: As I look at the posts for strip and S&G, I notice the seats are large foam
: masterpeices while SOF tend to be a peice of camping mat. The reason for
: the camping mat is the lower center of gravity. Why don't strip or S&G
: need as low a center of gravity? What am I missing?
: Scott

I don't even use a camp pad in my SOF. The skin is flexible, and It's quite comfortable. My keel stringer is only 3/4", so it fits my "nether regions" pretty easily. The only time I have thought about using a camp pad is when I use my heavy mukluks, which have a heel counter that gets caught on ribs on the way out. In warm weather I just don't wear them.

As for other boats- I paddled Turner Wilson's and Cheri Perry's S&G kayaks last summer at Qajaq TC, and neither one has a seat.

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