Re: [Paddlewise] thigh bracing for Skerry?

Jed,

My Romany is fitted with minicell knee bracing exactly like yours.
It works beautifully. (Though I must admit that yesterday when I
deliberately turned over in some complicated turbulence in the 6.9
knot flood through the narrow Canoe Pass of Deception Pass
(WA) to impress the folks who were watching from high up on the
bridge, I failed my repeated attempts at rolling and had to take a
hairy, high-speed swim. My kayak buddy Earl Crippen rescued me,
so the onlookers at least saw a good rescue demo.)

Earl is fitting his Skerray with minicell thigh bracing now, but we
thought before he started that if there are pre-fabricated bolt-ons
or glue-ons, it would save some labor. (Working on a kayak
plunked down on the floor of the kitchen-dining area of an apartment
not easy!)


----- Original Message -----
From: <SeaKayakNH_at_aol.com>
To: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] thigh bracing for Skerry?


> Jack,
>
>     Is there enough room next to the coaming to glue in some 3" minicell?
> When I first got my Explorer I wanted knee hooks and found I could carve
some
> very aggressive ones out of a small piece of 3" foam.  I found the 3" foam
> worked very well as long as I really thought about how I wanted it to fit.
I
> placed mine just behind the head of the femur.  It really made a big
> difference.
>
> Jed


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