Sea Ranger cockpit padding
After merciless prodding and cajoling from Kurt Maurer, I finally got more padding and a better seat in the Sea Ranger. Ya see, Kurt has very tender knees and other body parts so I had to put a little padding in to ease the pain. (I figured he would get calloused up a bit and it would be a non-issue… not the case.) Also in the works was extending the seat a bit for more support ahead of the sit bones. This latter mod was for me to keep my legs from going to sleep. I sanded down the front edge of the seat with my bench sander to make it square then used some contact adhesive to stick a ~6 inch extension on it. After that was stuck, I shaped it a bit. Things turned out pretty good. Kurt and I are tentatively scheduled to paddle again on Thursday so will see then if any more mods are needed. Here’s ya a picture of the seat, and as usual, you can click on it for more shots..
Tony Olsen
Anton
21 Aug, 2006
I’m adding a similar amount of leg support to the seat I’m making for the Sea Tour. It should measure about 15″ from the forward edge of the backrest to the forward edge of the seat.
I’ll try to take a pic tonight after I glue up the rest of the layers. I’m building it out of some closed cell exercise mats since they were the cheapest foam I could find on short notice.
Kurt Maurer
21 Aug, 2006
Well, this is certain to take a lot of fun out of our post-paddling pity parties. You know, where you sit around whining about yer sleepy legs and I moan over my tender kneesies, while we both drink whisky straight from the bottle ’til we’re both blind-ass drunk?
Can I say that here?
Anyway, I’ll plan on Thursday if you will.
Tony
21 Aug, 2006
Thursday sounds good to me Kurt, now we’re just going have to complain about tracking, weather cocking and all that boat handling stuff.
Salud!
Tony