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footpeg height
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 5/1/2000, 3:03 pm

Any words of advice before I start punching holes in my nice Outer Island? I don't know exactly how to figure footpeg height, but Jay Babina's video shows the screw heads just under the shear. Nick's book doesn't mention height. My Tern instructions had height measurements from the shear, but the shear height is different on the O.I. I did the epoxied-blocks method on the Tern, but there's a bit less real estate in the O.I.'s cockpit, so I'm bolting thru. I just want a bit of confidence before coming at the kayak with a drill in my trembling hand... (I do know to lay out the second hole by bolting the footpegs on the outside to line it up.)

Dean

Messages In This Thread

footpeg height
Dean Trexel -- 5/1/2000, 3:03 pm
Re: footpeg height
Jay Babina -- 5/2/2000, 8:10 am
Re: footpeg height
Ross Leidy -- 5/1/2000, 3:31 pm