Originally Posted by
skeetbum
I’ve never been in the one you speak of. I have, however, spent a lot of hours in Grumman aluminums of different lengths. My last was a 15’ and if I had better shoulders, I would still have it. Flat bottoms make them very stable and I found them plenty wide enough. I faced backwards in the front seat on a throwable cushion to raise the seat to the level of the cross brace. I’ve seen them from 12 or 13’ all the way to the freighter which is 19’ and built for the task it implies. Just some input. You can’t hurt the things and they aren’t heavy but I have Arthur in my shoulders and they don’t work so hot over shoulder high.