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I have an adjustable pedestal in my "new" outrage and am trying to find the best position for me. I moved it up a notch to get my knees centered better on the knee pads but now am not sure if I will have my weight to far forward in the boat. Where, ideally, should the pedestal be in relation to the center of the boat?

I think in my outrage center of my hips were 6 to 7 " back from center. Since you have an adjustable saddle may as well try several positions on the river and find whats best. here is an old thread on the subject that is pretty good...http://www.cboats.net/cforum/viewtopic. ... dle+offset

Zeke,

Don't worry about the previous owner's pads and straps etc. too much - don't use those to influence your saddle placement and your boat trim. Find out where you like your saddle, and then adjust the other stuff.

I think a lot of people tend to paddle a bit too stern-heavy, so moving your weight forward might not be a bad thing.

In my Outrage with a neutral trim, when I sit up straight in my saddle, my nose and chest are pretty much right along the plane of the boat's midpoint.

You can find the centre line with a measuring tape, or by balancing it on something thin. I like to mark my centre point on the gunwales with tape, not so much for outfitting, but for a visual mark when lifting the boat to dump water etc.

PY.

take along a friend....

to me placement is individual, according to your weight, style, leg length, torso length...yadda...yaddda...yadda

however more important than getting a hull to trim level when sitting, is for the boat to trim level when paddling... this is where a friend comes in, if there's not someone trustworthy - then get someone to shoot some video and you can tell.. can do without glueing in saddle, a block of something works AOK

once in motion... look if the boat is pushing too big of a bow wave, or if the bow if riding up out of the water (stern down), or if it's just right... ideally I try to get it balanced while in motion, so as to be able to both raise the bow and lower the stern through body movement

otherwise it'll paddle oh-so bad, and most likely create excessive stern or bow wear... just notice, we've all seen them