Rudder Install - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

CheapPelican · 10-09-2011, 10:09 PM

I'm thinking of installing the stock original foot pegs below the rudder controls so that I can brace my heals against them. Has this been done before?

Also, the Vectran line that comes with the kit is not long enough to rig both sides. I'm headed to westmarine in the morning to see if the have any in stock. Are there any alternatives that are more readily available? Must be abrasion/UV resistant and low stretch.

wiredantz · 10-09-2011, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CheapPelican

I'm thinking of installing the stock original foot pegs below the rudder controls so that I can brace my heals against them. Has this been done before?

Also, the Vectran line that comes with the kit is not long enough to rig both sides. I'm headed to westmarine in the morning to see if the have any in stock. Are there any alternatives that are more readily available? Must be abrasion/UV resistant and low stretch.

I like the idea but I don't like the idea it doesn't look good. Make sure you put marine glue so the water doesn't drip thrOugh the holes

CheapPelican · 10-10-2011, 06:21 PM

The manufacturer got ahold of me and is sending extra line.

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Originally Posted by wiredantz

I like the idea but I don't like the idea it doesn't look good...

Eye of the beholder.

Has anybody tried the dual foot brace thing before?

William Novotny · 10-12-2011, 09:01 AM

I have not but I think its a great idea. I know the feeling of driving a car where your foot is on peddle but doesn't touch floorboard drives me nuts. I haven't installed a rudder yet but I can imagine it feeling the same way

CheapPelican · 10-12-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by William Novotny

... I know the feeling of driving a car where your foot is on peddle but doesn't touch floorboard drives me nuts...

My thoughts exactly. I've also read that some people are uneasy about bracing against their rudder controls and stressing the rigging all the time.

I got some input on, another board, basically saying that I may have to push the foot controls farther than my ankle can pivot. I'm gonna get some time on the water with my new rudder and see how much it will take to swing the it from lock to lock.

sixgunn · 10-13-2011, 12:06 AM

if ya gotta go hard over, how hard is it to slide yer heal off the bottom peg? Most times you're probably just making small corrections or gradual turns anyway. I'm just a newb, & don't even have a rudder, but it doesn't sound like a problem to me, & I'd probably do it, if I could.

Iceman · 10-13-2011, 09:52 AM

There are other rudders out there that act in that manner, pivoting off your heal, so it should work well.

10-13-2011, 09:52 AM	#7
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	There are other rudders out there that act in that manner, pivoting off your heal, so it should work well. __________________

10-12-2011, 09:01 AM	#4
William Novotny The carpetbagger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: tha newps Posts: 1,474	I have not but I think its a great idea. I know the feeling of driving a car where your foot is on peddle but doesn't touch floorboard drives me nuts. I haven't installed a rudder yet but I can imagine it feeling the same way

10-13-2011, 12:06 AM	#6
sixgunn Junior Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Puget sound Posts: 17	if ya gotta go hard over, how hard is it to slide yer heal off the bottom peg? Most times you're probably just making small corrections or gradual turns anyway. I'm just a newb, & don't even have a rudder, but it doesn't sound like a problem to me, & I'd probably do it, if I could.