-----Original Message----- From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net> <SNIP> >If your Sealion will accept Yakima type foot braces, I would HIGHLY >recommend calling Seaward Kayaks in Canada and ordering a pair of their >rudder pedals. These are standard Yakima rails (locking), but the foot peg >has been modified to rotate to control your rudder. Your footbrace stays in >place for firm bracing and if you break a cable your foot peg doesn't go >shooting towards the bow. I put a pair in my Guillemot and wouldn't trust >anything less. > >Woody > I tried an early version of these a few years ago and my size 12 feet tended to slip forward on them when I rotated the pedal forward. They did not feel stable to me at all. Anybody else have this problem? Maybe it is just my big feet or where they were mounted. Maybe the surface was too slippery. I had thought of making rudder pedals like this but never had much motivation to do so. So when I tried them out I was disappointed they didn't work well and felt that a hinged toe flap on a solid pedal might be better than having the whole footplate rotate. This was a few years ago so maybe my problem has been resolved. Gee, I hope this doesn't start up the paddling barefoot or paddling with shoes debate again.. ;-) Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 10 1999 - 20:41:54 PDT
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