Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA256448152; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:09:12 -0700 Return-Path: <bob_duncan@radius.com-DeleteThis> Received: from master.radius.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA004728152; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:09:12 -0700 Received: from duncan.radius.com (duncan2.radius.com [140.82.41.18]) by master.radius.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA18311 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:08:02 -0700 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970710110157.006b6214@pop.radius.com-DeleteThis> X-Sender: bob_duncan@pop.radius.com-DeleteThis X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:01:59 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: Bob Duncan <bob_duncan@radius.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Footstraps Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I've been having problems with my footstraps the last couple months. After
I waterstart and start moving back into the straps I seem to always step on
my back straps
and crush them. I then spend minutes tring to kick my toe into the back
strap with no avail
often heading upwind or crashing. I have a screamer II and Mistral straps.
The straps always
seemed to deform too easily. I know the fix is not to step on the straps,
but in the mean time
I fixed mine so they don't crush. I took the straps off and took out the
adjustable velcro
inards. I then went down to Orchard Supply and found 1/8" sheet rubber
with cloth inserted
between layers. I bought a 1 foot square of the material. I then took the
velcro mess and used
that as a template to mark size and holes in the rubber. Each strip ended
up being about
2" wide and 10-12" long. I inserted these into the neoprene covers and
sailed yesterday. Yes I
still stepped on the straps but sproing they jump right back up. I just
though I might send this along.
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