: Hi All, getting ready to build a new yak, either a Night Heron high
: deck or a Outer Island(high deck if there is one). My first boat
: which I finished spring 2010 is a Night Heron low deck and I seem
: to have trouble getting in, my bio is 5' 8" 170 Lbs. size
: 11
: shoe and 82 years old and my question is, is the low deck trouble
: for most paddlers. I have read somewhere that the low deck
: was much more favored by paddlers so if my problem is age connected
: I will work on that. Thanks. Nick R.

What about rebuilding a higher deck or bigger cockpit? Shame to put all that time in on a boat and not be able to paddle it.