew Survival Equipment Specialist" better known as a Parachute Rigger [or "Aviation Seamstress Mate".] You sit very stationary as a pilot compared to a paddler. 1987 is 20 years old... to quote Elmer Fudd "be vewy vewy cayful" I would expect the gaskets to self-destruct putting it on. Though in 1987 (when I was on board the USS Coral Sea [a/c carrier]) we were using white gaskets/socks for the drysuits, so maybe the black ones are better/newer. I've been out since 1990. YMMV mark http://www.dotzen.org/writing/military/ #================================================== # mark zen -- fort lupton, colorado, usa #================================================== # ckayakr[at]dotzen[dot]org------------http://www.dotzen.org/paddler/ #================================================== *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 10 2007 - 08:52:41 PDT
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