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Re: Other: Surfski Cockpit design.
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 4/18/2014, 12:04 pm
In Response To: Other: Surfski Cockpit design. (John Messinger)

My impression is that one sits rather high in a surfski.

The paddling ergonomic are better the higher you sit, i.e. your ability to efficiently apply power to the paddle benefits from higher seats. However, stability is significantly reduced with higher seating.

You should plan on making your seat as low in the boat as possible. With really narrow surf skis this is not very low because your butt is wider than the bottom of the boat, but with the Mystery you should be able to get it quite low.

If you find that you have plenty of stability with the low seat, you can always pad it up a bit to get higher. Oscar Chalupsky has been known to put 3" of padding on his seat to get a better paddling position.

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Other: Surfski Cockpit design.
John Messinger -- 4/18/2014, 10:03 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/18/2014, 10:18 am
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John Messinger -- 4/18/2014, 10:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2014, 7:08 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 4/19/2014, 3:06 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/18/2014, 11:43 am
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John Messinger -- 4/18/2014, 12:03 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/18/2014, 12:06 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/18/2014, 12:04 pm
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Craig -- 4/19/2014, 5:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2014, 6:16 am
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Paul Hansen -- 4/20/2014, 3:01 am
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Paul Hansen -- 4/20/2014, 3:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2014, 12:25 am
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Paul Hansen -- 4/21/2014, 12:55 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/21/2014, 10:15 am
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John Messinger -- 4/21/2014, 12:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2014, 12:28 am
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John Messinger -- 4/22/2014, 8:14 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 1:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 12:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2014, 12:30 am
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John Messinger -- 4/20/2014, 6:05 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 11/28/2015, 4:58 pm
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/28/2015, 7:28 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 11/29/2015, 4:55 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/29/2015, 6:30 am
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Craig -- 11/30/2015, 2:36 am
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Allan -- 11/30/2015, 4:14 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 11/30/2015, 6:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2015, 7:31 am
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 12/3/2015, 9:27 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/3/2015, 3:11 pm
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Walt Kirchhoff -- 12/3/2015, 9:21 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/4/2015, 4:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2015, 12:18 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/6/2015, 5:35 am
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Ken Blanton -- 12/6/2015, 5:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2015, 12:36 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 12/7/2015, 4:46 am