on 1/11/01 7:06 PM, RWMCT_at_aol.com at RWMCT_at_aol.com wrote: snip > On the seat issue, I hate the stock seat and have been trying to make one > of those foam seats. Trouble is, I have got it down pretty thin and it still > raises my center of gravity up enough to make the boat noticibly more tippy. > This is something people should think about when replacing their stock seats. > The stock seat in the Hawk is thin and very close to the hull. Even an xtra > 3/4 inch in a fairly skinny boat can make it feel a lot different (I imagine > this works the other way as well: lower the stock seats, and get more > stability. Keep carving on the foam seat until area of the butt dimple (or "sit bones") is only 1/4 inch thick. The rest of the seat will be thicker. My experience is that you can always get a custom foam seat to be lower in the kayak than the stock seat. Rex Roberton *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 12 2001 - 11:13:43 PST
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