I'm installing a foot brace on my Prospector 15. I'm wondering how to make sure it's installed level. Anyone got ideas?
6” adjustability in both directions. Seats are 67” apart. I measured the proper distance from the seat on other canoes I own with braces, assumed my legs haven’t changed in length. The level just used as a straight edge to determine depth from top of gunwales.I’m lost, more than just the “level” and “equidistant” parts, but also the “inch longer than my legs”. Will the same foot brace, with fore/aft adjustability, be use-able both from the stern seat and from the bow seat “backwards”?
If so that is fortuitous; even with a 14’ 10” pocket tandem a single, centered foot brace location was nowhere near usable from both seat locations, but the Prospector seat locations may be closer together.
Of course I don’t paddle with my legs straight out, but instead with knees bent.
I assume shoulder surgery prevented putting the canoe on the ground, getting seated and determining the best location for the foot brace bar.