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people have sugested this to me before but it seams very bulky so i have
not tried it. Please tell me how it worked after the try out.

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> Från: Grey <Grey@is*.ca*>
> Till: Jsuw@ao*.co*; ingemar.lundgren@mb*.sw*.se*;
techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Ämne: Re: Cold water risk
> Datum:  den 4 september 1998 05:31
> 
> A drysuit over a wetsuit!!
> I guess if you spent a little tine getting the buoyancy under control it
> would work.It is interesting enough that,as a cold water diver,I am going
to
> give this a try!
> Later,
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jsuw@ao*.co* <Jsuw@ao*.co*>
> To: ingemar.lundgren@mb*.sw*.se*
> <ingemar.lundgren@mb*.sw*.se*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com
> <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 7:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Cold water risk
> 
> 
> >Most good dry suit underwear for cold water is made of material which
will
> >keep you warm even if you are damp.  When my old suit was getting past
the
> >point of no return, it leaked a lot, but I was never too cold to
function,
> >even in the Great Lakes which are typically 37-44 degrees F at depth.
> These
> >were recreational dives, so long decompression was not an issue.
> >
> >If you are concerned about this you can do what haz-mat divers do, and
wear
> a
> >dry suit over their dry suit.  This way you have two layers to penetrate
> >before a leak would be catastrophic.  When my suit was a damp suit all
of
> the
> >time, I just wore a wet suit as the insulation underneath.  It was
plenty
> >warm, even if it got wet.
> >
> >By the way, I'm VERY happy to have a new dry suit these days, one that
> keeps
> >me warm and dry.
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