On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Wayne Smith wrote: > Next time out, I plan on removing the seat all together - Sit directly on the > bottom of the boat - I am not experienced too much - What say you on this > proposal ?? That depends on the shape of the hull relative to the shape of your butt. I have a skin boat that I sometimes sit very low in. The padding needs to be properly done to be comfortable. With the wrong padding it's like sitting in the crook of a tree. It's okay for few minutes but it gets real old after a while. Without any padding I can only paddle about 10 minutes. With V shaped hulls I need some padding to raise my seat so that the hull isn't narrower than my hips where I'm sitting. An inch of seat height can make a tremendous difference in how stable the boat is. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 19 2001 - 13:56:50 PST
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