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Re: legs that fall asleep
By:peter czerpak
Date: 11/9/2000, 8:13 am
In Response To: legs that fall asleep (Ron Wiebe)

: A friend of mine and myself are building a couple of guillemot kayaks.
: We are getting to the point of building the seats or buying. The problem
: is He has a problem with his legs falling asleep every time we paddle any
: of my plastic boats or my glass boat. Every seat is different and every one
: he has the same problem, Does anybody have any idea's , first why does he
: have that problem and I never do. And is there any seats that are better
: for a stripbuilt boat.

Do an archive seacrh on "numb butt" or "falling asleep" and you should find plenty of discussion.

Options are:

custom making a foam seat
padding under the ankles
towel rolled up under the knees
custom fiberglass seat

Good luck,
Pete czerpak
albany, NY

Messages In This Thread

legs that fall asleep
Ron Wiebe -- 11/8/2000, 9:26 pm
Re: legs that fall asleep
George -- 11/17/2000, 6:48 pm
Re: legs that fall asleep- one solution
Kathy Garlinghouse -- 11/15/2000, 8:42 pm
here's the solution for your troubles
Erez -- 11/9/2000, 5:13 pm
Re: legs that fall asleep
Berkeley C. -- 11/9/2000, 3:46 pm
Re: And I thought it was Ginger Ale in my pants
Pete Strand -- 11/9/2000, 4:15 pm
Re: legs that fall asleep
Jay Babina -- 11/9/2000, 9:37 am
Re: legs that fall asleep
peter czerpak -- 11/9/2000, 8:13 am
Re: legs that fall asleep
Jim P. -- 11/9/2000, 7:58 am
Re: legs that fall asleep
.tim -- 11/9/2000, 6:53 am