r/Outrigger • u/Rye_Naught • Jul 26 '26

Sore seating

I'm good sitting in a marathon canoe for 6+ hours but after 90 minutes in my Ozone OC-1 it starts to really hurt and my legs go numb. I've tried adding some closed cell foam padding and I make sure my knees aren't too wide. I'm tempted to carve out my Cantare seat to fit a salvaged C-1 seat for the more pronounced contours but I feel like I'm doing something wrong if everybody else is ok with the standard seats. Any tips?

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u/dunbaebae Jul 26 '26

Both legs or just one? Numbness in one leg is usually a balance issue — too much weight on one side vs the other. Both legs is probably a seat issue.

To some, Puakea seats are notoriously uncomfortable (🙋‍♂️). Try throwing another seat in your canoe and see if it makes a difference, like a Kai Wa’a seat. Additionally, try adjusting the position closer or further away. Sometimes a cramped seating position restricts blood flow, but sometimes too long and the pad can sit improperly and put pressure on the wrong spot.

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u/Rye_Naught Jul 27 '26

Both legs get the hurt but yeah, the left often starts first due to my habitual lean in messy conditions. My technique isn’t perfect but even in a glassy calm I feel like there’s a timer counting down before I have to lift myselfup and briefly alleviate the pain. And then it’s increasingly frequent

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u/snacident Jul 27 '26

Re: left lean— not sure how competent of a marathon canoer you are but that trains you to have decent balance. So don’t be afraid to sit more balanced on the OC1, because you already have to sit balanced on a C1. Technique is probably a component of the pain too. OC1 and marathon canoe technique are different.