: True... but I have not run into a commercial boat which can fit someone by
: this definition. Take the kayak from which you excised the seat several
: days ago. (picture attached)

: If the kayaker fits between the cheek plates, they certainly are not going to
: be able to fit against the side of the kayak in the same way that one can
: in a SOF. In my Perception Carolina, the distance from those hip braces
: and the side of the kayak is several inches.

: I fit nice and snug as a bug in a rug between the hip braces, but they push
: my hips an additional 3 or 4 inches up from the waterline. I think it is
: this (and the high volume of the Carolina) which give me difficulty in
: balance bracing it instead of turning turtle. I think that if the boat
: were designed in an anatomic way with no more than an inch or two between
: my hip and the side of the kayak that many of the Greenland manuvers would
: be much easier... (And the kayak would require a lot more skill, and the
: kayak could be a good deal faster.)

: No one is going to get Perception to build its production boats to this
: anatomic standard. But, it seems to me, we should, as Strip Built (see
: KayakWiki kayak builders, be able to approach the anatomic driven
: design taken as gospel by Morris, Starr and the other SOF builders.

: (adding further "wood" to the flame...

Ummm...not really....we're pretty much in agreement!

Shawn