Re: [Paddlewise] Another batch of new kayaker questions/comments

>Virtually everyone that I've heard comment on the gas pedal style
>rudder controls sees that as a big improvement over the sliding pegs.
>Even with the rudder up the pegs still feel spongy with a sliding peg 
>system.  With the rudder lowered it's much more difficult to
>brace because you can't put pressure on the pegs.  With the gas pedal 
>system that Prijon uses the pegs are fixed so whether the
>rudder lowererd or not you always have a firm point for making
>contact with your feet.  As someone else suggested
>learning how to control your boat without relying on a rudder is a
>good thing.  However, I wouldn't go as far as to suggest that one
>should avoid a rudder entirely.

I just acquired an older Seda Viking kayak, and it was (retro)fitted with a 
non-retractable rudder and pretty hideous pegs.  I have to get rid of them, 
and in my limited experience with kayaks the unfirm brace of the typical 
rudder footpegs is my least favorite part of kayaking by far.

I was looking on the Prijon site for footpeg kits and couldn't find any, but 
I saw a note from an Eclipse owner who claimed to have replaced his pegs 
with Prijon ones.  Does anyone have a source for Prijon or other gas-pedal 
type pegs?  I would like to retain the OPTION for adding/using a rudder.

KeS


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