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Re: Strip: cover / spray skirt size for 14' great
By:StephenHJ
Date: 5/13/2011, 1:33 pm

: I find these discussions very interesting. Our salt water temps
: never break 13 degrees Celsius even at the height of summer. So,
: you can paddle in the heat of the summer sun (temps in mid 20s
: Cesius) but the water against he hull keeps everything below
: deck nice and cool - regardless of the type of sprayskirt. One
: advantage of cold water, though, is the clarity.

: One day I'd like to paddle in salt water that does not require a
: drysuit or other thermal protection. I'm thinking that it must
: be quite the feeling of freedom.

: I live vicariously through these posts.

: Cheers from the edge of the cold North Atlantic,
: Sean

It doesn't get very much warmer here in the PacNW (Puget Sound) - the lakes warm up, but the salty stuff stays pretty cold. IIRC the warmest the water got off Seattle was 15 C last year.

StephenHJ

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Strip: cover / spray skirt size for 14' great auk
Todd Olson -- 5/12/2011, 2:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/12/2011, 10:17 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/13/2011, 8:52 am
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Todd Olson -- 5/13/2011, 10:49 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/13/2011, 11:12 am
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Todd Olson -- 5/13/2011, 12:12 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 5/13/2011, 1:23 pm
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StephenHJ -- 5/13/2011, 1:33 pm
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Todd Olson -- 5/13/2011, 1:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2011, 2:03 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/13/2011, 1:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2011, 2:00 pm
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Todd Olson -- 5/13/2011, 3:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/14/2011, 6:36 am
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Todd Olson -- 5/19/2011, 11:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 12:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2011, 1:56 pm
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Alan Kepler -- 5/13/2011, 7:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/14/2011, 6:38 am