Thanks.

Getting in we often hesitate to hold the coaming lip for fear the weight of our body would bear too hard on the wood, specially on folding SOFs that have laminated coaming pieces.
Perhaps it would be a good thing to place a vertical leg that would just fit the distance between the coaming and the chine on each side of the yak, for the time of our getting in, to be then stored horizontally during the trip, or on a permanent basis.

: Hi Eric,

: That tends to be a personal issue driven by the paddler/builder. Many times
: it's driven by the spray skirt a builder already has and the desire to not
: buy more equipment. As a strength issue the smaller the hole in a boat the
: stronger the over hull strength is. I find that I now prefer a small
: cockpit as it helps with bracing and reduces the possibility of spray
: skirt implosion. I have two boats with an ocean size small cockpit @
: 18" long by 16" wide best guess. I don't find the cockpit size
: to be an issue getting out so much as getting in. When you wet exit
: gravity helps a lot. My next boat (current project) will have an even
: smaller coaming more traditional to true inuit design.

: Hope this helps.

: Kent