Steve wrote: <kneeling was no where near as effective as the same maneuver performed in a boat with a conventional seat; in fact I pretty much ended up still sitting in the tractor seat with my legs doubled back beneath me. I think this has something to do with the fact that the forward edge of the tractor seat is too low for me to effectively use as a butt rest (as opposed to the conventional seat in my tandem boat which is "just right"). In any event, I eventually gave up trying to make the kneeling position work, and returned to my normal seating arrangement.> I kneel about 90% of the time when I paddle whatever the type of water that I'm on, and have noted that the height of the seat is the critical factor in how easy it is to assume a comfortable kneeling position (i.e. using the front of the seat as a butt rest). I used to have a Wenonah Jensen and found that it was uncomfortable to kneel in because the seats were too low. I had to do the same thing as Steve - basically sit on the seat with my legs bent under it. I was then positioned too low, so that my legs bent at a sharper angle than with other boats. This would put pressure on my legs just above the knee and I would get uncomfortable and need to stop to walk around much sooner. I had seats made out of "lawn chair" material rather than the tractor seats. So to answer your question, I think that your problem is the fact that Wenonah mounts the seats lower than other manufacturers, rather than the problem being the tractor seat itself. BTW, I could kneel in my cruddy old Alumacraft (a.k.a. the aluma-tub or the boom-a-craft) all day because the seats in that thing were the perfect height for me. Larry Snow *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 12 1999 - 05:15:55 PST
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