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Re: Review: harmony foot braces
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/10/2008, 2:25 am
In Response To: Review: harmony foot braces (Scott Shurlow)

: hey all,
: Not shure if anybody else noticed these at rei.com.
: http://www.rei.com/product/751431
: I bought two pair for a rebuild of my traditional SOF for my wife and a Yost
: sea otter for myself. I thought I would share some information that will
: be usefull for anyone else using them for a yost. Chances are, they are
: not a good idea for yost's. They claim adjustment of 13.5 inches.
: Harmony's website points out 19 inches are needed. In actuality, 35 inches
: are neccessary for them to work fully. My sea otter is modifies to allow
: my shorter coaming to work with it. I just moved the "masic"
: form closer to my backrest giving me 28.75 inches of space between masic
: and foot beam. It is not enough for full adjustment of the foot braces,
: but it does allow 7.5 inches of movement with the furthest forward being
: 3.5 inches from the deck beam. From what I can remember 28.75 inches is
: more space than most Yost designs, so therefore there is not much room for
: adjustment.
: The design does apear to be an excelent design with very easy adjustment and
: easy attachment. As you can see from the picture, I just screwed them to
: my gunwalls.
:
: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/tbdesigns/?action=view¤t=footpegs_1_1.jpg
: Hope this helps someone,
: Scott

Ohhh....looking at the pictures now I understand about the adjustment. I think I'd just mount it (assuming you've got enough room, some of Tom's designs aren't exactly loaded with foot room) on a board mounted inside the frames then you'd have full adjustment of the footpegs. Personally I prefer the peg to hit me more at the ball of the foot rather than at the toes.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Review: harmony foot braces
Scott Shurlow -- 2/9/2008, 7:06 pm
Re: Review: harmony foot braces
Scott Shurlow -- 2/10/2008, 7:16 am
Re: Review: harmony foot braces
Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2008, 3:25 am
Re: Review: harmony foot braces *Pic*
Paul Montgomery -- 2/10/2008, 9:26 am
Re: Review: harmony foot braces
Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2008, 2:25 am