Re: [Paddlewise] Foam and Back/Greenland

Jack:

Forward your message to John Heath.  I'm sure he will be able to address
this issue, particularly about Maligiaq's roll, as well as have some
interesting commentary about the necessity of a back support.

Robert

> From: JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:48:31 -0500 (EST)
> To: dlloyd_at_telus.net, paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Foam and Back/Greenland
> 
> Doug's post reminded me of an earlier question asking what Maligiaq Padilla
> (sorry, didn't check the spelling but I think that's close) used for a
> backband in his skin boat.  Never saw a response --- again, sorry if I missed
> one --- but I watched him carefully several times when he was getting in and
> out of that incredibly fine boat.  There was no seat or backband in his kayak,
> but he had a roll of (nominally) half inch quilted foam, something like
> Ensolite, that he unrolled, placed in the area that a seat would be, and
> rolled the rest up and out onto the back deck.  He slid into the boat over the
> foam on the deck, and then rolled it into the cockpit behind him, at least
> partly up against the vertical coaming ring, and leaned back against it.  The
> after deck on his boat was very low, probably well below waist height, so
> there was no back or even lumbar support, although it appeared that he used it
> in leveraging some of his rolls.
> 

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