Brian, I always appreciate your come back reply, since they are
informative, and represent your paddling expertise. I would clarify
that I am not opposed to the use of drysuits by properly prepared and
thoughtful paddlers. My main concern would be someone buying a drysuit
and heading out on a paddle trip thinking they have done all they need
to do to prepare because now they have the magic drysuit. I would
personally hope someday to get a drysuit, but for the meantime I need
to know the limits of my wetsuit, and if it means not paddling, then I
don't belong on the water. It appears that Sparks made the same
decision back on the 11th. Does this deprive us of the paddling
experience? Maybe, but we will live to paddle again under more
favorable conditions, with out the memory of a bad experience for us,
or worse yet, our survivors.

I also have no doubt that the Bare white sheet is a CYA . That there
are other manufactures and that there are difference in the various
types is understood. The fact that maybe they have not been sued yet,
may just be a matter of time in our litentious society. I work in a
field frought with liability issues, so maybe a little sensitive, but
remember, you got to CYA as well. TnT