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Look in this topic you have few nice pics of knees placement

The pics help but I need some opinions about knee placement relative to other boats. I am looking for a wide boat to get my knees nice and spread for control and stability. When I am paddling well I am pointing and controlling the boat with my knees, so a stable platform is critical - and 1/2” difference in width can be critical. The width of the Remix 79 is 27 inches which is a good number, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can get a nice stable platform with your knee placement. Look at the Finkenmeister for example - it is about 29 inches wide but slopes down so much form side to the bottom of the boat that you are hard pressed to get a wide platform .

So any opinions about knee placement in the Remix relative to the Burn, Habitat, Jefe, Fink, etc. ?

i'll get some pics of my new 79 up if i ever finish it. i went for my knees being higher than they were in my last boat with dagger saddle so they are at least 3 or 4 inches farther apart than before. i'll let you know how it is once it's on the water, but between that and seat being 10" wide, i'm thinking it will be super comfy!

Hey Gabe,

So you finally went for a second remix hull?

Definitely let us know how it goes re higher knee placement; looks like a neat idea to help with those round(ish) chines...

let me show you my new setup on my Remix 69 that I bought to replace the 59.
It´s a very light but strong, non flexing and moving saddle made of a laminated carbon backbone, minicell saddle glued to it and all this together glued into the boat.

fez, looks superb! We want more--do you have link to a bigger image or more images?

Hi Brian,

thanks for your commendation!
Just click on the photo and it will get bigger.
I`ll take as soon as possible some fotos.

Cheers Frank

Yes, it does looks pretty good... But the link doesn't work for me neither.

This is the view into the stern. You see from bottom to top:

- the hull
- slow bonding white glue (some kind of gel)
- thin layer of evazote to keep stress from the hull
- carbon fiber backbone (wrong kind of carbon fiber, not woven, only layers, complete mess to work with...)
- minicell saddle, or better to say the part that sticks into the stern

http://singletrailz.eu/verschiedenes/remix/69/stern.jpg

This is the view onto the saddle. You see:

- belts that run through the string from ratches to the quick release
- a kevlar string laminated to the carbon backbone, plastic hose to keep stress from it
- snowboard ratches
- minicell saddle
- carbone fiber backbone

The rocker profile for the backbone I took from the original Liquidlogic rail for the kajak seat.

http://www.singletrailz.eu/verschiedene ... 9/seat.jpg

Quick release:

Just a quick release of a diving belt fixed with a diving belt and a bolt through the hull. You open with one zip the spraydeck and the quick release. First time I saw this solution was in Angus´Burn and I like a lot the simplicity of it.

http://www.singletrailz.eu/verschiedene ... hlinge.jpg

It is sure difficult to take good pictures of outfitting. I'm still unclear even after the extra photographs.

That one pull system,

You open with one zip the spraydeck and the quick release.

is the only way to go. I also use it.

I think I get it.

Your quick-release buckle sits on the pillar near the front of the cockpit, and straps run toward you knees and under the sleeeved Kevlar rope. So, it's the leverage of this rope around the pillar that provide the "attachment" point of your thigh straps.

I also like releasing the straps with the skirt pull.

When I finish outfitting my Redline, I'll put up some photos of my boats too. Nothing fancy, but all ideas/variations probably help somebody.

Pat.