SeaLect Kayak Foot Braces

Here is a picture of our Kayak Foot Braces mounted in Sandra's Toto

Here are some pictures from the Sea-Lect Brochure:

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From: Charles R
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 1:11 PM
To: duckworks
Subject: Re: Thank you for your Duckwork's order!

Received the foot braces Thursday of last week while I was away at an instructor udpate course. I installed them this morning in my Mainstream Patriot to replace the original equipment ones. I like the way the adjustment works on yours way better and I love the bigger foot rest. The second pair was for the Mainstream Riptide I just bought for my wife, that did not have foot braces. Now we can both use her boat without problems, as I am 5'9"+ or - and she is 5'0- on her tallest days.

Charlie R

Hi Chuck.
I know that you're probably swamped in emails, but I wanted to thank you for the quick service and great product. I had the replacement footbraces on my kayak in no time and couldn't be happier with them. I look forward to getting more boat "stuff" from you in the future.
Rick S

Marylyn M wrote:

I ordered two sets of footbraces for my kayaks, but after trying to fit them, I found the holes didn't match up. Mine are just over 14-1/2 inches apart on both boats (different manufacturers). I hated to give up on the braces because they looked like they would be wonderful on my feet and to adjust. I was afraid I was going to have to return them, but I ended up using a dremel and enlarged both brace holes toward the ends, and they fit perfectly. Just thought I would let you know in case someone else has the same problem sometime.

hey Chuck,

If you build your kayaks like me - the boat is advertised to come in at 42 lbs, but like me, you bring it in at 48 lbs., you may encounter the problem that I had with the really nice Duckworks foot braces. I tend to use a little more glass, and a little more epoxy putty because I want my boats to really stay together.

In this case its the really nice stainless foot brace studs that get epoxied to the hull (leaving a clean exterior on the hull - no screws on the out side of the hull). I covered my stud flanges with 6 layers of glass and a little mountain of putty. See the photo below. Well that mountain of putty and glass shortened the length of my mounting stud by 1/4". To my regret it left the studs too short for the Duckworks foot brace rails to be mounted. I thought there was no solution but to buy another manufacturer's foot braces.

A view from the back of the brace rail. I sawed off the 1/8" flange on the brace that surrounds the hole and then i countersunk the hole. I also enlarged the hole to 9/32" so the rail can be easily slid on and off the studs as opposed to fighting to get them on and off.

In my attemp to solve the problem I first removed the tiny 1/8" flange cast into the brace rail. it was not enough - oh well buy another type of brace. The next day it came to me - I have what looks like a little mountain peak shaped like a volcano of putty eating up that precious 1/4" of stud. There is a solution - countersink the holes for the mounting studs on the back of the brace. See the photo below. So if your tend to work like me there is a solution OR .... just don't go nuts with all that epoxy putty. Its not really necessary.

Charles