When I first started seakayaking, I found the tight quarters very confining. The hard fiberglass seat was tough on my back and derriere. After a few hours of paddling, I was ready to bail out. Now I always place something under my knees, and the legs last much longer. My back seems to have adjusted to the seat. I also try to move my legs and back periodically, to get a little relief. ******************************************************** Now for the other topic. We have had numerous comments concerning how long a plastic kayak will last. But my craft is fiberglass, so naturally one wonders-how long can you expect a fiberglass kayak to last? In other words, if X=lifetime, what is the mean and variance of X, and what is the family of probability distributions for X? Finally, what are the covariates of X? ******************************************************** ********************************************************************** Bradford R. Crain E-mail: brad_at_mth.pdx.edu Dept. of Mathematics Phone: (503) 725-3127 Portland State Univ. FAX: (503) 725-3661 P.O. Box 751 Portland, Or. 97207 ********************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 08 1998 - 11:30:31 PST
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