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eric lavine 
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 Topic: heated wetsuitPosted: October-12-2006 at 1:50pm |
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just spoke to a guy who, get this.. runs a 1/4" piece of winshield wiper tube from his boats engine down his ski-line and thru his wetsuit to keep him warm...BS i dont know but it is one heck of an idea for the diehards
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bkhallpass
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 1:53pm |
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Well, I thought mother nature gave us a source of warm liquid to heat the wetsuit
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M3Fan
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 2:04pm |
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A drysuit with sweatpants and sweatshirt underneath does just fine for me.
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eric lavine
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 2:28pm |
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m3, thats what you do in the summer... what about the winter...lol
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redneck7
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 2:48pm |
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Commercial divers do that. They dive with surface supplied air and the run a water hose down with the air hose which pumps heated water into the back of the wetsuit.
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2_Nautiques
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 3:36pm |
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Better hope that tube isn't wrapped around the wrong place when he falls !!
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jholton
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 5:15pm |
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I read once of a commercial diver sucking up a Jellyfish in the heater hose pickup line. The aftermath was quite painful from the description given.
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63 Skier
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 5:17pm |
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I'd be very tempted to put a 2nd hookup at the raw water pump outlet and once he was up skiing switch the tubes on him.
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 9:09pm |
oh thats not good....... |
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 11:16pm |
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Wouldn't it make more sense to use something like that for getting cold beer to the skier?
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The Dude
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Posted: October-12-2006 at 11:27pm |
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quinner: great thinking!
This whole thing sounds like a lot of work to me. Usually it's the feet, hands and head that get cold...keeping the body warm isn't that tough. Such a line wouldn't help feet head and hands too much. That guy needs to check out dry suits. |
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Tim D
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Posted: October-13-2006 at 8:52am |
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They used to make a hand held shower that used warm water from the engine. People would use it to fill their wet suits. I don't remember if it was a factory option or something Overton's sold as an accessory.
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Posted: October-13-2006 at 5:33pm |
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I would guess several of you guys have those showers. Tim, they're both factory and add ons.
That makes a lot more sense than some line running down the rope! |
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eric lavine
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Posted: October-13-2006 at 8:20pm |
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dude, like quinner said, beer , now that makes total sense and would be worth going out of your way to rig up, you wouldnt even have to get out of the water, just say pa$$ me the tube
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Posted: October-13-2006 at 9:57pm |
used to be a factory option.Discontinued in 03 or 04 I think.My boat is an 05 and still has the shower button on the panel,and I was told I could buy the parts to make it functional.I guess people were getting carbon monoxide poisoning standing on the platform filling wetsuits with the boat running.Still avail from other manufacturers Mike |
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Posted: October-14-2006 at 9:58am |
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Mike,
I did order and get the shower on my 05, I believe that was the last year for the factory shower, I heard for the same reason as you noted above. The shower is a cool feature especially in the spring and fall. |
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Posted: October-14-2006 at 6:21pm |
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It would be kind of neat to have,but all the Flowers I ride with out here aren't in the water till June and are out by mid Sept.Too cold.I would ride well into October with good weather if there was more people who wanted to go,but all the diehards live in Ma$$achussetts.Once the air temp is in the low 60's my wife looses interest in driving the boat.
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Posted: October-15-2006 at 8:57pm |
We just tie one on at the pylon end and let it sail to the end of the line.... Jeff.... |
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