In article , Peter Clinch
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Ewan Scott wrote:

Unecessary implies not needed at all. I'd argue that isn't the case, but
then I'm not doing placid water nowadays.

Fair comment, and we're down to semantics in a way. I always have a cag
with me, but having said that I always had a cag with me when I first
started. It was the Peter Storm pullover smock I had in the cubs/scouts
for keeping the rain off and just about everyone has something equally
good (well, just about everyone who's going to want to take up
paddling...) they can use to keep the worst off and see if they like
paddling before they spend £50+ on a twin waisted cag with serious seals
that won't be much use for anything bar paddling.

....actually... I would find such a thing useless for paddling in!

Fine for sitting around in and posing, in mid-winter, maybe. But sitting
around in a boat in mid-winter is not canoeing, IMO.

Wear a (lightweight!) cag for the warm-up and remove it for the session.


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Allan Bennett
Not a fan of serious sea mammals

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