From: ibm.net!rose001@imagelan.com
Message-Id: <9601142107.AA0027@slip129-37-165-165.pq.ca.ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 13:06:09 +0800
To: "Baidarka newsgrp" <baidarka@imagelan.com>
Subject: Re: Seat backs
Just had a thought reading this note - What did the Aluet use? How did they fit themselves in
securely and comfortably in their Baidarkas? Any answers??
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> From: "Willow" <atlsysnet.com!willow@imagelan.com>
> To: baidarka@imagelan.com
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> Subject: Re: Seat backs
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> >Discussions of seats in kayaks is always good for some conversation. My
> >question deals with the various ways of rigging seat backs.
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> >I'm close to finishing the frame on a Dyson 5.28 and am thinking about
> >installing seating fixtures prior to covering. I would like to begin the
> >conervation (but certainly not limit it to) two questions:
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> >1. Has any rigged up a Feathercraft type seating arrangement in a
> >skin-on-frame boat? For those who have not seen a Feathercraft arrangement, it
> >is a nylon sling hung from the gunwales and anchored to stringers I or II. A
> >hindged seat bottom and back rests on the sling and is anchored in front to a
> >cross member on the floor and to the top of the deck beam immediately behind
> >the cocpit. I find it more comfortable than any kayak seat I've tried.
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> >2. What other arrangements have people used and how satisfied are you with
> >them?
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> >Thanks
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> >Hi
> I'm Bill in northern Maine. I'm building my second wooden skin boat. The
> first was a Bruce Lemon Kit. I've been trying a number of seat designs and
> I'm still trying. My first was a nylon sling type similar to the type you
> described. I put a wooden dowel along side both the gunwalls and slung the
> seat from that. Nylon stretchs when wet so getting the length right is
> difficult. The seat tends to sway back and forth as the boat moves so you
> don't have good hip control. I found it uncomfortable for long trips. Since
> then I have tried air bags(hot stickey not comfortable for long times not
> stable), 1" soft foam pads( OK for short hauls but not for long), Thick foam
> 3" pads cut and moulded(better but still not great for long hauls) now I am
> working on a wooded framed woven seat( got the idea from a member of a local
> Native American Tribe.
> I have tried several seat backs, hard and soft. They have adjustable straps
> that run forward to the next deck beam so I can adjust them while in the
> cockpit. I am now using a flexable but stiff seatback with the webbing
> attached to it and then run forward.
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> Building the boats is easy but I have found building a really comfortable
> seat arrangement for long trips difficult. I'm still looking for the answer.
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> Take care
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> Bill Low
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Garry Rose
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T6C 3P6
telephone(403)468-6326
grose@ibm.net