If you are in a wet environment where water is under pressure it will come
through the GoreTex. It comes through under pack straps, waist belts,
climbing harness and the like. One a bike it will come through the front of
pant legs and the front of jackets.

If you stuff a GoreTex garment into a pack or stuff sack, the GoreTex layer
may rip or break. You will get leaks there. Rough use will make it leak too,
without tearing the fabric.

Gore Tex doesn't vent that well, it relies on body heat to push vapor out.
A good GoreTex jacket for mountaineering or cycling will have armpit zippers
as well as other types of ventilation.

In winter your perspiration will freeze on the Goretex garment and it won't
vent at all.

My past experiences with GoreTex had leaks and poor ventilation.

I use Lowe Ceramic parkas and in really wet environments (Pacific NW)
Chouinard Patagonia rainwear. (I don't know if the Patagonia stuff I use is
still made) The Patagonia rainwear is absolutely impermeable and has armpit
and back vents zips.I do have a GoreTex camo hunting jacket and two Marmot
single layer shells, but hunting you aren't building up much of a sweat and
the Marmots have great ventilation and I haven't been in a steady downpour
in them. I even have two single layer GoreTex tents. They do work pretty
well, they're not right next to the body.

GoreTex is ok, but is pricey (not like it used to be) and works in limited
cases. The garment design is more important than the material, make sure it
can vent.

Amen!




"Scout" wrote in message
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Bob,
What's the beef with Goretex? In my previous life in mechanical
contracting, I spent many hours on commercial /industial rooftops wearing
a t-shirt under a Goretex/Thinsulate coat from Cabelas. In one memorable
experience, after 12 hours in a cold, driving rain, I was still warm and
dry in my t-shirt. My only complaint was that once it got dirty, it was
hard to recapture its original efficacy.
Scout

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
nk.net...
Synthetic pile with windshell.

Avoid Goretex.



"imagineero" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi all,
I've been invited to crew on a 31' mono on the weekend for some
offshore racing near sydney. Last couple of times i went out on monos
in new zealand i wore what i wear on my boat (small catamaran) which is
a 3mm wetsuit and booties. The rest of the crew had a good laugh at my
expense until the weather turned to poo and no-one had any foulies. I
was smiling the rest of the day while most were shivering.

what do people wear on these boats? does everyone just wear normal
clothes (jeans/shirts?) and have a pair of foulies to wear on top? Id
rather be warm and look silly than the other way around.... any
suggestions?

Thanks,
Shaun