Mike, I prefere the handling of my kayak with more weight astern. So, I cut my seat out, fiberglassed down the back of the cockpit rim to make a solid backrest slightly padded with foam, and this has worked for me. I move my water to the front if I need neutral trim. How do you tell the trim of your boat now? Well, but the seat back where it was. The rigging couldn't have added that much weight, unless you added really heavy stuff. I though I was the only one doing that - other than fishers. Doug L > How does one tell if their kayak is trim, is the something I should be > aware of? I ask because I took my Sealion apart and put it back together > with new hardware and rigging and I set is so the seat is all the way aft. > I am 200# an 6'4". > > Thanks for your thoughts > > Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Nov 06 2007 - 22:57:37 PST
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