Ashton wrote: Re: Necky seat replacement... >>I'm strongly considering having the seat removed altogether and replaced with something custom-made for *my* rear end and legs. Any recommendations on folks to do this in the San Francisco Bay Area or nearabouts?<< If you want to try a "do it yourself" project, there's a good article in the Feb. '98 Sea Kayaker about making your own very comfortable cockpit arrangement - including custom carved foam seat, hip pads, and backband. You can customize the thigh brace pads as well. I've paddled a lot of Necky boats, and though there are some nice boats among them, I've never liked the seats - especially the high seat backs - definitely rip that out and replace it with a backband. Also - I think Gabriel Romeu (on this list) has a site dedicated to customizing - sorry, but I can't locate the URL at the moment. I'm sure Gabriel or someone will have it handy. A comfortable and securely fitting cockpit makes all the difference in the world - good luck! Melissa *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 09 2001 - 13:18:20 PST
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