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Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/29/2011, 2:01 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Footbraces redux (Will N To Go)

: I don't know how tight straps are on an SOT surfski, but I don't
: think they would need to be too tight in an enclosed kayak.
: Definitely something to consider.

: re: rotation. I think most seats rotate under the center of gravity
: of the paddler (legs extended out front moving the CG far
: forward, but feet on the pegs lessening this...) most pivots
: seem under the center of the seat.
: Has anyone tried pivoting at a different spot, more forward or
: back? And is circular rotation best, or would a cam of some sort
: be better?

: I don't have tight hip braces, in fact I don't have any hip braces
: at all, so rotation is constricted only by the coefficient of
: bum and my back support.

: Will N

Footstraps in an enclosed kayak, first you'd have to have some way to put them on, good trick, for them to be tight enough to do anything they have to limit foot movement. Getting them back off in an emergency would also be a trick.

You can buy pivoting seats, a couple of the companies making race boats sell them. Would seem to make rotation much more effective and easier on the bod.

I'm certainly not the person to ask about pivoting seat design, someone that races a K1 or something like one would be better. I've only ever paddled one K1.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Footbraces redux
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/25/2011, 2:29 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Mike Bielski -- 8/25/2011, 6:11 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux *PIC*
Sean D -- 8/25/2011, 10:08 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Will N To Go -- 8/25/2011, 4:57 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Reg Lake -- 8/25/2011, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/26/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bryan Hansel -- 8/26/2011, 10:59 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 1:42 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/27/2011, 5:05 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2011, 8:41 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/28/2011, 10:39 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2011, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
eric Ogata -- 8/28/2011, 3:21 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bryan Hansel -- 8/26/2011, 11:18 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bryan Hansel -- 8/27/2011, 9:47 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:07 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2011, 8:44 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2011, 1:57 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Sean D -- 8/26/2011, 12:22 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Will N To Go -- 8/26/2011, 8:33 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 1:45 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Will N To Go -- 8/29/2011, 1:20 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2011, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Mike Savage -- 8/27/2011, 9:00 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux/forward stroke
Bryan Hansel -- 8/27/2011, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux/forward stroke
Will N To Go -- 8/29/2011, 12:57 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux/forward stroke
Will N To Go -- 8/29/2011, 3:35 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Kevin -- 8/25/2011, 7:43 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/27/2011, 4:38 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Mike Bielski -- 8/27/2011, 4:42 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:11 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:17 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/25/2011, 3:50 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Kurt Maurer -- 8/25/2011, 7:11 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/25/2011, 8:36 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Kurt Maurer -- 8/25/2011, 9:16 pm