Here's another pondering question for you-all.
After paddling a kayak for several years, i really enjoy having thigh and knee braces to handle a craft. now with my canoe(double paddle, sit on bottom)--i have the boat done up to putting in bulkheads and bow/stern decks---i went out and paddled it(it floats !) but i really miss the braces when turning...... i'd still like to have braces and not have a completely decked canoe, just enough to be able to install knee and thigh braces.
One thought is to have a curved thwart come across for knee braces, and/or maybe have a partial decked place just by the seat for thigh braces. maybe just have the front part of a coaming come across the canoe. i'd rather not have thigh straps as they don't work both ways and are cumbersome. i keep coming up with these ideas after the fact...but that's the way building is, i guess. maybe this just means i need to start a new boat.
any thoughts? examples?
thanks !
Obie
After paddling a kayak for several years, i really enjoy having thigh and knee braces to handle a craft. now with my canoe(double paddle, sit on bottom)--i have the boat done up to putting in bulkheads and bow/stern decks---i went out and paddled it(it floats !) but i really miss the braces when turning...... i'd still like to have braces and not have a completely decked canoe, just enough to be able to install knee and thigh braces.
One thought is to have a curved thwart come across for knee braces, and/or maybe have a partial decked place just by the seat for thigh braces. maybe just have the front part of a coaming come across the canoe. i'd rather not have thigh straps as they don't work both ways and are cumbersome. i keep coming up with these ideas after the fact...but that's the way building is, i guess. maybe this just means i need to start a new boat.
any thoughts? examples?
thanks !
Obie