I have to admit that the 170 was a spur of the moment purchase. I found it cheap (and a little “deformed”) at a closeout store. I kayak the Maine coast in the summer and plan to use it for the rocky destinations where I’d prefer not to take my composite kayak. Here’s a thread with some more details:
https://forums.paddling.com/t/my-damaged-tempest-170-project/111984
Leg first. I guess he sits on the coaming. I’m a little shorter. 30 inch inseam and I can enter butt first.
Oh! Yes, I read your story in the fall when you posted it! That’s so cool that it tracks straight despite the deformity, and what a deal!!
Thanks! I suspect that’s just what I have to resign myself to until I can afford a fancy keyhole boat… Or get very lucky on the used market 
Not a Tempest 170, but you can relate.
Don’t know how I ever got by before YouTube.
Can’t wait to see the one on getting out. And the outfit.