Subject: Re: [baidarka] Baidarka Defections
From: Kirk Olsen (paddlewise@fastmail.fm)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 11:19:18 EST
On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 00:42:03 -0800, "Douglas Huft"
<douglashuft@earthlink.net> said:
> I may not be normal either since I also paddle Dyson's Shields boat
> comfortably. I will admit that it took me a little while to get the hang
> of
> it. my seat has been various heights from 3" down to about .5 ". If you
> keep
> practicing you can attain the skills neccesary to paddle this sort of
> boat.
I started with 1/2" floorboards, the side floorboard was on the ribs but
at an
angle (the Dyson Shields has a bit of a V bottom), the floorboards were
brutally uncomfortable.
Not from just being firm but with the side boards at an angle it was like
sitting in the crook of a tree. Not bad for a few minutes but brutally
uncomfortable a few minutes out.
Believing I'm perfectly normal ;-)
Kirk
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