Help! I am relatively new to kayaking (2 years) and have recently purchased an entry level boat (Old Town Nantucket). In all the reading I have done there has been no real discussion on padding in a kayak cockpit. I have seen lots of different types of pads advertised; i.e., thigh pads, hip pads, seat pads, etc. I have already modified the seat in my Nantucket so that the back of the seat does not extend beyond the coaming of my cockpit. I have added pads to the seat (ethafoam) even leaving an area right down the center of the seat open for my spine. My dilemma now is how to install or where to install thigh pads. When I have been out in the past I usually brace myself in the boat by pressing my knees up against the side/top of the cockpit edges. MY KNEES CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH MORE! I would appreciate any and all comments on the topic of how to brace yourself and how to install padding for such. And anyone with a Nantucket I would really like to hear about how you have outfitted your boat. Pics are welcome. Thank you and happy paddling. Alan Ross *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Alan, I forget whether I answered you yet, but I have put up a site just about this. http://members.nbci.com/gabrielR/kayak/ click on the outfitting section then cockpits and you will get some ideas. I have just put up a rather brilliant job done by Eric Sprenne for thigh braces. Worth a look. regards, gabriel Alan Ross wrote: > > Help! I am relatively new to kayaking (2 years) and have recently purchased > an entry level boat (Old Town Nantucket). In all the reading I have done > there has been no real discussion on padding in a kayak cockpit. I have seen > lots of different types of pads advertised; i.e., thigh pads, hip pads, seat > pads, etc. I have already modified the seat in my Nantucket so that the back > of the seat does not extend beyond the coaming of my cockpit. I have added > pads to the seat (ethafoam) even leaving an area right down the center of > the seat open for my spine. My dilemma now is how to install or where to > install thigh pads. When I have been out in the past I usually brace myself > in the boat by pressing my knees up against the side/top of the cockpit > edges. MY KNEES CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH MORE! I would appreciate any and all > comments on the topic of how to brace yourself and how to install padding > for such. And anyone with a Nantucket I would really like to hear about how > you have outfitted your boat. Pics are welcome. Thank you and happy > paddling. > > Alan Ross -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://studiofurniture.com/paint paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Gabe Even though I'm not Alan, I thought I'd take a look. I got into the web site okay, but couldn't click on anything - that is, I could click all I wanted to, but nothing happened. Is this something wrong with my system or is there a problem with the page? Joan *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Oddly enough, I got a thing recently that xoom is being taken over by nbc and there will be some problems in the interim.. I have to move this whole thing over to my server. Let you know when it is there. Sorry. -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://studiofurniture.com/paint paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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