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best solution for me is wear short, thick soled booties from car to
water, then stick inside my vest when I sail. Some activities are best
done without rubber! Only in Maui do I sail with booties as I don't
like to kick coral and missing jibes and landing on my feet is sometimes
unavoidable....more practice should cure that!
Kirk out
Bob Dow wrote:
> Can anybody tell me
>
> 1) where to buy a bootie that is like
> a sock with a little non-skid on the bottom, or
>
> 2) What kind of substance to smear on the bottoms
> of some neoprene socks to make the bottoms
> more tacky? Something like liquid rubber.
>
> I agree with Barney Fife that booties are a drag.
> They're big, bulky, coated with armor plates of rubber on
> the edges that stick in the straps, retain water
> from the all sources and
> and bulge at the seams, get knocked off while jibing
> and get left in the garage. I had a good pair that I
> patched up for 6-8 years but now they're gone. I
> don't understand what Oneil and Okespor are thinking.
> They look like they're designed for backpacking or
> something.
>
> I would go without on the coast, but during La Nina I
> got home one day to find I had jammed or broken my 3rd
> toe and never felt it due to the anaesthetic properties
> of 48 deg water.
>
> As long as we're in the off season I might as well work
> on my equipment.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
-- best regards Kirk Lindstrom Editor Suite101.com - Personal Finance and Investing http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/investing Writer/Analyst - Financial Savvy Investment Newsletter http://pweb.netcom.com/~kirk_69/SavvyPromo/WhatLetter2Buy.html
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