Re: [Paddlewise] Another way to spill a kayak

I'm, if anything, the opposite of tall, but I used to have the same
problem, until we installed some foam thigh rests right in front of my
foam seat.  Haven't had the problem since.

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:37:30 -0700 Catherine Veraghen
<catherin_at_imagebuilder.com> writes:
> superiorvisions_at_att.net wrote:
> 
> > (snip)
> >
> > I also know of some kayakers that deal with this when
> > their feet are braced right on a bulkhead. They have to
> > get out of their kayaks every two hours so they can
> > stretch their legs because they have no stretching room
> > in their kayaks.
> 
> I have this problem too. I'm 6 ft. tall, and find that my legs fall 
> asleep
> after about two hours of paddling. Usually I pop my spray skirt and 
> bring up
> each knee for a while to get the circulation going again, then get 
> back into
> position and reattach the spray skirt. It gets to be a hassle, and 
> it's
> impossible in rough water. It can be tricky trying to rudder through 
> choppy
> conditions when your feet are numb:(!! I found that my legs fell 
> asleep less
> quickly after installing some closed cell foam padding under my 
> heels. I don't
> know why this helped, because my physical therapist told me the 
> numbness was
> the result of the seat cutting into the back of my thigh - tall 
> folks don't
> have enough legroom to bend their knees enough so their legs sit 
> straighter in
> the cockpit. This means that their legs don't clear the front, 
> raised edge of
> the seat, and it presses against the backs of their thighs, cutting 
> off
> circulation.
> 
>
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