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Re: Other: custom seat
By:Wes Ewell
Date: 8/1/2011, 9:50 am
In Response To: Re: Other: custom seat (Bob Johns)

: What Allen said. The cheap and easy way to find out if this will
: help you is to put a paddle float under your knees and inflate
: it enough to raise the knees two or three inches. If this helps
: your problem set up your cockpit accordingly.

: I made my own minicell foam seat. It reaches to just before my
: knees and starts at 3/8 inch tall at my butt to three inches at
: the front. Ummm, comfy.

: Bob

I also made a carved seat. It only took about two hours to make but made a huge difference in comfort. It's only 14 inches front to back, though, because that is all the foam I had on hand to work with. I now stick one of those foam roof rack pads in front of the seat to support my legs. It fits perfectly in the boat and eases the numbness problem. -Wes

Messages In This Thread

Other: custom seat
craig webb -- 8/1/2011, 4:54 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Allan -- 8/1/2011, 5:10 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Bob Johns -- 8/1/2011, 5:49 am
Re: Other: custom seat
risto -- 8/1/2011, 5:59 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Wes Ewell -- 8/1/2011, 9:50 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 8/1/2011, 9:33 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Mike Bielski -- 8/1/2011, 11:12 am
Re: Other: custom seat *PIC*
Dan Beatty -- 8/1/2011, 12:15 pm
Re: Other: custom seat
StephenHJ -- 8/1/2011, 3:15 pm
Re: Other: custom seat
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/1/2011, 4:39 pm
Re: Other: custom seat
Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Craig Robinson -- 8/2/2011, 3:23 am