[Paddlewise] Surf Ski Rudder Pedal Hinges: Where to get 'em?

I just got a new surf ski with adjustable pedals that aren't working out.   The
movable pedal inserts take up enough footwell width that my size 15's get
trapped in there and the fiber pedals seem to me like they're just *made* to
break under the kind of excessive pressure that a shoe-covered foot can so
easily exert.

One option would be for me to fit something like the center-pivot lever used on
Hunt Johnson's Wave Witch (e.g.
http://siolibrary.ucsd.edu/Preston/kayak/HJD/captions/redwhiteandbluewitchle.html)

I kind of like that option - especially if the lever were pivited on a plate
that was held to the hull with industrial-strength velcro and the steel cables
were buffered with lengths of bungee for the last six inches.   That way,
excessive foot pressure would be relieved with stretch in the bungee or peeling
off the velcro instead of breaking something.

But the conventional way would be to pull out the adjustment inserts, attach new
pedals to a sheet of aluminium backed with velcro hook, glue some velcro pile to
the inside end of the wells, and stick the aluminium/hook to the pile.   

That would avoid having to drill into the fiberglass to mount a hinge for the
pedals and give me the same adjustability but via velcro-d shims between the end
of the footwell and the aluminium sheets.

I guess I could make the pedals too in a pinch...but the real problem seems to
be hinges.    Once I tried replacement on another ski with hardware store brass
hinges cut to fit, but the dissimilarity of metals (brass vs aluminium pop
rivits) caused an electrolysis problem.

Comments anyone?
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Pete Cresswell
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