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Material: Foam Hip Braces
By:Steve C
Date: 10/24/2003, 12:22 pm

This summer, I launched a CLC 17LT. It hit the water in July lightly outfitted, since I was anxious to paddle before the summer slipped away. The 100 miles of paddling I did this summer was completed with the standard issue tractor seat, which I left loose to see what position would work best. I also left out the hip braces and thigh braces, which all made me a very timid calm water paddler this summer.

Now that the weather here in NJ is cooling off, it is time to head into the shop and finish the job right. I am going to do a large carved foam seat, as depicted in the instructions on the One Ocean Kayak webite, and will use the excess foam to make hip braces. The standard CLC design is to put in vertical plywood hip braces alongside the seat. I think I could get more flotation/less water in the boat by padding out hip braces all the way to the sides of the hull, and would get to skip this part of the construction. I don't see any disadvantages to this - Does anyone else? Would solid minicell hip braces be rigid enough?

Thanks in Advance

Steve C

Messages In This Thread

Material: Foam Hip Braces
Steve C -- 10/24/2003, 12:22 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces
Andy Waddington -- 10/25/2003, 5:19 am
There was some experimentation awhile back
Rob P. -- 10/25/2003, 1:28 pm
Re: There was some experimentation awhile back
Jim Pace -- 10/25/2003, 5:46 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces *LINK*
Paul Jacob -- 10/24/2003, 4:38 pm
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LeeG -- 10/24/2003, 3:31 pm
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LeeG -- 10/25/2003, 8:26 am
Re: Using other backbands
pikabike -- 10/25/2003, 12:15 am
Re: Using other backbands
LeeG -- 10/25/2003, 8:08 am
Re: Using other backbands
LeeG -- 10/25/2003, 8:14 am
Re: Using other backbands
Andy Waddington -- 10/25/2003, 5:13 am
Works well
FShark -- 10/24/2003, 3:09 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces
Rob P -- 10/24/2003, 2:52 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces *LINK* *Pic*
Steve Pituch -- 10/24/2003, 2:09 pm
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Andy Waddington -- 10/25/2003, 5:01 am
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Steve C -- 10/24/2003, 2:19 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces *LINK* *Pic*
Steve Pituch -- 10/24/2003, 2:34 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 10/24/2003, 1:42 pm
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Steve C -- 10/24/2003, 2:14 pm
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Don -- 10/24/2003, 1:38 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 10/24/2003, 1:19 pm
That's not a kayak but a gem! *NM*
Mike and Rikki -- 10/25/2003, 11:17 am
Re: That's not a kayak but a gem!
Reg Lake -- 10/26/2003, 6:27 pm
Re: That's not a kayak but a gem!
KenB -- 10/27/2003, 1:04 am
Re: That's not a kayak but a gem!
Mike and Rikki -- 10/27/2003, 2:11 am
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces
Steve C -- 10/24/2003, 2:11 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 10/24/2003, 2:44 pm
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Bob Deutsch -- 10/24/2003, 4:32 pm
hatches and deck fittings
Reg Lake -- 10/24/2003, 5:56 pm
Re: hatches and deck fittings
Bob Deutsch -- 10/25/2003, 8:02 am
Re: hatches and deck fittings *LINK* *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 10/26/2003, 6:21 pm
Re: hatches and deck fittings
Bob Deutsch -- 10/26/2003, 7:35 pm
Re: hatches and deck fittings *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 10/26/2003, 10:21 pm
Re: Material: Foam Hip Braces *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 10/24/2003, 1:04 pm
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Steve C -- 10/24/2003, 2:08 pm