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Glue in your knee pads so they don't slide -- your knees should be fairly wide
apart. Just position yourself on the bench at a comfortable angle and adjust
the knee pads under you -- trace around them with a pencil for placement. Then
put in the knee straps -- you can just attach the top strap around the edge of
the seat.  I suggest that you put in the knee pads and thigh straps first then
try out the boat.  You need to check is an easy exit if you tip -- your feet
may not slide in or out too easily with the ankle pads in place. The ankle pads
are more typically used with white water canoes that have a pedastal seat
rather than a bench seat.

I have a ww solo boat with a pedastal and we recently put straps in our tandem
boat for ww. It's more difficult to get free of the tandem boat with the bench.
In fact, we found that we needed to raise the seats slightly for easier
clearance with our paddling shoes -- I can't imagine getting my feet in or out
easily with ankle pads in place.

Have fun!

Dave wrote:

> ...in my Old Town Discovery Scout.  I love the canoe, but I'm tired of
> having to 'wiggle' my butt backwards every few minutes. I figure the straps
> would help me keep my butt on the seat. I have a pad to kneel on, but it
> slides when it gets wet. Should I put ankle pads in too? I like the idea of
> my position in the canoe being a little more stable. How do I determine the
> position of the pads? TIA, Dave.