Mr. Roll Or Drown said (snip): >As an experiment, I recently removed the back bands, and so far I haven't missed them. Are there any other sea kayakers out there paddling without any kind of a back rest?< I chucked mine years ago. Do enough paddling and you don't really need back support. As a compromise, I formed my own rear-of-seat bulkhead that slopes forward, angled down from the cockpit coaming to just behind the seat, in a wraparound style. This was then lightly padded. By resting backwards slightly, I can get a bit of temporary support (water removal is way-easy too by simply lifting the bow with the kayak on its side). Doug Lloyd (now Duane, the only thing I want to know from you is how come California is doing so well in baseball and hockey) :-) Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 15 2003 - 18:53:28 PDT
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