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." Verlen Kruger's designs, the Sawyer Loon, Mad River Monarch, and Kruger Ventures' Dream Catcher were/are sort of closed canoes that could be paddled with a single or double blade paddle. Significantly here the seat is raised about 6 inches above the hull (and may be adjustable higher or lower). Verlen Kruger, Steve Landick, and Valerie Fons used these kayak/canoes to make some incredible journey's in the 80's. 28,000 miles around North America by paddle and portage and the Arctic Circle to Antarctic Circle Expedition were the biggest. Might be worth looking at. KRUGER VENTURES:Verlen Kruger 2906 Meister Lane, Lansing, MI 48906 (517)323-2139 www.krugercanoes.com (the website does not appear to be up and running yet). BC's Western Canoeing www.clippercanoes.com has two partially closed canoe/kayaks called the Seaclipse (15-9) and the Sea-1 (17-9) which are along the same idea as Verlen's boats (but not made only with about 14 layers of Kevlar like Verlen's so are a lot less money). Seats adjust from 3 to 6" high. All these cane/kayaks are 28 inches wide. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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