Re: [Paddlewise] paddles and seats

Peter van den Hurk wrote:
 
> 2) Yesterday I did a great trip to Anclote Keys (near Tampa, FL) in an
> Eddyline Falcon 18. Such a nice boat! But, as I had noticed before in this
> boat, my legs and feet start getting numb after an hour. I have fiddled
> around with the footpegs, but that doesn't seem to help. I guess there is
> something in the seat design that pinches a nerve or artery, because I
> never have this problem in the Dagger Magellans I frequently use. Yesterday
> I tried sitting on a towel(couldn't find a piece of foam), to modify the
> seat mold. But that didn't help either; today my legs and feet still feel a
> little numb. Any suggestions for dealing with this problem?

Alex has already chimed in with the ultimate solution:  make a seat that fits
you.  This will entail significant outfitting, and is best done by fitting a
minicell seat (custom carved to fit *your* tush) in lieu of the stock seat.

If the Falcon 18 you paddled has the stock Eddyline plastic seat, I suspect the
front edge of the seat comes up too far, shutting off blood flow on the bottom
side of your thighs.  If you own the boat, you can remove the seat and cant it
forward a little by removing some of the foam on the underside of the front. 
Not for the faint-hearted!

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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