>> They are also going to let me select wahtever configuration I'd prefer, since the other boat was "off the shelf". I'm probably going to keep the skg, but I wonder if any Nordkappers have any feel for the traditional vs Jubilee hull design? Any comments on moving the bulhead for use as a foot brace? >> ************************************************************************** * Unless you are long-legged, I would move it aft in any case, both to reduce the volume of the cockpit and to increase the volume of your forward compartment. If you plan to mount a Chimp footpump on the bulkhead, the bulkhead should be 4 inches ahead of your footbrace (or foot position) in order to have the push plate approximately even with your foot braces. Actually, I like it just a little closer than the foot braces. I once peered inside the cockpit of the Romany Nigel Dennis was using at the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium. His boat was set up with a Chimp foot pump in the center and a large block of foam on either side to brace against -- no foot braces. I asked the dealer I got my Romany from about setting my boat up the same way, but since no one at the dealer knew how to go about it, I decided to play it safe and have footbraces installed instead. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 98-05-01 13:36:03 EDT, CHUCK_at_multitech.com writes: << I once peered inside the cockpit of the Romany Nigel Dennis was using at the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium. His boat was set up with a Chimp foot pump in the center and a large block of foam on either side to brace against -- no foot braces. >> That's how I have my Pintail set up. No Yak braces, just a set of foam pieces laid up to create a very comfortable foot brace, and a Henderson foot pump set into the center. It was just beyond a no-brainer. Traced the bulkhead from inside the forward hatch, rounded up a little, and had a template for the base foam block. Again, rounded up a little for the hull shape, and added further angled blocks where my feet would be, and cut out a recess to set the pump in. Friction holds it in adequately if you cut a tight fit, and the hoses help --- with some duct tape --- hold the whole thing together. One hose down to a strum box under the seat, and an exhaust hose off to the side. Dirt simple, no batteries, no switch. And it dumps water quickly with the skirt on --- and faster if you leave a way for air to get in. (I have a four inch Beckson-type deckplate in the top of the foredeck with a little orange sleeve that hangs down between my knees --- a Brit "glove box" --- which I leave cracked open to allow air in while I pump out. Sounds strange, but without a muktuk diet, it helps a lot to equalize the air pressure inside the hull somehow.) Cram that whole thing in, set the strum box in place, connect the exhaust fitting last --- but don't forget to rig a strap at the forward edge of this kind of rig so that you can pull it out when you want to modify it or to work on the pump. First time, I forgot, and it was not a pretty picture getting the assembly out! Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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