RE/ >He cut the backrest down so far that >getting into it already in the trim position should not be at all difficult. When I had my Mariner Express, I sawed off the top of the backrest so it would slide under the cockpit coaming. Two reasons: 1) I felt like I was flirting with a minor back injury if/when I had to lean way back with it up so high. 2) I have extremely long legs and those couple of extra inches of backward movement allowed me to do a cowboy mount if/when I wanted. I'd routinely slide the seat quite far forward when paddling a following swell and I never, ever had any trouble sliding it back - with sand in the boat or otherwise......Only problem I ever had on capsizing was staying *in* the boat... I found the ability to shift the center of gravity to be invaluable. ----------------------- Pete Cresswell *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jun 07 2000 - 17:47:12 PDT
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