Thanks ! I do have (and read) Nick's book, but it's always helpful to see a picture of the actual piece.

My only concern is that I've always used the more traditional side footpegs, and I am wondering how this design feels (I guess the easiest way to figure it out would be to build it...). Does anybody have some experience with them that they would like to share ?

Jack

: Hi Jack,

: I agree, this is a great forum. I've only made a few posts myself
: but I've been following discussions here since I started my
: build and learned many things that kept me from making many
: mistakes.

: I followed the plans in Nick Schade's book, "The Strip-Built
: Sea Kayak" for the pedals. I varied it slightly by using
: cedar panels for the foot pads because I didn't have any marine
: grade plywood on hand. The disadvantage with doing this is the
: cedar is more fragile than the plywood so I reinforced it with
: some fiberglass. Nick's design also calls for some hooks and a
: loop of rope to make it adjustable and I've changed that by
: using a nylon strap from the pedals to the front of the seat.

: There are picture of the pedal construction on my Facebook page
: which you can see here:
:
: https://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=1613652431399&id=1538964097&aid=89606&l=e3f5ad13c6
: (the pedals are ~3/4ths of the way down the page).

: It looks like it will be while before the Maine weather will
: cooperate so I can launch the boat, so I'll just take some
: better pictures of the aft deck tomorrow. I used poplar for the
: lighter wood in the design (everything else was red cedar of
: lightly different shading) and used the diagonal strips on the
: fore deck as an homage to the Great Auk (their bills had light
: stripes).

: Dwight