Hi Folks, Thanks to all for the great response to my request for info on drysuits. My old Goretex one has full booties, a relief zipper, and the seals replaced with Chillcheater material, as mentioned by Tord. All of these features rated highly in users-comments. I had been particularly interested in Kokatat suits, and the feedback from users was very positive for them, which was good to hear. I think that is the way I'll go, now it's just a way of paying for one! Our dollar's pretty crap at the moment, so does anyone know of federal bail-outs to poor Kiwi paddlers? I'm off on Friday for two weeks paddling in Preservation Inlet and Chalky Inlet, the southern-most fiords in Fiordland, which should be an interesting trip. 11 metres of annual rainfall, exposed to horrendous weather, and gazillions of vampire-like sandflies, with very few visitors to feed them. Can't wait! Cheers JKA John Kirk-Anderson PO Box 409 Christchurch New Zealand <jka_at_netaccess.co.nz> +64 21 634 448 (cell) +64 3 3294 928 (home) BCU Level Four Coach (Sea) NZOIA Level Two Sea Kayak Instructor *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 23 2009 - 02:17:24 PDT
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