db wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 4:51am:

Webbed seats are more comfortable both pressure and ventilation wise. . . . .  Multipurpose is a virtue on a trip. A back rest is great for having a smoke, jigging or paddling downwind with no particular place to go. Stuff like that. Not for paddling to get somewhere IMO. Your arms don't paddle they just transfer energy from your torso.

Ditto.  Arms are for fishing.

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