Rob - you can test it out at home. Full your bathtub, then fill your waders. If they float, it'll act as life preserver (or at least won't drag you down). If it's a more dense material like some rubber, it'll sink and act as a weight. Whether or not you're in the waders won't change the buoyant properties of the waders themselves.
I looked into the whole idea a bit more, and the results of getting dumped in your waders depends is highly dependent upon the type of wader. Neoprene floats, but doesn't have significant buoyant forces, so it won't drag you down if they flood, but will still make it harder to swim. A lot of modern materials used in waders are fairly neutrally buoyant, but all still make it very hard to swim, relative to a situation where you should be swimming. Here are a few links to documented stories (some very old) about people drowning at least in part because of their waders. There are tons of similar articles out there, but the most common trend is a combo of the waders making it too challenging to swim and some sort of current. None were wearing PFDs, which likely could have saved all their lives.
http://www.madisoniannews.com/ennis-man-dies-in-fishing-accident/
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-18/local/me-9277_1_apparent-drowning
http://www.denverpost.com/colorado/ci_21629954/colorado-man-dies-while-fishing-montana
http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/fisherman-found-dead-near-ocean-shores-second-man-found-ok.html
--For got to mention that's weight per pound. I'll try to let the community center life guards let me jump in with waders on film tomorrow. Tpfr version of myth busters.On if my favorite authors, Ken Miyata drown while wearing waders. I also always wear a pfd on boats.
Sent from my iPhoneYeah really -- Rob, are you sure about those sig figs? ;)--No - I do take this seriously and appreciate the wisdom. I just read a post where some guy went out a few days back and my first thought was "wetsuit"? Cold + Water is nothing to mess with if you don't know what you're doing. And I have no idea honestly -- and I don't want to die before I develop type II diabetes in my 40's. My father says eating whole wheat pasta is a real rush --Gene
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:36:26 AM UTC-5, Joe Molloy wrote:Thanks...and with the water weight to the thousandth of a pound...that's hard core!On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Rob Snowhite <r...@robsnowhite.com> wrote:
I have filled up waders when a boat capsized. I was neutrally buoyant and floated with the current. I was heavy and burdened when exiting the water. Water weighs 8.333 pounds when out of water not in it.
Sent from my iPhoneTo view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/CABwCmuQbTZJr5z298Jffi-R0dYK8zB6N3Aw4D5u9LRECdCeWzg%40mail.gmail.com.I'm curious just how waders can act as an anchor? I have yet to be totally submerged while wearing waders and can understand how it would be difficult to get off and boots would make swimming difficult but once you are in the water wouldn't they behave just like normal clothing that is wet (i.e. heavy, movement restricting)?Has anyone been fully submerged or gone into a pool with waders to test this?-Joe--On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffre...@gmail.com> wrote:
Gene - please don't wear waders I'm any sort of boat. If you flip in your kayak, your chances of survival are very low. If they fill with water, they'll become an anchor and be almost impossible to get off. Neoprene helps since they fit tighter and tend to float (without being filled with you and water), but still isn't the safest. Maybe just throw a rain suit over your warm clothes?
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