Dave wrote, "...I have a good friend (retired firefighter) who has had two hip replacements. He is intrigued by kayaking but can't get more than an 80 degree angle at the hip, which makes sitting in a regular kayak pretty difficult." Ever think of a sit-on-top (SOT)? They tend to be inherently pretty stable vs. conventional sea kayaks, and with knee/thigh straps and one of several available seat backs, they might provide a usable compromise of extension, hip angle and comfort. Ingress/egress would obbviously be a lot easier, as well, if that's a problem. You give up a good deal of hull speed in most of these boats (excluding the surf-ski variety), but my Scrambler will move along at a reasonable pace, is much cheaper than an equivalent closed deck kayak, has provisions for some in-hull storage, and can carry a huge cooler in the after deck well! 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 Tue May 30 2000 - 06:27:12 PDT
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