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Re: Material: fabric to cover carved seat
By:John Messinger
Date: 8/19/2015, 9:31 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: fabric to cover carved seat (Bill Hamm)

If you race you might be better off with a pivoting seat, less chance of blisters that way.

Bill H.

Composite Engineering offers this as an option on the Mohican. Ted likes it a lot and uses it in his personal Mohican, but concedes that not many who test it, opt for it. Ted is a very accomplished paddler, and he is about 5'6". I talked with Doug Bushnell at West Side Boat Shop, he does not have a rotating seat as an option, because it would lift the seat at least a half inch for even the smallest paddler. For a big chunk like myself, in the Thunderbolt X that I purchased, it would raise the seat about 1.25 inches and put the boat in the Olympic K1 stability range. I am just not into that kind of weight loss or training (or talent). I built a seat of carbon fiber based on the EZ-Joy seat with desires of making it pivoting, but have not found the time to incorporate it into a boat as yet.

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Material: fabric to cover carved seat
greg root -- 8/18/2015, 8:25 pm
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John Messinger -- 8/19/2015, 6:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2015, 5:00 pm
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John Messinger -- 8/19/2015, 9:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2015, 9:21 am
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Robert W -- 8/19/2015, 6:26 am
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Craig -- 8/19/2015, 6:53 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/19/2015, 8:19 am
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Craig -- 8/22/2015, 8:36 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 8/19/2015, 7:20 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/19/2015, 8:20 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/19/2015, 10:40 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 8/20/2015, 7:20 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 8/23/2015, 7:54 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/26/2015, 7:24 am
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dave koslow -- 8/19/2015, 3:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2015, 5:02 pm