: one way to make yours more like the newzealand types would be to eliminate
: all the hooks except the one closest the seat, but make it angle shaped to
: become a jam fitting for the line. Then take the line shown in your
: picture, make it longer and only tie one end of the line to the brace
: runner and bring the other end toward you, around thru the jammer(hole
: only so doesn/t come free),back to the back of the track next to the
: bulkhead, around a pulley or fat loop or rod fitting and tie on the back
: of the brace runner. So the brace runner is on one continuous loop going
: from near the seat to the bulkhead.

My first version of this rudder system used a plastic jam cleat to hold the rope. (At least it did after I saved up the $5 to buy the cleat, before that I just jammed a piece of driftwood between the bulkhead and the footbrace.) Eric's addition of the hooks in the rails is a little more elegant.

: then conceptually the bracerunner slides back and forth along the track on
: its continuous line loop and you can just jam it anywhere, using the same
: fitting near you all the time no matter how long or short your feet are,
: and no line is free and the brace doesn/t move or float back when the
: cockpit is full of water and you are fumbling around w/ yr feet trying to
: get back in etc etc.

: the jam most likely is best to angle to the front but could just a easily be
: vertical as well. Could even use something similar to those barrel locks
: on the line instead. Or a jamclamp. or a wedge. or even a typical jam
: fitting.

: -mick