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Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/location
By:Stephen Troy
Date: 1/11/2012, 10:38 am

I have a modified Yost Sea Tour 15 that has a strange problem. My feet seem to be a little elevated in this boat, to the point that I burn out my hip flexors after a while trying to sit upright. I'm trying to find a solution and figured I'd see if others have confronted this problem before. A few salient facts.

1. The kayak was built in one of Bill Hamm's classes, and has a rounded masik and flat back deck. Tom worked on modifications to make it more or less more "Greenlandy."
2. I'm a reasonably flexible/athletic guy, and have paddled much tighter-fitting boats without this issue.
3. My inseam (30") is short for my height.
4. The cockpit is sufficiently large that I can sit further back, but that cuts the freeboard pretty low and the boat looks "tilted." Also, it doesn't seem to resolve the issue.

Since I obviously can't lower the feet, I was thinking about getting some 1/4" plywood to elevate the seat in 1/4" intervals and see what it takes to get a better fit, if possible. I'm aware of the decreased stability trade-off, but this is a very stable boat already.

Is there something else I should be trying? Anybody have this problem before and resolve it?

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Skin-on-Frame: Troubleshooting seating height/location
Stephen Troy -- 1/11/2012, 10:38 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/11/2012, 12:21 pm
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David Bynoe -- 1/11/2012, 12:43 pm
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danperry -- 1/11/2012, 12:44 pm
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Joy -- 1/11/2012, 12:59 pm
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Eric Mattison -- 1/11/2012, 2:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:29 am
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Eric Mattison -- 1/12/2012, 11:36 am
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Bob Johns -- 1/11/2012, 5:13 pm
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Bob Johns -- 1/11/2012, 6:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:26 am