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I'm planning on converting my Liquidlogic Skip, and I just wanted to see how people decided where to place their saddles. Is there a general distance from the back of the cockpit people generally place their saddles?

No. No general distance. You will need to build/buy your saddle and before you glue it in, you will need to do a float test in a pool or calm water to determine the trim of the boat and saddle placement. Thyen you determine your thigh strap mount points.

When you do the float test get a friend to eyeball it for you while you are in the boat scooting the saddle back and forth till you get it right.
Then mark the position with a sharpy marker. Put scotch tape on the marker marks so they don't accidentally get rubbed off.

That's what I thought, I just couldn't find anything on it so I wanted to make sure. Thanks

No rules, but some info to go by...

http://cboats.net/cforum/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

Pat.

Make sure your rear thigh strap mount points are not further back than your ankle bones ( the ones that stick out). If they are back too far it can make emergency escape difficult.

On most of my boats I can get out in a pinch without unfastening the thigh straps.

Good luck with the conversion.

Jim

Thanks, I'll try and post some pics when I finish up

jnorto01 wrote:Make sure your rear thigh strap mount points are not further back than your ankle bones ( the ones that stick out). If they are back too far it can make emergency escape difficult.

On most of my boats I can get out in a pinch without unfastening the thigh straps.

Good luck with the conversion.

Jim

That depends on what you want to do, If the OP wants to playboat a lot, then either placing the strap mounts behind them completely, or using a thighstrap and lapbelt are much more comfortable, lots of cartwheeling , looping or being upside down will all quickly dislodge you from a more loosely strapped saddle.