Buy some minicell foam and make your own padding. My preference is for a foam masik which sits underneath the deck forward of the cockpit until I enter the boat, whereupon I snug the masik back over my lap. It spans the cockpit and wedges underneath the deck on other side. With the foam snug over my lap I have full contact with the boat. The great thing is you can take the foam masik with to you to other boats rather than outfitting each boat separately...

: I have a Necky Manitou 13 and I want to outfit it with thigh braces. Necky
: sells the ones they put in their touring boats, but they are extremely
: expensive. I'd love to get some input from other people who have done this
: sucessfully, and if anyone has photos of their that would be really
: helpful.