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Title: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: basmoss on December 11, 2008, 07:26:45 AM Hello DN Sailors:
I am looking for some king of a warm speed suit to use while racing. Fleece inside and nylon / lycra / neoprene on the outside would be great. Does anybody have an idea of an online source? Thanks Ben Shaevitz DN US 5395 Title: Re: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: Paul Goodwin - US 46 on December 11, 2008, 11:13:52 AM Ben,
I have an XXL Henderson suit, like the one Ron Sherry and the rest of the Detroit Club wear. 1.5mm Neoprene wetsuit material with heavy 4-way stretch nylon outside and fleece inside. I wore it only twice, and I would say it's more like a Large or XL than an XXL. It's too tight for me (6'0" @ 220lb), so I'm still using my old-old Henderson with the vintage mildew stains on it. If this is your size, we might be able too work out a deal that benefits both of us. Paul Goodwin DN US46 Title: Re: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: Geoff Sobering on December 11, 2008, 10:39:11 PM Paul - sorry go OT, but which Henderson model are you guys using? I can't seem to find anything similar to your description on their website: http://www.hendersonusa.com/
Cheers, Geoff S. Title: Re: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: Paul Goodwin - US 46 on December 11, 2008, 11:40:02 PM Geoff,
We use the Henderson Tri-Lam. They make both womens and mens models, here is a link: Henderson TriLam suits (http://www.hendersonusa.com/index.php?page=trilam&lang=eng) Underneath we wear a fleece one-piece, the one I have was made to wear under a loose-fitting diving drysuit. Unfortunately you can't pull the TriLam over the fleece, the fleece-on-fleece might as well be velcro. So you need to add a slippery layer in between, I use a 4-way stretch lycra one-piece in between. By the time you have the full setup, there is a serious cash investment. However, I would never go back once I tried it. Paul Title: Re: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: Capt Dave on December 12, 2008, 07:05:18 PM 220lb. omgoodness, thought you guys were eating healthy. WAIT im 218lb. nevermind. Ha ha!!! looked online only found a nrs wavelite xt union suit. is that comparable paul?
Title: Re: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: Geoff Sobering on December 12, 2008, 09:03:41 PM Paul: Many thanks for the info. It sounds l like quite the effective system!
Title: Re: Looking for a Speed Suit Post by: Paul Goodwin - US 46 on December 12, 2008, 10:00:27 PM Dave,
Not really like the WaveLite, which is fairly thin (10 oz Polyester/Spandex) and form fitting. The thermal liner we use is a somewhat loose-fitting polyester fleece. Ron Sherry got mine for at a local dive shop, I've used it for at least 10 years, so the investment pays off. I looked online a bit, here is a site with a bunch of drysuit liners, with some (like the Kokatat Polartec 100 Liner) coming very close to what I have. I think the suit I have might be closer to a Polartec 200 fleece, but I'm not really sure. Paul |