: Hey Alex,
: Thanks. It took until I found the Sea Kayaker Magazine review to
: find how the KJ rudders deployed (bungi cord tug).
: Interesting-I'd like to see video of it.
: I really liked the large foot pads on kajaksport's Finnish site.
: (102mm wide x 155mm high 4" x 6")

:
: http://www.kajaksport.com/?components_eng/components.php&tuote=&ryhma=Jalkatuet%20ja%20ohjaimet

: I can't say I've ever had a wind/rudder/ or wind/paddle blade
: problem. To be sure I've had wind/no-rudder problems. In a side
: wind my rudder will be always be deployed.
: A month or so ago I had to paddle into a 20-25 knot wind. I'll
: never forget what the old salt from Current Designs once said to
: me. "Get a long fast boat and paddle it hard"
: At first I thought it wasn't going to work, but as I was entering
: Los Angeles Harbor, there was lots of stuff to gauge my progress
: against. Steady progress all the way into the Cabrillo beach
: boat landing. Fast pace 70 strokes per minute, power from abs.
: Key to what I'm trying to accomplish in my Mystery build is a kayak
: that fits, where bracing is instantaneous --but not in the way
: of my pumping legs. Foot braces that are solid,connected,
: straps-like the racing boats--we've got leg muscles why not use
: them? I can walk twenty miles without any foot problems, but
: paddling always cuts off the circulation in my feet. There's no
: reason for it. How about instead of all these cute little
: peg-thingies, we just put a piece of floor under our feet? That
: the gear available to us hasn't solved these problems is an
: indication our needs aren't being met.
: New York Times article
: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/phys-ed-the-men-who-stare-at-screens/?src=me&ref=health
: Sitting down for long periods seems to trump exercise against heart
: disease. I think it might be the chairs cutting off circulation.
: Airliner thrombosis. If that's happening in our kayaks...

Comfortable chairs are possible, they just arn't easy and usually they also arn't light.

Working on that.

Bill H.