: I *think* that this:

: "Actually the traditional Greenland boats anyway didn't have
: foot braces, so there's tons of room for the feet to stretch out
: into.

: Might take a bit of time for most people to get used to having
: their feet in that position for long, stretching exercises help
: alot.

: Bill H. "

: is what he was referring too, and I further *think* that it was
: construed as meaning having your feet other than 90 degree's is
: somehow unnatural. If I am reading it all correctly then the
: post you are replying to was just pointing out that it is pretty
: normal for your feet to "fall" forward, and I further
: suppose that the hardest part to adapt to is the whole knees on
: the ground. many of us modern day people with sedentary life
: styles are way to tight for that to be normal or
: comfortable....... and like you pointed out, stretching can help
: to alleviate that.

: I don't want to start a semantics war or anything, and if I am
: wrong please feel free to ignore me, I just thought as I was
: reading all of the posts they all made sense, and seemed
: logical.

What I meant was there are some boats with a combination of narrowness at the place where the feet go (there "has" to be a better term for that) and the deck height to require pointed toes, which to most people is an un-natural position to put one's feet into, at least for long periods of time.

Bill H.