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Pygmy rants
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 9/19/1999, 7:32 pm
In Response To: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks (Dave Uebele)

Dave,

I appreciated your post -- I built a 17' Arctic Tern and felt the same way about the 'extras' that came with my boat:

Plastic pad-eyes -- pretty much standard on most plastic and fiberglass boats, but not something most of us would want on a nice wood kayak. (I went with flush wood ones.)

Therm-a-Rest seat -- very flat. You don't feel as connected to the boat as you do with a formed seat, be it of foam or fiberglass.

Back band -- now this was really cheesy. They have you glue cheap foam to a piece of high-density plastic sheet and use it as a back band. It has a tendency to take on a barrel-shape that doen't fit your back.

Designers have a thing about people modifying their designs, but I find it hard to believe that a designer would really use this stuff on his/her boat. These are strictly cost-cutting measures.

Dean

Messages In This Thread

WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Dave Uebele -- 9/19/1999, 11:51 am
Good Experiences
David Bryson -- 9/20/1999, 8:36 pm
Re: Good Experiences
Nancy -- 9/22/1999, 7:09 pm
Re: Good Experiences
David Bryson -- 9/23/1999, 4:17 pm
Re: Good Experiences
Mark "endoboy" Woodhead -- 9/21/1999, 3:44 pm
Re: endo?
lee -- 9/21/1999, 4:32 pm
Re: endo?
Mark Woodhead -- 9/21/1999, 6:38 pm
My WCSKS notes
Pete Roszyk -- 9/20/1999, 5:17 pm
One good rant deserves another (?)
Will Brockman -- 9/20/1999, 6:51 pm
Re: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Dave Uebele -- 9/20/1999, 12:41 pm
Re: what Ian said+
lee -- 9/20/1999, 10:35 am
Re: what Ian said+
Ian Johnston -- 9/20/1999, 9:37 pm
Yipes! E-mail correction
Ian Johnston -- 9/21/1999, 3:51 am
Re: Yipes! E-mail correction
Chris Casazzza. -- 9/21/1999, 7:23 am
Re: Yipes! E-mail correction
Ian Johnston -- 9/23/1999, 2:26 am
Re: what Ian said+
Stan Heeres -- 9/20/1999, 12:11 pm
Re: what Ian said+
lee -- 9/20/1999, 2:05 pm
Pygmy rants
Dean Trexel -- 9/19/1999, 7:32 pm
Re: Pygmy rants
Mike Hanks -- 9/20/1999, 12:21 am
Re: Pygmy rants
Robert Woodard -- 9/19/1999, 9:22 pm
Re: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Ian Johnston -- 9/19/1999, 5:02 pm
Re: Ranting
Mike Scarborough -- 9/20/1999, 9:45 am
Re: Ranting
Berkeley C. -- 9/20/1999, 7:43 pm
Re: Amen to that, Mike!
Shawn Baker -- 9/20/1999, 1:57 pm
Re: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Don Beale -- 9/19/1999, 12:39 pm
Re: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Shawn Baker -- 9/20/1999, 1:58 pm
Re: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Don Beale -- 9/20/1999, 5:47 pm
Re: WCSKS notes, rant and thanks
Shawn Baker -- 9/21/1999, 10:11 am