I haven't been able to work on my kayak much lately but today I did start looking at mounting the foot braces. Thanks Jeff, for the fast shipping. This is what I have come up with, but thought I'd ask opinions of you more experienced builders before putting screws in. I checked clearances and all misses the skin. The handles when in the lock position go down. I have about 3/8" clearance from the fabric. I can get more by switch sides on the braces and making the handles rotate up to lock. My aluminum brackets are 2 1/2" long. Is that enough to anchor them securely? That is all that I could make out of the piece I had, but I can certainly buy more. (Edit) I went and looked a Dave's build and it sure make more sense the way he did it. Guess I will do some more work! Got to say, today is the first day I tried to sit in mine. Not easy for an old stiff man! And that is without the coaming!