Dry suits thread on Irish Freestyle

[dave f]

http://www.irishfreestyle.com/node/3623

I would have replied to this on Irish Freestyle...but there web site is not letting me log in...again

Anyway, I wanted to say that I ripped my dry suit on Jacskons in February and the response from Tiernan was exactly what happened to me. My bouyancy did not change in the slightest. I did NOT get any heavier in the water but I did get one hell of a shock when the freezing water flooded in to my suit Getting out of the water was a problem with the legs flooded too.

Anyway, there was no safety issue and I went straight out and bought another suit...I've never looked back since!


Dave

[tiernan]

i have that problem logging in too, if u use the small log in box on the right hand side, sometimes u have to do it twice...

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[Jim]

Here's a possibility. Maybe he had extra bouyancy initially because excess air was trapped within the suit. When the rip occurred, this extra bouyancy was lost.