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Re: Strip: Rudders, peddles, seats
By:Will N to Go
Date: 7/19/2010, 11:38 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Rudders, peddles, seats (Alex Ferguson)

Hey Alex,
Thanks. It took until I found the Sea Kayaker Magazine review to find how the KJ rudders deployed (bungi cord tug). Interesting-I'd like to see video of it.
I really liked the large foot pads on kajaksport's Finnish site. (102mm wide x 155mm high 4" x 6")

http://www.kajaksport.com/?components_eng/components.php&tuote=&ryhma=Jalkatuet%20ja%20ohjaimet

I can't say I've ever had a wind/rudder/ or wind/paddle blade problem. To be sure I've had wind/no-rudder problems. In a side wind my rudder will be always be deployed.
A month or so ago I had to paddle into a 20-25 knot wind. I'll never forget what the old salt from Current Designs once said to me. "Get a long fast boat and paddle it hard"
At first I thought it wasn't going to work, but as I was entering Los Angeles Harbor, there was lots of stuff to gauge my progress against. Steady progress all the way into the Cabrillo beach boat landing. Fast pace 70 strokes per minute, power from abs.
Key to what I'm trying to accomplish in my Mystery build is a kayak that fits, where bracing is instantaneous --but not in the way of my pumping legs. Foot braces that are solid,connected, straps-like the racing boats--we've got leg muscles why not use them? I can walk twenty miles without any foot problems, but paddling always cuts off the circulation in my feet. There's no reason for it. How about instead of all these cute little peg-thingies, we just put a piece of floor under our feet? That the gear available to us hasn't solved these problems is an indication our needs aren't being met.
New York Times article http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/phys-ed-the-men-who-stare-at-screens/?src=me&ref=health
Sitting down for long periods seems to trump exercise against heart disease. I think it might be the chairs cutting off circulation. Airliner thrombosis. If that's happening in our kayaks...

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Strip: Rudders, peddles, seats
Will N to Go -- 7/13/2010, 2:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2010, 1:21 am
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:15 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:29 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:34 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/19/2010, 5:32 am
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Larry C. -- 7/19/2010, 11:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2010, 3:23 pm
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Will N to Go -- 7/21/2010, 11:41 am
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Will N to Go -- 7/19/2010, 11:38 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/20/2010, 5:52 am
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Will N to Go -- 7/20/2010, 1:29 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/20/2010, 7:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2010, 2:24 pm
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Will N to Go -- 7/20/2010, 7:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2010, 9:21 am
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Larry C. -- 7/21/2010, 1:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2010, 8:07 pm
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Will N to Go -- 7/22/2010, 1:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2010, 9:29 am
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Will N to Go -- 7/22/2010, 12:48 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/22/2010, 6:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2010, 2:08 pm
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Will N to Go -- 7/22/2010, 2:27 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/22/2010, 6:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2010, 3:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2010, 2:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2010, 1:58 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/19/2010, 7:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2010, 3:17 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:40 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:43 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:45 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 5:48 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 6:01 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/18/2010, 6:05 pm
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Will N to Go -- 7/18/2010, 6:39 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/19/2010, 1:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2010, 3:12 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/19/2010, 6:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2010, 7:14 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/20/2010, 12:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2010, 2:17 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/20/2010, 1:02 pm
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Larry C. -- 7/20/2010, 1:13 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/14/2010, 10:45 am
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Will N to Go -- 7/14/2010, 5:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/14/2010, 7:27 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/14/2010, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/14/2010, 1:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/14/2010, 1:22 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/14/2010, 6:04 am
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Doug S -- 7/13/2010, 3:48 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/13/2010, 5:05 pm