At 09:41 PM 4/10/01 -0700, Kathea and Ken wrote: >It has been a long time since I was in a Skerry, but I think I remember that >it is a pretty commonplace sea kayak style cockpit. Depends on which model you get. I've got a glass Skerray with the ocean cockpit. It's only 21" long so it extends quite a bit over my knees. I've added just a small amount of padding under the deck, mostly to protect my knees, but the foam is slightly thicker near the center so I get good support when I'm bracing and rolling. >Many sea kayak cockpits >partly overlap the knee/thigh area, and one could usually wish that thigh >hooks would extend deeper into the opening. Manufacturers are reluctant to >make really agressive thigh hooks for two reasons: One, many beginners would >be put off by the increased difficulty of exiting and entering the boat, and >buy something else; Two, manufacturers worry about someone failing to exit, >and the heirs sueing. That's too bad because all it takes is a couple of hours of instruction to learn how to safely exit and reenter, even with a confining cockpit. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 11 2001 - 05:03:37 PDT
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