Suz

Where do you buy the wrist gaskets?

I just bought a little electric space heater to run in the bathroom to help dry things overnight. I used it on Sunday night and everything was delightfully dry and NON MOLDY smelling in the morning. INCLUDING my CHOTAS and that is a really pleasant thing - as dry means they don't smell. I was worried when reading about the ozone issue here but imagine that it would only be an issue if you were STORING your gear in a place with electric motors running continuously - correct? Even so, I think that I may elect to expose the gear to the ozone over not drying out quickly and thoroughly as the mold can make things unusable for me due to mold allergies.

Maybe she will give you one of the rings that she trims off...

Glenn, Ravenspring will hold the same pricing for an additional drysuit order - you could buy that and skip the ring - Bethany would rather have you paddle with her anyway. Suzanne

With all the new dry suits out there, it is probably a good idea to talk a bit about the care and feeding of the new babies. I was complaining to Brian about struggling to rinse off my dry suit standing outside of the shower getting wet when he explained that he just wears his in the shower to rinse it off. OK sometimes the obvious isn't quite so obvious to me... So the next time I used it, I put it on and jumped in the shower. Which was kind of fun but REALLY cold getting into the suit naked... next time I will wear my long underwear (that is the whole obvious issue again)! This allows you to really rinse the latex seals and everything else really well-this was done without soap. Then when you get out, still dressed, you can dry it off pretty well with a towel so that you don't have puddles in the bathroom that your spouse may not like and you won't be banned from using the bathroom as a drying room Ravenspring has a note in their literature that if you need to WASH the suit, use only pure soap flakes and HAND WASH. In the UK, you can easily find PURE soap flakes, without detergent, enzymes and brighteners. Anyone know of any in this country? Ivory Snow is NOT pure soap flakes, it is a mild detergent based cleaner. Dreft is a "baby" detergent and contains bleach - which shouldn't be used. They also say that you can TUMBLE DRY your suit at LOW heat. So if you know your dryer isn't too hot, that would be a good option to possibly revive the finish on the dry suit. Any other suggestions? Suzanne

What about our race w/ the Dory??? We were up to 5.5 knots - granted not sustained but he gave up first! Suz

Sounds altogether too romantic for a group outing... should be planned around a good bottle of red wine. Maybe this would best be viewed from the water. Did you know that Aphrodite, the GODDESS OF LOVE was born of sea foam and is the protectress of sailors? I suppose we could stretch this to kayakers.

Nope - that request is a warm weather luncheon... need heartier Fall fare...

Count me in... any lunch requests? Suz

Translation from British speak to American... Christopher would like Jack to dress properly for conditions. Christopher would like him to wear neoprene rather than denim and would have preferred if he didn't paddle alone. Gosh that Christopher is just so sweet to be thinking of Jack like that and they haven't even met!

I will be there - who else will?? Suz

Before I get inundated with phone calls and e-mails, the drysuits are not yet in. I am hoping for an update from Ravenspring today and will e-mail all who purchased one with an ETA when I have one. Suzanne

Late start... Eleven went out, eight came back. Goal of the day was to play in the waves, swells and rocks. Couldn't keep from grinning the whole day - what a blast! Suz (PS - perhaps someone else would like to "flesh" this out... Christopher?? - we all know I can't estimate the swell size!)

Surf was up, beautiful day for the beach - I suppose I should have stayed there. Three went out, three came back. Many thanks and my profuse apologies for worrying Paul and Rick. It was a blast! When can we do it again? Suzanne