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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8126 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Bean Boots Reply #30 - Mar 26^th, 2014 at 1:37pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: Even WITH life preservers on, they could barely keep their noses above water due to water filling the boots after the spill. After reading your story Jimbo, I went to my local warm water beach and wearing my PFD and hip waders, walked out until they filled with water to see if I still had the floatation and could maneuver enough to get to shore or maybe cling to canoe? In calm water I barely could keep my mouth out of the water. With wind/waves, I'd of been swallowing water. Could hardly move my legs and IF I was clinging to canoe/pack, the extra weight would sap your energy fast. I don't think hip waders are the problem, as much as certainty unless you modify them, they'll fill with water. If you could secure them enough with a cinch strap or when paddling, roll down so they can't fill with water, I still think they have possibilities. Wearing them as they come is a recipe for disaster.


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Jimbo Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4604 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: Bean Boots Reply #31 - Mar 26^th, 2014 at 10:06pm	Quote Print Post
	ST - Agreed. Cinching them down would make a BIG difference. The guy my brother & I pulled out of the icy water in Sturgeon Narrows back in May of 1996 actually had on above-the-knee high Lacrosse rubber boots. Believe me, they had water in them! My brother & I are both pretty big guys and it was all we could do to haul that guy 30-40 meters to shore. It didn't help much that the Narrows were a raging torrent after the spring flood, either. Anyway, your point about cinching them down is a very good one. Jimbo


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