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Re: Moving the seat
By:Mike Scarborough
Date: 7/9/2000, 7:15 am
In Response To: Moving the seat (Vernon Lowery)

Try moving the seat back. That should put more of the rear of the boat in the water. You want to add vertical surface area at the rear. A common way to do this is to add a skeg.

Messages In This Thread

Moving the seat
Vernon Lowery -- 7/8/2000, 8:23 pm
Check out http://www.marinerkayaks.com/
Brian Nystrom -- 7/10/2000, 3:52 pm
Re: Moving the seat
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/10/2000, 10:31 am
Re: Moving the seat foreward (?)
Dean Trexel -- 7/9/2000, 7:55 pm
Adding Ballast
Vernon Lowery -- 7/10/2000, 9:51 am
Re: hydrodynamics - Nick, your opinion please
Erez -- 7/9/2000, 5:47 pm
Re: Moving the seat
Mike Scarborough -- 7/9/2000, 7:15 am