> I'm in need of some advice. I will be soon ready to join the deck to the
> hull, but I'm still waiting for my rudder kit to arrive and would have
> liked to install it before joining them. And I really don't want to stop
> production waiting for it. How tuff would it be to install the rudder
> system after the kayak is joined? Please help!

Maybe I'm not qualified to answer this (since we might not even put rudders on the boats that we haven't finished yet), but here goes... :-)

If we need rudders, we'll put them after completion. I suppose that it might be easier to run the cables w/o the deck, but after the hatches are cut, that shouldn't be too tough. Besides, every rudder kit I've seen is intended to be installed on finished boats.

My vote: Don't let it slow you down, you don't need that rudder till after it's done anyway.

BTW, beautiful web page and canoe!

Later,

Tim.