At 01:29 AM 5/14/03 -0400, Bob Volin wrote: >Hope you don't mind my leaving all the previous posts in to assure adequate >reference.... > >Brian, before you try altering the coaming, I would suggest RAISING your >seat (i.e., with foam). This would certainly make it possible to lay back >further. Raising the seat would indeed decrease your intitial stability, >but you'll get used to that quickly. It will also make the already >responsive Pintail even more responsive to edging and leaning -- which might >well add to your enjoyment! As an alternative, if the seat is replaced with minicell foam, moving it forward (which will affect the trim) will also make it easier to layback. If the rear portion of the cockpit combing is right up against the seat you need to raise the seat quite a bit so that you're back clears the edge of the combing. When building my Outer Island I cut the hole for the cockpit such that the combing was 4" or so from where I'd be sitting. Then I made a ramp of minicell from the back of the seat to the cockpit combing. The result is that I can lay back without the cockit combing interfereing. I can actually put my head on the rear deck without lifting my butt from the seat. *************************************************************************** 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 May 14 2003 - 08:25:12 PDT
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