Mike wrote, "my expectation was that the pump and pedals shown sat inboard of the kayak footpegs and you could take your feet off the footpegs and shift them to the pump pedals to activate the pump. This approach seems to me to be a good one - two footpegs for paddling, two pump pedals for pumping." I'd suggest that this might be a non-issue. In my Pintail --- now, granted, this cockpit provides very limited foot maneuverability --- I have my stock Henderson footpump installed in a minicell foam plug which also serves as my footrest. There really is not much of a problem in easing the ball of my foot over from the footrest (read: pegs) onto the pump pedal to empty out the boat while still having my still resting on the foam plug, allowing solid footing for a continued brace. In a kayak with standard footpegs/rudder pedals, you could easily achieve the same effect by adding some sort of heel brace (hunk of foam secured to whatever the pump is mounted on?) below the pump to complete an integrated footrest. Just a thought, but it eliminates or minimizes the problems in losing a brace with the pumping foot. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 29 2000 - 07:53:42 PST
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