> Hi, I'm just finishing up my guillemot and have decided to build the
> bulkhead-type foot brace in Nick's book ( I just can't bear the thought of
> drilling more holes in the hull ) . My problem is that the angle is not
> given for the plywood support piece, the back of it is cut with a 5"
> radius and all the other dimensions are given but how far back to angle
> the double beveled edge is not. Has anyone made this and if so what angle
> did you use and was it comfortable? thanks. Kenny

Kenny I have made this foot brace What I did was use a CAD program to make the template. If you look at the page with the support diagram you will see that the top of the support is 1 3/8" set back from the bottom this will give the required angle (76 deg).This is a comfortable angle for me . Phill