Joan Volin <jvolin_at_optonline.net> wrote: >The reason I ask is that I have a Kajak Sport, and while I agree totally with what you say about the quality of the boat, the coaming may force me to sell the boat. I find that it pushes my PFD and tow belt up, so that I'm really uncomfortable. >Also, I lay back when I roll, and I can't really lay back in this boat, which has been interfering with my roll. I hear you! A lot of folks want to learn how to roll, but are impeded by their coamings. Why do manufacturers build kayaks with such deep cockpits?! One can build a kayak with a lot of volume for those who dislike packing light, but the kayak can still have a nice recess for a low coaming. > Does anyone have any solutions for this problem? A big fiberglass chop job!!! :) > Replacing the coaming is probably not an option. Actually, it is...but do you want to do it? If you do it yourself, it will probably take 10-12 hours and $50. Have someone else do it, and figure $3-400. Run a jigsaw all the way around the deck recess, drop the coaming to the height you want it, cut the recess opening larger so the new recess will be fair, and put on the Tyvek suit and start glassing! I chopped the ocean cockpit out of a VCP Selkie for a friend, and am replacing it with a keyhole similar to the one in her Necky Looksha IV. The completely new cockpit will take about 15 hours. http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/selkie/ When that's done, I'm going to do the same thing I described to you for your KS kayak with my woodstrip Guillemot 18. I built the deck too high, and cannot balance brace the boat. So, I'm going to lower the coaming and make the recess larger. Shawn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 13 2003 - 09:34:38 PST
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