Ive broken the track off the base on both the Schade rests I have, twice in the spring run. Beef up the base a little bit, and dont use baltic birch plywood.
Also, it'd be easy to make the track / hooks in one shorter peice, and use a cleat instead of the hook arrangement. The cleat works well, I use it in both boats but with a seperate mounting pad. It's be easier in one mount.
: Roger,

: That boat's looking pretty good. The profile is nice and low. Still looks to
: me like you did a better job on the joints than I :-) Glad the epoxy
: coating worked well even if it did require finger painting! I did a bit of
: that too. My boat is still waiting on the arrival of canvas....

: What are you doing for foot rests ? I've started some Schade type rests for
: mine, but will end up trimming the wings down a bit. At any rate, it's
: kept me busy and reasonably out of trouble while waiting on the canvas.

: Keep up the nice work.

: Bill