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Re: Other: Seal-Line Footbraces
By:Bill Burton
Date: 8/14/2003, 10:50 am
In Response To: Other: Seal-Line Footbraces *Pic* (Malcolm Schweizer)

You can also use Seal-Lines as simple pegs in a rudderless boat, as I did in my Arctic Tern 17. Pygmy traded/upgraded me from Keepers (ironic, isn't it?) for about $20, I think.

The reason I did this is because in my tupperboat I could never settle on a footpeg position, and I'd get frustrated squirming around trying to reach the toe-release button to adjust them.

The Seal-Lines definitely solve that problem, and they're comfy and solid. But they're costlier, heavier, the tracks are bulkier in the bilge, they don't lend themselves as easily to mounting without a drill-through, and of course since they adjust by hand you have to pop your skirt to do so.

And, I've found that with a custom carved seat and thigh braces, I never need to adjust my pegs -- at least not until I become willing to let someone else paddle my boat! So, I'm still unresolved as to whether my Keepers actually were.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Seal-Line Footbraces *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/13/2003, 5:49 pm
Schade System
Grant -- 8/14/2003, 6:29 pm
Re: Schade System *Pic*
Scott Gage -- 8/15/2003, 8:43 am
Re: Schade System
Grant -- 8/15/2003, 10:21 am
Re: Schade System
Scott Gage -- 8/15/2003, 10:29 am
Re: Schade System
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/14/2003, 11:01 pm
Re: Adjustment
Paul J -- 8/14/2003, 12:39 pm
Re: Adjustment
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/14/2003, 1:23 pm
Re: Other: Seal-Line Footbraces
Bill Burton -- 8/14/2003, 10:50 am