Re: [Paddlewise] Skerry Kneebraces

I wouldn't disagree with this John, but I think that choosing a boat is
a very difficult thing for a beginner.  I was lucky enough to be in the
company of fine paddlers when I bought my boat, I was on this list
lurking a year before my first purchase.

If a boat is too tippy, too confining or too hard to steer for a
beginner, they probably won't use it.  I am resigned that most people
that are serious will have a spare boat within a year.  Took me 2 year,
ended up with a fleet that 3rd, and still looking at another boat.  I
was lucky with my first.
> 
> >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.
> 


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