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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
By:Kevin Colson
Date: 5/13/2009, 2:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks *LINK* (Daniel from sweden)

: I think you can say tree time´s your lenght for the lenght and one fist on
: each side of your hip for the width. give or take;)

Hi! Thanks for your reply. I checked out my normal boat using your, and found that it was quite a bit wider than it needed. This has probably warped my perception of how it should fit. So when I re-checked the Nikumi, it's just a bit wider than a fist at either hip - At 5'7" (On a good day) and 150, I'm not a big guy. Guess I've got nothing to worry about, then!

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Kevin Colson -- 5/13/2009, 2:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Tom Yost -- 5/13/2009, 2:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Kevin Colson -- 5/13/2009, 2:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Tom Yost -- 5/13/2009, 3:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Question for Tom
wwfloyd -- 5/13/2009, 4:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Question for Tom
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2009, 6:46 pm
Hmmm
Dave Gentry -- 5/13/2009, 5:09 pm
Re: Hmmm
Bill Hamm -- 5/24/2009, 2:02 am
Re: Hmmm
wwfloyd -- 5/13/2009, 5:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Scott Shurlow -- 5/13/2009, 8:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Kudzu -- 5/13/2009, 8:00 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Don Goss -- 5/13/2009, 7:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks *LINK*
Daniel from sweden -- 5/13/2009, 4:40 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sizing out yaks
Kevin Colson -- 5/13/2009, 2:51 pm