Re: [Paddlewise] a request about outfitting

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 11:59:44 -0400
At 08:12 AM 9/5/00 -0400, Bill Hansen wrote:

>And as for the knees - I'll bet there are a hundred replies to that one by
>now - a pad of 1/4" closed cell foam, about 3"X6" in size, fixed to the
>underside of the deck with two coats of contact cement will solve that
>problem nicely. 

At the AKT symposium a few weeks ago there was a woman that was wearing
some foam kneepads on the outside of her drysuit.   I've got some
comfortable knee padding that I carved out of minicell foam for both of my
boats, but the kneepads are a good idea if you're going to rent or demo a boat.

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