From: freenet.edmonton.ab.ca!pjwylie@imagelan.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:38:25 -0700 (MST)
To: baidarka@imagelan.com
Subject: Re: Seat backs
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960115144910.7761H-100000@baidarka>
Message-Id: <Pine.A32.3.91.960116001801.58711A-100000@fn1.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Greetings and salutations! If this is not already public knowledge it is now:
I picked up a brochure from "Feathercraft" Folding Kayaks 1994-Canadian
Price list in which they market the "K2 - Expedition Double. This folding
Kayak features two Seats and seat slings. Accordingly I quote verbatim
from the brochure: " The K-Light has the same comfortable seating set up
that has made the FEATHERCRAFT line famous. This mini-foldable employs
the same British Officer Chair concept of intersectiong,perpendicular
slings that support each other at the seat bottom. The back is directly
attached to seat with not gaps and houses a rigid board. Rigidity of the
back and the lack of a gap means you get lower back suport, something you
don't see in most of other single foldables. Also ,.... you can vary the
pithc angleof the back support from an upright 90 degrees to as much of a
couch-potato slouch as you desire. The nice thing is you can do this
adjustment while underway.
Now I consider the Baidarka a much superior craft (down right beautiful
as well)and I'm not promoting Feathercraft but the seating arrangement
can be purchase from them I believe. It is a system that I am giving
thought to. I hope you folks find this of some use???
Their address is #4 - 1244 Cartwright Street, Vancouver,B.C. V6H 3R8
PH. 604 - 681-8437 [ Fax 604 - 681-7282].
Best Regards
Philip Wylie [novice 21.65' Dyson Baidarka builder]
The eye refuses to see what the mind does not know! ( Deepak Chopra )
email: pjwylie@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Kirk Olsen wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, neibrai wrote:
>
> > Hey gang! This might sound a little masochistic, but the best seat back I
> > ever made (comfort, light weight, strength) can be put together in
> > minutes by dropping precut .25" ABS plastic sheet into boiling water and,
> > when pliable, pressed onto small of back until pain stops. ABS has no
> > memory, is extremely flexible and will not fail easily.
> > No slouching allowed.
>
> What do you attach the foam to in the kayak to make it a useful seat back?
> Sure burn blisters will make you sit upright but that hardly seems
> comfortable.
>
> One baidarka that I've used had an interesting seat back. The backrest
> was a wooden elipse, shaped nicely to fit the small of the back. The
> back rest was mounted onto a dowel. The dowel fit into notches cut into
> two side rails inside the cockpit. There were about 5 notches cut at
> about 4 cm spacings. I liked this arrangement because you could adjust
> the trim of the baidarka by moving the "seat" backwards or forwards.
> This particular baidarka did not have foot rests and the seat bottom was
> the floorboards.
>
> kirk
>