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Re: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
By:vk1nf
Date: 6/11/2009, 9:50 pm
In Response To: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness (Ken Blanton)

Does anyone
: have any other ideas?

Here's a link to an item on the seating we use in our VolksKayaks. Been using it ever since I built the RightWind in '01, and find it simple and comfortable. We'll sometimes be in the boats for a full afternoon with no sign of numbness or tingling, just the usual stiffness from sitting so long in one basic position.

I did, on one occasion, forget the pad back at the cabin; used an old flat-panel PFD instead, and boy, was it bad! After less than two hours on the water, I literally couldn't get out of the kayak - both legs totally asleep, pins and needles, and all that. Since then, the 3/4 Thermarest is high on the "Got it!" checklist.

http://www.nessmuking.com/articles/the-simplest-of-seats/

Messages In This Thread

Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
Ken Blanton -- 6/11/2009, 8:21 am
Re: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
Allan -- 6/14/2009, 5:34 am
sure
LeeG -- 6/13/2009, 12:06 am
Re: sure
Etienne Muller -- 6/14/2009, 4:46 am
Re: sure
LeeG -- 6/15/2009, 12:53 pm
Re: sure
Bill Hamm -- 6/16/2009, 1:44 am
Re: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
vk1nf -- 6/11/2009, 9:50 pm
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Craig Robinson -- 6/12/2009, 12:40 am
Re: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
LeeG -- 6/13/2009, 12:23 am
Re: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 6/11/2009, 4:34 pm
Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
Jay Babina -- 6/11/2009, 2:00 pm
Re: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
Ken Blanton -- 6/11/2009, 5:07 pm
Re: Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness *LINK*
Reg Lake -- 6/11/2009, 11:12 am
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Ken Brunton -- 6/13/2009, 11:58 am
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LeeG -- 6/13/2009, 3:01 pm
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Ken Brunton -- 6/13/2009, 5:32 pm
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Terry Haines -- 6/14/2009, 11:47 pm
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Marc Ellis -- 6/15/2009, 1:32 pm