I have a Fusion and it has high sides...the idea is that your hips fit nicely between these side of the cockpit and you have responsive ama control since you are "connected" to the boat and not just leaning on mushy foam to control the boat. My hips are too wide and my hip bones butt right up against the sides. Kind of like wearing shoes that are too small and narrow, ok for a bit but excruciating after 2-3 hours. I thought I would have a get a new boat but I need the highest vol boat I can find because of my weight, AND the fusion is the widest one I have seen. So I have to have the boat modified to fit. I noticed that older kaimanas and tigers canoes for example have what looks like a notch cut out of the side where the seat fits in. This looks like it would be very comfortable but you would lose the responsiveness to the ama?? Does that even matter for a novice paddler in the southern california flat water? So my options seem to be notch out the sides or flair out the cockpit so that my hips fit the boat and work on shaping a new seat. Appreciative of any suggestions.
Many thanks, Shawn.
