Re: [Paddlewise] paddles and seats

From: Bob Volin <bobvolin_at_bestweb.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:58:43 -0500
>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.
>
True, but the next best solution might be some sort of thin pad.  Someone
makes a thin gel-filled seat pad that might help.  Alternatively, you might
try a minimally-inflated seat-sized Therma-Rest pad on the seat.
    Bob Volin
            (a happy bum)

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