Robert said that he'd "... like to know if other romany 'drivers' have had the same problem [with backbands and rolling] and what you might recommend." The Romany and VCP's Pintail are reasonably close in design and operation. In my Pintail, the after bulkhead is just behind the seat, and the area is virtually inaccessible while paddling. I assembled and glued in blocks of minicell foam at the bulkhead, filling in the area aft of the seat, creating an extremely comfortable backrest. It curves up from the seatpan, but then reverses a curve to establish a low lumbar support and continues to curve back to join the top inside edge of the coaming. On top of that, I glued on a piece of two mil neoprene, nylon side out, wrapping that over the backrest and over the top of the coaming, giving a continuous, smooth transition for extreme layback rolls, and making the whole thing comfortable enough for eight hour paddles on occasion. The design makes entry into the Pintail's very small "ocean cockpit" viable, as well, and there's no backband to push down and have to then pull back up, either. Important in re-entry and rolls. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 17 2000 - 04:00:04 PST
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