At 04:50 PM 9/15/2003 -0700, Strosaker wrote: >Paddlewisers, > >I hate the new seats a lot of companies, such as Necky and Wilderness >Systems, are now putting in their kayaks. Talk about extra weight and >overkill! They remind me of reclining armchairs. Custom carved foam seats >rule! I'll take a block of foam over a "Phase 3" seat any day. I agree with you. As this subject was related to an original complaint about the Seaward seat/backband, I'll continue... What I like about the Seaward approach is that it is extremely simple, making it much easier to customize for those that want to do so. Many of the seats in commercial kayaks are so integrated with the deck, hull, or sideplates that any modification almost requires cutting the whole thing out. The Seaward seat is a simple piece of foam in a nylon back with a fastex buckle to hold it in place. Making a custom fit seat is a simple matter of replacing the piece of foam with something that has been carved to fit. The hard plastic seat back is not dissimilar to the seat back I made for my Skerray, except that mine is much shorter and is constructed out of a piece of plastic garbage can and some glued on mini-cell foam. *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 17 2003 - 08:42:25 PDT
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