Youre probably right. Ive been bass-ackwards all my life. I guess it's more like lifting the knee. Whatever it is feels natural. And yes, it all goes out the window with the rudder down. In fact, I noticed that that stroke discourages use of the rudder. The Spring Run wont have a rudder, and I've been thinking of the footbrace from Nick's book. The question is if that brace affects the stroke differently than the "standard" footbraces which are spread further apart in the cockpit.

I guess I could take the double out and find out for myself.

: If I understand you correctly, you find that pushing on the foot brace causes
: your boat to turn to that side? If so, this is the exact opposite of what
: I experience. If you are paddling with proper torso rotation, when you
: stroke on the right side, your right foot will press against the foot
: brace in order to resist the pulling force on the paddle and the bow of
: the boat will be pushed to the left.

: BTW, I'm assuming that you're not paddling a boat with a rudder deployed.