----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Kruger" <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> > Next time you paddle hard, pay attention to how much pressure your feet exert > against the pedals. Zero pressure, I have no pedals/foot braces at all. I actualy hook the tops of my feet under one of the deck X beams to keep me in place. > Try to paddle without pressing hard against the > setback. I do it all the time. My boats (the chopped Seguin and the Chupacabras and SOFs) have a 16 to 18 inch diameter round cockpit, which is only 6&1/2 inches up from the bottom of the kayak on the front. Underside on massiq to hull. No seat at all. Not even a foam pad. Thighs are sandwiched between the hull bottom and the under side of the massiq. This allows me to paddle w/ my backside about 8 inches fwd of the aft end of the coaming/back bulkhead. No back band at all. Legs are totaly extended and flat on the bottom of the hull, relaxed except when extra effort is needed I draw back on the tops of my feet. > The only way the kayak can move forward is if something pushes it. That > something is you. yes I understand your point, you need a source of contact/ friction between your body that is paddling, and the boat you seek to move fwd. But there is more than one way to accomplish this. best: michael *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Wow. Michael, the fit of your lower body in the cockpit is very unusual, yet sounds solid and effective -- hats off to you for that. You're right, with your style of fit, no way the feet can be pushing the kayak forward. Must be your thighs ... and? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "MICHAEL SILVIUS" <M.Silvius_at_worldnet.att.net >>> The only way the kayak can move forward is if something pushes it. That >> something is you. > yes I understand your point, you need a source of contact/ friction between > your body that is paddling, and the boat you seek to move fwd. But there is > more than one way to accomplish this. *************************************************************************** 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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