Except for a brief 10-100, I was on the water for 6 1/2 hours today. The seat set up in my recent kayak purchase gave me unprecedented back and leg comfort.
The 10' Perception Prodigy has the "Zone DLX" seating whereby the back is adjustable up/down and forward/back. The bottom seat adjusts to move your legs up/down. In addition, there are thigh pads and adjustable foot rests.
the only issue I have with my old Wilderness Systems Tarpon 14, is the seats. I use a closed cell foam pad to sit on. Better than the bare composite material, but not by much. lol
The new outfitting can be pretty good depending on what you're looking for. In the past I have always just custom configured my boats to suit me and had good success. One of our touring boats has outfitting similar to yours with a few more doo-dads and lower seat back. They have certainly come a long way in the last decade or so. Surprisingly, 2 of my most comfy boats are on older Current Designs and an Older Perception with fixed seat pans and relatively small back bands. I've foamed them out a bit to personal taste but I can spend a lot of time in them without discomfort.
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I can't sit with my legs straight out. It kills my back. After an hour in one, I can't walk for a week. I can sit in a canoe just fine because I can cross my legs. The seat height is the difference.
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Yup. I raised the seat in my Hobie Pro Angler by three inches to get a better leg angle with my feet on the pedals. Before, it felt like my feet were higher than my butt, and that put pressure on my tailbone. The added inches gives me a much more comfortable ride.
I prefer a canoe, as more practical. I prefer the versatility of being able to pack in and pack out with gear and venison by water. Done it a few times. One canoe hunting trip had 4 of us (2 adults, &2 young men), all our gear, and 2 deer as we came back out.
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I can't sit with my legs straight out. It kills my back. After an hour in one, I can't walk for a week. I can sit in a canoe just fine because I can cross my legs. The seat height is the difference.
Truth. I was wondering how much they paid him an hour to fish in that thing. Now if i were 15.....
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Yup. I raised the seat in my Hobie Pro Angler by three inches to get a better leg angle with my feet on the pedals. Before, it felt like my feet were higher than my butt, and that put pressure on my tailbone. The added inches gives me a much more comfortable ride.
Nice. Wheres the trolling motor?
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Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I can't sit with my legs straight out. It kills my back. After an hour in one, I can't walk for a week. I can sit in a canoe just fine because I can cross my legs. The seat height is the difference.
Truth. I was wondering how much they paid him an hour to fish in that thing. Now if i were 15.....
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I took up paddling a few years ago, but with my bad back it was hard for me to accept that I could not handle even a 40 lb boat. I know a lot of sit on tops weigh over 2X that. I went with Kevlar due to light weight. my little boat is 10.5 ft long and comes in at a solid 16 lbs. My "destroyer' is a Swift Pack 13.6, book says 26 lbs but it weighs about 29 lbs in real life. But, a good seat is key. I can do maybe an hour in the small boat, up to 3 hrs no issues in the bigger one.
Jag, I don't need a trolling motor. The motors are those two things between my hips and my feet. And in Utah, anything not human-powered has to be registered and licensed. So I can avoid that by having a pedal-powered kayak. The thing around my neck is my PFD, of course.
The only drawback to the Hobie is its weight. It tops 100 pounds empty. Getting it on and off the roof of my car is the hardest part of any fishing trip, but at least I never have to lift the whole thing at once. Just lift the bow to the car, go around and lift the stern while sliding it up. Done. The upside to the weight is its stability. I can stand to fish with no qualms whatsoever. This thing is a flat-out fishing machine.
I've never rolled mine, so I can't give personal testimony about how hard it is to right them. But on the Hobie forum board, there are a few (very few) stories about guys rolling them and they say it's not too hard to roll them back - especially if you have a cord attached to the opposite side. Just pull and it flips. Then you re-board by coming up over the stern, not the gunwale.
I've been in some pretty good waves 2+ feet once or twice when the wind kicked up, and felt perfectly safe. But it isn't something I do voluntarily. Mostly because sitting up high like that makes fighting the wind a real chore. I make a pretty good sail, apparently!