> Shawn thanks for response,I get the sense that I'm more bothered than most by >the numb leg syndrom,NLS?. Part of the comfort and relief with this seat comes >from having support around the hips and sides of thighs.

> when I first made a patuxent 17 and used sections of flat 1"foam for
> a seat,I was most surprised to have my legs buckle underneath me after
> standing up out of the kayak. so there's nothing like experimenting a lot.
> getting good back of the butt support(below backband) appears to help.

> To answer the question of how long the seat is comfortable , 4 hrs, which
> has more to do with how long my whole body is comfortable paddling.

Thanks, Lee. I'll definitely give it a shot. I read with interest Ross Leidy's page and his description of copying his commercial glass seat. I don't have a comm. glass seat to copy, so I was trying to figure out where I could get a mold. Turns out, I'm sitting on it as we speak!

I know exactly what that legs-buckle-underneath-me-after-standing-up syndrome is. Two weekends ago, I got it after only 45 minutes, paddling hard across a 2 mile crossing. You're saying that the back of the butt support helps cure NLS? I have been putting my paddlefloat under my thighs thinking that it was a lack of thigh support that was my problem...guess I'll try putting a rolled-up towel or something behind me too.

4 hours is a goodly amount of time. Right, after that, more than just your butt can be sore!

Thanks again, Shawn