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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 9/20/2015, 7:28 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats *PIC* (Marc Upchurch)

Judging from the picture, I would say that the main problem is that the backrest angles backward toward the coaming. While this might be fine for a chair with a tall back, it promotes the wrong posture in a kayak. You want to be sitting upright or leaning forward, not leaning backward. Also, the support should be on the pelvis, not the back.

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Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats *PIC*
Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2015, 4:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats
scottbaxter -- 9/18/2015, 5:44 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2015, 7:16 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/18/2015, 11:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/18/2015, 7:28 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2015, 8:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/18/2015, 9:13 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2015, 3:24 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/22/2015, 7:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2015, 9:20 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/19/2015, 8:01 am
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John Messinger -- 9/19/2015, 8:39 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/19/2015, 9:49 am
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Kudzu -- 9/19/2015, 9:02 am
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Bob Johns -- 9/20/2015, 2:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats *PIC*
Bob Johns -- 9/20/2015, 2:36 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/20/2015, 7:28 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/20/2015, 9:18 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/21/2015, 9:49 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2015, 3:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 4:40 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/22/2015, 8:56 pm