[little man]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

Sachita, Littleman, Greco, nice to see you all posting in this wonderful thread.

Littleman privately reached out to me for a source of info. Water people are like that. Good people, and also fun.

This morning as I was reading about Kayak tours I started reading about Arkansas and I thought, wow, why can't the kayakers all meet up at the reunion place and plan a kayak expedition. Then, as you saw, I just got carried away (no pun intended)

Here, where I live, there is a non profit organization that rents kayaks. Thats who I do the tours and instructional courses for. I do not get paid.
It's all for the love of the sport, and the idea is to introduce people to the outdoors and get them outside (and of course get them moving). They use flat bottomed perception kayaks with roomy cockpits and upgraded seats. Ideal for rentals. Then we have the rowing clubs, not non profit, but they keep it so the sport (and all it encompasses) can be affordable.

A tremendous amount of commerce comes through Pittsburgh on the Ohio and Allegheny rivers. I've seen the Mississippi (before I was a kayaker) in Both Baton Rouge and in New Orleans. Comparing that Mississippi to our three rivers, well, the Mississippi was scarey.

My personal kayak is an advanced element (advancedframe) (www.advancedelements.com) inflateable hybrid kayak. 10.5 long, 32 inches wide. **Littleman, the biggest reason I am able to paddle on my knees is my seat collapses into the space behind the seat giving me room for my legs. If you have room for your legs, you'll love this. I was surprised how comfortable this actually was.

Check it out!

YB

i'm on the short side and the cockpit is on the long side...thinking maybe i can manage kneeling. i'm planning on hitting town lake early tomorrow morning, so i'll take my knee pads and see how it works out. my only real concern is whether or not the stability will be affected by shifting my weight forward a bit. we'll see how it works out.

btw...posted a couple pics in the gallery from last weekend's evening excursion.