What is a partial bonnet?
I scored a henderson Farmer John wetsuit on ebay
and it's a 7mm. Yah pretty thick. But cheap.
But I'm thinking I can get a nylon skirt for inland river kayaking
and with the Hernderson wetsuit a nylon skirt will be ok for ocean
kayaking. Or maybe not but we will see.

PS I went out to our local lake (Lake Natomas) the other day to
practice a Self Rescue. (first time)
I managed to get back into the craft quite quickly. I was stoked! Of
course some waves and a heavy wetsuit would be a bigger chalenge! Oh
and I had no pump but was close to shore to go tip the kayak over.


wrote:
jughead wrote:
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It would be cool if it had a zipper so I can get into the cockpit
without removing the skirt.

I too would like to figure out how to add an opening. I had suggested
earlier that a dry bag type approach might work on a nylon skirt for
those skilled with a sewing machine. You can find inexpensive and used
skirts on Ebay. On thing you will discover is that a skirt can bake
your lower body in hot sunny weather. The air in the boat gets hot. For
this reason some people prefer to use a partial bonnet which keeps some
water out but does not seal the cockpit.