A well reasoned point of view, Doug. Mark, all I could add would be to swap your rudder cables over, so that when you push with your left foot you go right, and vice versa. My reasoning is that if you have already, or are working on, developing your boat control skills using strokes and railing, then you will apply pressure on the outside foot peg to turn. It makes little sense, and is difficult to do, to then apply pressure on the over peg to activate a rudder. This means that the same technique is used regardless of wether or not the rudder is deployed. I have always suggested that here, where most sea paddlers use rudders, with little uptake. One paddler has just changed over, after taking a class by Nigel Foster, who got him thinking about railing and balance. I'm not sure that Nigel would see the irony in this! Also, when you replace the foot pegs, have a look into building "gas-pedal" style controls. This gives you solid bracing with good control and comfort. Cheers JKA -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jun 17 2007 - 14:28:58 PDT
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