I'm glad I saw Mike's post... I paddled a friends Perception Vizcaya (I find Perception Touring boats to be overwhelmingly comfortable), as he paddled my OTC Millennium 160. It was like paddling sitting on a sofa... The cockpit is wider and the seat is to die for, the thigh pads hit me just right. I thought, after that, that I may try to change my seat and cockpit. Perhaps put in a Perception seat and thigh braces if I can find one that fits. I remember posts about taking the seat out altogether and building something up from the ground up (at the very least I am going to take the seat out and see how the darn thing feels without a seat. I suspect I may Velcro in a Harmony thick seat pad (1") and build up the sides, but I need to see if that's the problem first). I thought that maybe if I could tilt the existing seat forward, to drop the front edge, it might be more comfortable, mostly because what I noticed most going from my boat to his was that my legs weren't being pushed up by the seat at the front. His boat is considerably wider than mine as well... I think the seat may be the source of my problem, and it's alignment with the cockpit, but it may take some experimenting to solve. In retrospect, I think this is more likely to be the solution, though flexibility should help! I love my kayak too much to let the cockpit make me give it up... Ken Schroeter OTC Millennium 160 Laconia, NH, USA 43°32'25"N 71°28'59"W "Watery tarts, lying around in ponds, handing out swords, is no basis for a system of government!" -Monty Python ----- Snip ------- Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 20:52:40 -0400 From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_home.com> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fw: Flex and numbness? - was Torso Rotation >When I looked in the cockpit of the Ellesmere I recently bought, I figured I'd >have to rip out the seat and change all the outfitting. It is a tiny bucket of >a seat with a high seat front under the thighs. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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