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Re: Valley Pintail?

Posted By: Brian Nystrom
Date: Friday, 10 June 2005, at 9:32 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Valley Pintail? (Tim)

: I guess I will just leave the seat for now. I will get used to it. It just
: seemed funnythat it was higher than it had to be, and much higher than the
: Romany. Of course the Romany has a real low back deck.

Valley seems to use the seat height to tune the performance of their boats. The seat in the Anas Acuta is considerably lower than in the Pintail. The seat in the Nordkapp is - or at least was - considerably higher than in the Pintail. In the case of the Pintail, it probably is done to make the wider hull more responsive to leaning. As for the Nordkapp, it results in a boat that's quite responsive when loaded with gear, but twitchy and unpredictable when paddled empty.

One advantage of foam seats is that they're infinitely "adjustable". If it's too high, shave a little off. If it's too low, add another layer of foam. If you don't like the size or shape, change it.

Messages In This Thread

Valley Pintail?
Mike Hamilton -- Monday, 22 January 2001, at 12:39 p.m.

i love mine - - -
liv2padl -- Monday, 22 January 2001, at 1:16 p.m.

i love mine II
Mike Scarborough -- Monday, 22 January 2001, at 6:40 p.m.

Re: Sounds like an Ellesmere.
Ray -- Wednesday, 24 January 2001, at 9:17 a.m.

Re: Sounds like an Ellesmere.
Bert -- Wednesday, 24 January 2001, at 1:57 p.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
John Leonard -- Tuesday, 23 January 2001, at 6:36 p.m.

a bit big for the boat ?
risto -- Wednesday, 24 January 2001, at 10:28 a.m.

i think either option is not ideal - - -
liv2padl -- Wednesday, 24 January 2001, at 11:40 a.m.

Re: a bit big for the boat ?
Ray -- Thursday, 25 January 2001, at 1:55 p.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Tim -- Tuesday, 7 June 2005, at 11:48 p.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Bert -- Wednesday, 8 June 2005, at 4:40 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Tim -- Wednesday, 8 June 2005, at 7:39 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Brian Nystrom -- Wednesday, 8 June 2005, at 9:27 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Tim -- Friday, 10 June 2005, at 7:47 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Brian Nystrom -- Friday, 10 June 2005, at 9:32 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Kris Buttermore -- Wednesday, 8 June 2005, at 10:48 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Tim -- Wednesday, 8 June 2005, at 11:20 p.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 9 June 2005, at 6:16 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Tim -- Friday, 10 June 2005, at 7:37 a.m.

Oops! *LINK*
Brian Nystrom -- Friday, 10 June 2005, at 9:24 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Bert -- Thursday, 9 June 2005, at 7:03 a.m.

Re: Valley Pintail?
Kris Buttermore -- Thursday, 9 June 2005, at 10:56 a.m.

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