Chris Naylor wrote:
Hi - please excuse the crosspost - I wasn't sure which group to post
to - sorry!

Right. having just bought my first baot after being paddling for a
few years now (the joys of being involved with scouting and having
access to boats!). After paddling a number of different boats I
decided to buy an Inazone 242 as I found it a great boat for both
coaching and playing in (can't afford to have 2 seperate boats!).
Anyway. The footrest on the boat doesn't seem very stable, in fact it
wobbles around like jelly! I've tried using the larger of the 2
plates supplied, but if I use that one I can't get enough legroom to
paddle comfortably. If I put the footrest back enough to stop it
rattling it is too far away to be any use! I've noticed that a few of
the other inazone's that i have paddles have all had foam type
footrests fitted in them (shock bloc I think they call them?). Does
anybody know if it is possible to retro fit the foam type footrests
into the newer style inazone's, if so where can I get them from? If
not does anyone have any sugestions as to how to make the footrests
seem more stable?

Cheers for any info


All is now well in the world of my footrests - took me a trip up to RoHo and
in exchange for a pricely sum of £2 got myself rather more foam than I can
shake a paddle at - oh ok about 4 times the size that I needed but it was an
offcut anyhow!

All I need now is a few days when I'm not using my boat and some contact
adhesive now!
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:08:10 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:


All is now well in the world of my footrests...
All I need now is a few days when I'm not using my boat and some contact
adhesive now!

Might I suggest velcro strips / pads? It makes for easier "adjustment"
of footrest blocks that use the shim approach.

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MatSav matthew D O T savage A T felthamscouts D O T org D O T uk
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:08:10 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:


All is now well in the world of my footrests...
All I need now is a few days when I'm not using my boat and some
contact adhesive now!

Might I suggest velcro strips / pads? It makes for easier "adjustment"
of footrest blocks that use the shim approach.

By that are you suggesting using velcro to stick the foam that I cut to
shape onto the footrest plates? Might just be me being a bit blind here but
I don't see what adjustment I need to make to the blocks once they are stuck
on anyway? Would velcro last as long as the adhesive suff?

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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:51:56 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:

MatSav matthew D O T savage A T felthamscouts D O T org D O T uk
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:08:10 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:


All is now well in the world of my footrests...
All I need now is a few days when I'm not using my boat and some
contact adhesive now!

Might I suggest velcro strips / pads? It makes for easier "adjustment"
of footrest blocks that use the shim approach.

By that are you suggesting using velcro to stick the foam that I cut to
shape onto the footrest plates? Might just be me being a bit blind here but
I don't see what adjustment I need to make to the blocks once they are stuck
on anyway? Would velcro last as long as the adhesive suff?

What type of foam have you bought?

You should hopefully have small cell closed cell foam that shouldn't
expand. If you glue in the wrong type of foam and it expands in time,
you could end up distorting your boat.

I don't mean to stick my nose in but I'm just concrened that you don't
make a mess of your boat.

Ewan

Ewan Scott wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:51:56 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:

MatSav matthew D O T savage A T felthamscouts D O T org D O T uk
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:08:10 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:


All is now well in the world of my footrests...
All I need now is a few days when I'm not using my boat and some
contact adhesive now!

Might I suggest velcro strips / pads? It makes for easier
"adjustment" of footrest blocks that use the shim approach.

By that are you suggesting using velcro to stick the foam that I
cut to shape onto the footrest plates? Might just be me being a bit
blind here but I don't see what adjustment I need to make to the
blocks once they are stuck on anyway? Would velcro last as long as
the adhesive suff?

What type of foam have you bought?

You should hopefully have small cell closed cell foam that shouldn't
expand. If you glue in the wrong type of foam and it expands in time,
you could end up distorting your boat.

I don't mean to stick my nose in but I'm just concrened that you don't
make a mess of your boat.

Ewan

Its the same sort of stuff that's allready in the bot at the central
pillar - looks like one complete block of solid foam.

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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:12:46 -0000, "Chris Naylor"
wrote:

MatSav wrote:

Might I suggest velcro strips / pads? It makes for easier
"adjustment" of footrest blocks that use the shim approach.

By that are you suggesting using velcro to stick the foam that I
cut to shape onto the footrest plates?

Yes. Hook AND Eye part of Velcro - eyes on the footplate, hooks fixed
to the foam. You may find that at some future date you need to adjust
the footspace, particularly if you want to loan your boat to someone
else - and it's relatively easy to remove foam pads if they're
velcro'd in.

Would velcro last as long as
the adhesive suff?

Probably not :-(

Ewan Scott wrote:


What type of foam have you bought?

You should hopefully have small cell closed cell foam

Its the same sort of stuff that's allready in the bot at the central
pillar - looks like one complete block of solid foam.

Is that for'ard or aft of the cockpit? Modern "thinking" says that
for'ard central pillars are "a bad thing" (TM), as they can be a
hazard causing foot entrapments when pinned :-(

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In article , MatSav
URL:mailto:[email protected]. wrote:
[snip]
"a bad thing" (TM)
[snip]

I think that's already been done, which is "a good thing".


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