Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA19418; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:46:53 -0700 Return-Path: <pierre@interval.com-DeleteThis> Received: from fred.interval.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA116658000; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:46:40 -0700 Received: from interval.interval.com (interval.interval.com [192.203.7.10]) by fred.interval.com with ESMTP id QAA10406 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:42:48 -0700 Received: by interval.interval.com id QAA20531; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:42:48 -0700 Message-Id: <v02130501ac83b25f980d@[199.170.106.125]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:44:54 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: pierre@interval.com-DeleteThis (Pierre St. Hilaire) Subject: Re: The ultimate safety kit
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>He also said he was wearing a shorty. I think a 4/3 could make a
>multi-hour swim without much problem. Someone wearing a shorty is
>going to get hypothermic before they get back.
>
Yes, my personal opinion is that wearing only a shortie is quite
irresponsible at 3rd if one expects to sail the channel, even in the
warmest days and even if you nail all your jibes. I always put at least a
full wetsuit, and if I get too hot I simply do a duck jibe practice session
(garanteed to cool me rapidly...)
Pierre St Hilaire
Interval Research Corp.
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