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More room for water for sure, but the same factors that make it easier to roll also make it considerably more stable if I swamp it. Unlike the last one, I think I'm going to foam out the side walls on this one. That will reduce the volume a bit and it should help the boat roll better since there won...

"Now it's time to transplant it into my Prelude" Seriously? Why? I tried the saddle and bulkhead system for a while before I switched my last Prelude over to a pedestal and thigh strap. With the factory outfitting my roll went from 100% in flatwater to %25 in flatwater and nonexistant in whitewater...

I just got the pedastal base out. Thanks for all the advise. It turns out there was no glue involved. I had some very hard to remove hip pads that were keeping the pedastal base from sliding forward. Removing another 6" of foam from the front pillar helped a lot once I got it moving. Now it's time t...

philcanoe wrote:...or maybe a guitar string (guess an 'b' or high 'e' -would be best)

... also have also use an old electric knife for a lot of foam projects, it can sometimes get into hard to reach places and cuts well

Good idea- that would give me a good reason to change my guitar strings at well!

I'm trying to extract the pedastal base from my old Atom and it's proving tricker than I initially thought. I have all the bolts removed and I've removed enough of the front pillar to free the front. Aparently there is foam glude to the bottom and it seems to be connected somewhere behind the seat. ...

jim gross wrote:I like the new orange one but at the other price.

The older one is sold and I'd really like to get $1000 out fo the almost new boat :)

Chad

Here are some pics of my prelude with double thigh straps (the green one)

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/567509447GWDVms

I changed the outfitting in my Prelude from a foam saddle/bulkhead to a pedastal seat with double thigh straps. I feel more secure in the boat and it rolls much better. I learned early on that a boat rolls much better when the water has room to move from side to side. With this set up my flat water ...

I bought this boat as a back up to my current playboat. My old Prelude is still going strong (after 6 years!) and I could use the cash, so I'm putting my almost new Prelude up for sale. The boat is in virtually new condition. It has only been paddled a handful of times. The foam hasn't been glued in...

I bought this boat as a back up to my current playboat. That boat is still going strong (after 6 years of abuse!)and I could use the cash, so I'm putting my other Prelude up for sale. The boat is in virtually new condition. It has only been paddled a handful of times. The foam hasn't been glued in y...

Blue/geen/yellow with recently added hib grabbers. $350 with skirt, $300 without. Lives in Atlanta.

Chad
678-230-8173

Check out http://www.kayaking.peak.org/public_htm ... epair.html

Just might work. Drilling the holes to stop the crack makes a lot of sense.

-chad-