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Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 5/30/2001, 8:48 am

: fast on the links there Nick... why just Ok? I figure something as close as
: to what I saw on a Futura Surf ski is all it would take. It looks like
: those ropes would make things kind of sloppy.

The footbrace adjustment is the standard Feathercraft, but the control cable must be adjusted by changing the length some how. I use a taut-line hitch to take up the slack. It is a little tricky to get it adjusted right. A system that self adjusted would be better.

I don't get much throw out of the system. I.e. the rudder does not move far . This is fine by me as it keeps me from oversteering, but some people might like more. However, I had to grind down the height of the footpeddle some to make it fit under a low deck, this reduced the throw.

Messages In This Thread

retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
LeeG -- 5/29/2001, 3:01 pm
Check out the Seal Line rudder system
Brian Nystrom -- 5/30/2001, 12:16 pm
Re: no fussing? we don't need no fussing
LeeG -- 5/31/2001, 12:01 am
Re: Check out the Seal Line rudder system
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/30/2001, 5:20 pm
Re: Check out the Seal Line rudder system
LeeG -- 5/30/2001, 11:55 pm
Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder *Pic*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/29/2001, 6:56 pm
Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
LeeG -- 5/29/2001, 7:30 pm
Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/30/2001, 8:48 am
Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
LeeG -- 5/30/2001, 9:10 am
Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
Chip Sandresky -- 5/29/2001, 4:40 pm
Re: retro-fitting yakima footbraces for rudder
LeeG -- 5/30/2001, 1:07 am