I had the honor to get a Kokatat factory tour in Arcata prior to my talk in Eureka tonight!

Steve O’Meara, Kokatat owner for almost 40 years now!

Thanks for matching your company’s logo colors and design to my dress, Steve!

Reception lady Tisha

Marta (marketing), Michael (sales manager), Matt (customer service) and Kevin (customer service)

Design “First Lady” Penny

Production Manager Meredith

Designer Renée

Design team Adrian, Kelly and Adam

The cutting process, all those bits and pieces for the Kokatat garments out of a big roll of fabric!

 The cutting machine

The sewing process, about 136 workers doing the job locally here in Arcata/ USA

PFD padding

seam sealing

more seam sealing

 Glueing the neck and wrist gaskets

Each single drysuit is getting waterfilled and inspected of fabrication leakage

 Last visual inspection before shipping out – nothing is leaving uncontrolled!

And when it wears out over the years of heavy use – it’s getting reaired locally!

my own waterfilled druisuit on the “surgery” table

 Well-earned lunch with the three big Kokatat M’s – Marta, Matt and Michael