Bill, Two things you may want to try. Contact the manufacture or a local kayak shop that sells items such as seats and glass it on yourself (I believe that Pacific Water Sports just south of Seattle still carries fiberglass seats for home made kayaks) or you could make a more comfortable seat out of the closed cell foam that's already there. The numbness is probably due to the shape of the foam as well as its length. If it is long enough to support at least part of the way down the thigh, then shape should fix it. You could measure a seat that you both find comfortable and then cut the foam to the same dimensions. Keep in mind that closed cell foam doesn't have a lot of give, so if you're off by much it could still result in that wonderful numb bottom feeling. You could also make a new one out of fiberglass, but you'll need to make your mold and determine where you're going to attach it once you've built it. - good luck - Saul -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of William J. Oetjen Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 9:43 PM To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: [Paddlewise] seats... again Hi Folks, I am looking for a prfect seat solution. The boat is a Necky Arluk II. We bought this beauty used and a previous owner had pulled the original seat and cut out a slab of closed cell to fit in the cockpit. That's all they did. cut it out and no shaping, nothing. My sig other lasts about fifteen minutes in this otherwise superb boat before her legs go NUMB! Can any of you smart paddler types out there suggest a solution? By the way, she likes to paddle for HOURS usually.... Thanks, Bill Oetjen woetjen_at_zoo.uvm.edu *************************************************************************** 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/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 May 08 2000 - 06:10:18 PDT
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