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Re: Strip: Buying Footbraces
By:Wayne One (wwfloyd)
Date: 7/5/2011, 8:18 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Buying Footbraces (Alex Ferguson)

I did look. An interesting design, but didn't appear ideal... as potentially heavy, and potentially not up to the use or abuse that some expect foot braces to take. And, in a Yost style SOF, I'm not sure the 1 x 3/4 inch keelson of cedar, redwood or other light wood is really up to the repeated torquing of an aggressive paddler.

: So? Did you look at the links I provided previously?

: Your feet can't slip off, there's no where to slip off to. Put the
: panel right across the cockpit. As for adjustment, one camlock.
: A different paddler reaches in pulls up the strap, gets in
: pushing the foot rest forward, settles in, pulls the strap back
: hard and locks it. Meanwhile the other paddlers are fiddling
: around with their commercial things that are uncomfortable,
: expensive and plastic.

: As for angle, you decide, you build what ever angle you want.
: Remember just replace the hinges with angle blocks and use only
: one pedal that goes right across the hull.

: Alex

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Strip: Buying Footbraces
Jim Schaffer -- 7/2/2011, 9:49 am
Re: Strip: Buying Footbraces
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/2/2011, 10:04 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 7/2/2011, 10:27 am
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Jeff Horton -- 7/2/2011, 1:23 pm
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Jim Schaffer -- 7/2/2011, 9:28 pm
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Erik Jensen -- 7/2/2011, 11:52 pm
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Jim Schaffer -- 7/3/2011, 7:41 am
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Jeff Horton -- 7/3/2011, 10:21 am
Location measurements
Jeff Horton -- 7/3/2011, 10:19 am
Re: Location measurements
Bill Hamm -- 7/4/2011, 12:22 am
Re: Location measurements
Jim Schaffer -- 7/4/2011, 2:20 pm
Re: Location measurements
Bill Hamm -- 7/5/2011, 12:43 am
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John Caldeira -- 7/2/2011, 11:19 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 7/2/2011, 12:13 pm
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george jung -- 7/2/2011, 1:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:24 am
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John Caldeira -- 7/2/2011, 3:51 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/3/2011, 7:04 am
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john raley -- 7/3/2011, 8:08 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/3/2011, 7:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/4/2011, 12:25 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/4/2011, 1:21 am
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Bob Johns -- 7/4/2011, 7:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/5/2011, 12:45 am
Re: Strip: Buying Footbraces *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 7/4/2011, 10:38 pm
Re: Nick Schade's Footbraces
jeffrey wong -- 7/5/2011, 12:40 am
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jeffrey wong -- 7/5/2011, 12:14 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 7/5/2011, 12:53 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/5/2011, 7:02 am
Re: Strip: Buying Footbraces
Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 7/5/2011, 8:18 am
Re: Strip: Buying Footbraces
Alex Ferguson -- 7/6/2011, 4:55 am