BCITORGB wrote:
Tink says:
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Also remember it is not air temp that is the most important, but
water
temp. You mention wearing shorts and sandles. I also read your post
about wetsuits earlier, and wondered how cold the water was. Did you
try swimming in it, to see the effect on you. I read an account one
time about Navy SEALS that drowned while trying to swim just a short
distance to shore...
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My budget doesn't allow for a wetsuit yet (Father's Day perhaps... I
keep hinting), so shorts and sandals will have to do. As to swimming
in
....snip...

frtzw906

I meant to mention regarding "wet suits", there is a fellow paddler up
your way that I have conversed with regularly, by the name of Dave
Kruger. I think he is actually down in Columbia River/Portland area,
but closer than Denver for sure and familiar with ocean paddling. Dave
strongly recommends wet suit over dry suits, and is often on Paddlewise
discussion group.

I got mine on Ebay, brand new, for 25% of what I would have paid in
store. I had to wait for the right size to come along, XXXL-Long, but
was worth the wait. Try some on at a dive store to get your size, then
watch eBay, and unless your a paddling oddity like me, you can probably
pick up something for you and your partner for not too much. Remember
you both need one! TnT