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They are also made from waterproof, breathable laminate fabrics similar to those used for rain jackets. [3] Some now use polyurethane laminate fabrics (including fleeces), which are less warm and buoyant than neoprene. [4] However, PUL is somewhat stretchy, less bulky and more durable, [15] and works better over a drysuit. [2]
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Helly Juell Hansen had been at sea since the age of 14 and in 1877, at the age of 35, he and his wife Maren Margarethe produced their first oilskin jackets, trousers, sou'westers and tarpaulins, made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil. Over the first five years they sold around 10,000 pieces.
Shortly after K.C. Walsh acquired the company and moved it to Bozeman, Simms introduced a line of breathable waders using Gore-Tex. [1] Simms is the only U.S. and one of only three wader manufacturers in the world to have a license from W. L. Gore and Associates to use Gore-Tex in waders. [3]
Oilskin jacket and sou'wester. Oilskin is a waterproof cloth used for making garments typically worn by sailors and by others in wet areas. The modern oilskin garment was developed by a New Zealander, Edward Le Roy, in 1898.
Gore-Tex is W. L. Gore & Associates's trade name for waterproof, breathable fabric membrane. It was invented in 1969. Gore-Tex blocks liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use.