Dave Seng wrote: >I'm curious about how many Paddlewiser's either need to or already have >customized their cockpits for a good snug fit. I customized my handmade wood kayak, but with it, it was either a custom fit or no fit! While I was installing the seat, hip pads, and knee braces, I was also taking pool roll lessons from a friend, in his WW boat. Since I was used to the fit of a WW kayak, I made my sea kayak fit as snugly. > The other component that I think might be problematic in some instances is >the sprayskirt - especially on those kayaks that have large keyhole >cockpits. If a "ton" of water hits the skirt and "implodes" it, well..... There are large sprayskirts available with plastic or aluminum "implosion" bars. Anyone tried these? Do they work as advertised? Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 13 2000 - 08:03:24 PST
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